option.put {FinancialMath}R Documentation

Put Option

Description

Gives a table and graphical representation of the payoff and profit of a long or short put option for a range of future stock prices.

Usage

option.put(S,K,r,t,sd,price=NA,position,plot=FALSE)

Arguments

S

spot price at time 0

K

strike price

r

continuously compounded yearly risk free rate

t

time of expiration (in years)

sd

standard deviation of the stock (volatility)

price

specified put price if the Black Scholes pricing is not desired (leave as NA to use the Black Scholes pricing)

position

either buyer or seller of option ("long" or "short")

plot

tells whether or not to plot the payoff and profit

Details

Stock price at time t =S_t

Long Position:

payoff = max(0,K-S_t)

profit = payoff-price*e^{r*t}

Short Position:

payoff = -max(0,K-S_t)

profit = payoff+price*e^{r*t}

Value

A list of two components.

Payoff

A data frame of different payoffs and profits for given stock prices.

Premium

The price of the put option.

Note

Finds the put price by using the Black Scholes equation by default.

Author(s)

Kameron Penn and Jack Schmidt

See Also

option.call

bls.order1

Examples

option.put(S=100,K=110,r=.03,t=1,sd=.2,price=NA,position="short")

option.put(S=100,K=110,r=.03,t=1,sd=.2,price=NA,position="long")

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