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标题: Reading 71: Option Markets and Contracts-LOS e 习题精选 [打印本页]

作者: 1215    时间: 2011-3-31 12:09     标题: [2011]Session17-Reading 71: Option Markets and Contracts-LOS e 习题精选

Session 17: Derivatives
Reading 71: Option Markets and Contracts

LOS e: Identify the types of options in terms of the underlying instruments.

 

 

Financial options include all of the following EXCEPT options on:

A)
interest rates.
B)
foreign currencies.
C)
futures.


 

Options on futures are considered a separate type of options.


作者: 1215    时间: 2011-3-31 12:10

An option to buy Mexican pesos is:

A)
a currency option.
B)
an exchange rate option.
C)
a foreign option.


Options on foreign currencies are called currency options and cover a specific number of foreign currency units.


作者: 1215    时间: 2011-3-31 12:10

Which of the following statements regarding interest-rate options is least accurate?

A)
They are based on a fixed income security.
B)
Call option values move in the same direction as interest rates.
C)
They are based on a specific interest rate rather than a bond.


Treasury bond or bill options are options on fixed income securities. Interest rate options are based on a specific reference rate and interest rate calls have positive payoffs when the reference rate is above the rate specified in the contract.


作者: 1215    时间: 2011-3-31 12:10

An option is settled in cash, with nothing delivered. The long payoff is the difference between the security value and the strike price, multiplied by a contract multiplier. The option is a(n):

A)
commodity option.
B)
futures option.
C)
index option.


Options on stock indexes are only settled in cash and require a multiplier to determine the payoff. Futures options give the holder the right to buy or sell a futures contract, but require no multiplier. Commodity options give the holder the right to buy or sell physical goods.


作者: luqian55    时间: 2011-10-8 11:13

thanks a lot




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