Unless otherwise stated, for Problems 5, 6 EURJPY spot = 130.00 EUR rates = JPY...

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Unless otherwise stated, for Problems 5, 6 EURJPY spot = 130.00 • EUR rates = JPY rates = 0, in perpetuity • Expiry for each forward contract = 3 months • Expiry for each option = 3 months Notional for each option = EUR 100 million • Volatility surface is flat with (annualized) implied volatility = 10% All "Price" references are in forward premium "Payout" is ex premium, and occurs on delivery date For vanilla options, all "delta" references correspond to Black Scholes delta (e.g., N(d₁) for a vanilla call) . . ● . Problem 5 Using a spreadsheet, calculate the following strikes (A), (B), (C) and (D) for a vanilla put: (A) ATM forward, ATM (B) 10 delta, 10d As per market convention, 10d refers to the strike for a vanilla put where delta = -0.10 (C) 25 delta, 25d (D) 50 delta, DN A straddle struck at Delta Neutral strike, DN, has no net delta at inception By no arbitrage, [Price of ATM call = Price of ATM put]. Furthermore, all higher order Greeks for ATM call and ATM put are also the same (E) Mechanically, does this imply [delta of ATM call | = |delta of ATM put |? Problem 6 Trade 6: Vanilla put vs. at expiry knock-in put Leg 1: Buy vanilla put: strike = ATM Leg 2: Sell EKI put: strike = 25d, at expiry knock-in barrier = 10d (A) Are the following assertions true? a. Price of Trade 6 > Price of ATM-25d vanilla put spread? b. Price of Trade 6 > Price of ATM-10d vanilla put spread? (B) Now assume that the volatility surface is not flat Can the answers to the following questions be determined without knowing the shape of the 3 month EURJPY "volatility smile"? a. Is Price of Trade 6> Price of ATM-25d vanilla put spread? b. Is Price of Trade 6 > Price of ATM-10d vanilla put spread? Unless otherwise stated, for Problems 5, 6 EURJPY spot = 130.00 • EUR rates = JPY rates = 0, in perpetuity • Expiry for each forward contract = 3 months • Expiry for each option = 3 months Notional for each option = EUR 100 million • Volatility surface is flat with (annualized) implied volatility = 10% All "Price" references are in forward premium "Payout" is ex premium, and occurs on delivery date For vanilla options, all "delta" references correspond to Black Scholes delta (e.g., N(d₁) for a vanilla call) . . ● . Problem 5 Using a spreadsheet, calculate the following strikes (A), (B), (C) and (D) for a vanilla put: (A) ATM forward, ATM (B) 10 delta, 10d As per market convention, 10d refers to the strike for a vanilla put where delta = -0.10 (C) 25 delta, 25d (D) 50 delta, DN A straddle struck at Delta Neutral strike, DN, has no net delta at inception By no arbitrage, [Price of ATM call = Price of ATM put]. Furthermore, all higher order Greeks for ATM call and ATM put are also the same (E) Mechanically, does this imply [delta of ATM call | = |delta of ATM put |? Problem 6 Trade 6: Vanilla put vs. at expiry knock-in put Leg 1: Buy vanilla put: strike = ATM Leg 2: Sell EKI put: strike = 25d, at expiry knock-in barrier = 10d (A) Are the following assertions true? a. Price of Trade 6 > Price of ATM-25d vanilla put spread? b. Price of Trade 6 > Price of ATM-10d vanilla put spread? (B) Now assume that the volatility surface is not flat Can the answers to the following questions be determined without knowing the shape of the 3 month EURJPY "volatility smile"? a. Is Price of Trade 6> Price of ATM-25d vanilla put spread? b. Is Price of Trade 6 > Price of ATM-10d vanilla put spread?

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To solve Problems 5 and 6 lets go step by step Problem 5 Using the given information we need to calculate the strikes for a vanilla put option at diff... View the full answer