Session 17: Derivative Investments: Options, Swaps, and Interest Rate and Credit Derivatives Reading 60: Option Markets and Contracts
LOS g: Discuss the effect of the underlying asset's cash flows on the price of an option.
The value of a put option will be higher if, all else equal, the:
A) |
exercise price is lower. | |
B) |
underlying asset has positive cash flows. | |
C) |
underlying asset has less volatility. | |
Positive cash flows in the form of dividends will lower the price of the stock making it closer to being "in the money" which increases the value of the option as the stock price gets closer to the strike price. |