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Chapter 9: Principles of Pricing Forwards, Futures, and Options On Futures
Chapter 9: Principles of Pricing Forwards, Futures, and Options On Futures
Doyne Farmer
Quoted in The Predictors, 1999, Page 119.
pay F(0,T) at T
• At time T, A and B are worth the same, ST – F(0,T). Thus,
they must both be worth the same prior to T.
• So Vt(0,T) = St – F(0,T)(1 + r)–(T–t)
• See Table 8.1.
Example: Go long 45 day contract at F(0,T) = $100. Risk-free
rate = 0.10. 20 days later, the spot price is $102. The value of
the forward contract is 102 – 100(1.10)–25/365 = 2.65.
Forward and Futures Pricing When the Underlying Generates Cash Flows
For example, dividends on a stock or index
Assume one dividend D paid at expiration.
T
Buy stock, sell futures guarantees at expiration that you will have
f(0,T) S 0 e (rc c )T
Example: S0 = 50, rc = 0.08, c= 0.06, expiration in 60
days (T = 60/365 = 0.164).
f (T) = 50e(0.08 – 0.06)(0.164) = 50.16.
0
Vt (0, T ) S t e c (T t ) F (0, T )e rc (T t )
T at price F(0,T).
Hold foreign currency and earn rate . At T you will have one
currency.
Sometimes written as
foreign currency.
Note that the forward discount/premium has nothing to
do with expectations of future exchange rates.
Difference between domestic and foreign rate is
analogous to difference between risk-free rate and
dividend yield on stock index futures.
• = f0(T) – S0 –
This must be zero to avoid arbitrage; thus,
• f0(T) = S0 +
See Figure 8.2.
Note how arbitrage and quasi-arbitrage make this hold.
C e rc T [f 0 (T)N(d1 ) XN(d 2 )]
where
d1
ln(f0 (T)/X) 2 /2 T
T
d 2 d1 T