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optstockbyblk

Price options on futures and forwards using Black option pricing model

Description

Price = optstockbyblk(RateSpec,StockSpec,Settle,Maturity,OptSpec,Strike) computes option prices on futures or forward using the Black option pricing model.

Note

optstockbyblk calculates option prices on futures and forwards. If ForwardMaturity is not passed, the function calculates prices of future options. If ForwardMaturity is passed, the function computes prices of forward options. This function handles several types of underlying assets, for example, stocks and commodities. For more information on the underlying asset specification, see stockspec.

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Price = optstockbyblk(___,Name,Value) adds an optional name-value pair argument for ForwardMaturity to compute option prices on forwards using the Black option pricing model.

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Examples

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This example shows how to compute option prices on futures using the Black option pricing model. Consider two European call options on a futures contract with exercise prices of $20 and $25 that expire on September 1, 2008. Assume that on May 1, 2008 the contract is trading at $20, and has a volatility of 35% per annum. The risk-free rate is 4% per annum. Using this data, calculate the price of the call futures options using the Black model.

Strike = [20; 25];
AssetPrice = 20;
Sigma = .35;
Rates = 0.04;
Settle = datetime(2008,5,1);
Maturity = datetime(2008,9,1);

% define the RateSpec and StockSpec
RateSpec = intenvset('ValuationDate', Settle, 'StartDates', Settle,...
 'EndDates', Maturity, 'Rates', Rates, 'Compounding', -1);

StockSpec = stockspec(Sigma, AssetPrice);

% define the call options
OptSpec = {'call'};

Price = optstockbyblk(RateSpec, StockSpec, Settle, Maturity,...
OptSpec, Strike)
Price = 2×1

    1.5903
    0.3037

This example shows how to compute option prices on forwards using the Black pricing model. Consider two European options, a call and put on the Brent Blend forward contract that expires on January 1, 2015. The options expire on October 1, 2014 with an exercise price of $200 and $90 respectively. Assume that on January 1, 2014 the forward price is at $107, the annualized continuously compounded risk-free rate is 3% per annum and volatility is 28% per annum. Using this data, compute the price of the options.

Define the RateSpec.

ValuationDate = datetime(2014,1,1);
EndDates = datetime(2015,1,1);
Rates = 0.03;
Compounding = -1;
Basis = 1;
RateSpec  = intenvset('ValuationDate', ValuationDate, ...
'StartDates', ValuationDate, 'EndDates', EndDates, 'Rates', Rates,....
'Compounding', Compounding, 'Basis', Basis')
RateSpec = struct with fields:
           FinObj: 'RateSpec'
      Compounding: -1
             Disc: 0.9704
            Rates: 0.0300
         EndTimes: 1
       StartTimes: 0
         EndDates: 735965
       StartDates: 735600
    ValuationDate: 735600
            Basis: 1
     EndMonthRule: 1

Define the StockSpec.

AssetPrice = 107;
Sigma = 0.28;
StockSpec  = stockspec(Sigma, AssetPrice);

Define the options.

Settle = datetime(2014,1,1);
Maturity = datetime(2014,10,1);  %Options maturity
Strike = [200;90];
OptSpec = {'call'; 'put'};

Price the forward call and put options.

ForwardMaturity = 'Jan-1-2015';  % Forward contract maturity
Price = optstockbyblk(RateSpec, StockSpec, Settle, Maturity, OptSpec, Strike,...
'ForwardMaturity', ForwardMaturity)
Price = 2×1

    0.0535
    3.2111

Consider a call European option on the Crude Oil Brent futures. The option expires on December 1, 2014 with an exercise price of $120. Assume that on April 1, 2014 futures price is at $105, the annualized continuously compounded risk-free rate is 3.5% per annum and volatility is 22% per annum. Using this data, compute the price of the option.

Define the RateSpec.

ValuationDate = datetime(2014,1,1);
EndDates = datetime(2015,1,1);
Rates = 0.035;
Compounding = -1;
Basis = 1;
RateSpec  = intenvset('ValuationDate', ValuationDate, 'StartDates', ValuationDate,...
'EndDates', EndDates, 'Rates', Rates, 'Compounding', Compounding, 'Basis', Basis')
RateSpec = struct with fields:
           FinObj: 'RateSpec'
      Compounding: -1
             Disc: 0.9656
            Rates: 0.0350
         EndTimes: 1
       StartTimes: 0
         EndDates: 735965
       StartDates: 735600
    ValuationDate: 735600
            Basis: 1
     EndMonthRule: 1

Define the StockSpec.

AssetPrice = 105;
Sigma = 0.22;
StockSpec  = stockspec(Sigma, AssetPrice)
StockSpec = struct with fields:
             FinObj: 'StockSpec'
              Sigma: 0.2200
         AssetPrice: 105
       DividendType: []
    DividendAmounts: 0
    ExDividendDates: []

Define the option.

Settle = datetime(2014,4,1);
Maturity = datetime(2014,12,1); 
Strike = 120;
OptSpec = {'call'};

Price the futures call option.

Price = optstockbyblk(RateSpec, StockSpec, Settle, Maturity, OptSpec, Strike)
Price = 
2.5847

Input Arguments

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Interest-rate term structure (annualized and continuously compounded), specified by the RateSpec obtained from intenvset. For information on the interest-rate specification, see intenvset.

Data Types: struct

Stock specification for the underlying asset. For information on the stock specification, see stockspec.

stockspec handles several types of underlying assets. For example, for physical commodities the price is StockSpec.Asset, the volatility is StockSpec.Sigma, and the convenience yield is StockSpec.DividendAmounts.

Data Types: struct

Settlement or trade date, specified as a NINST-by-1 vector using a datetime array, string array, or date character vectors.

To support existing code, optstockbyblk also accepts serial date numbers as inputs, but they are not recommended.

Maturity date for option, specified as a NINST-by-1 vector using a datetime array, string array, or date character vectors.

To support existing code, optstockbyblk also accepts serial date numbers as inputs, but they are not recommended.

Definition of the option as 'call' or 'put', specified as a NINST-by-1 cell array of character vectors with values 'call' or 'put'.

Data Types: cell

Option strike price value, specified as a nonnegative NINST-by-1 vector.

Data Types: double

Name-Value Arguments

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Specify optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

Before R2021a, use commas to separate each name and value, and enclose Name in quotes.

Example: Price = optstockbyblk(RateSpec,StockSpec,Settle,Maturity,OptSpec,Strike,'ForwardMaturity',ForwardMaturity)

Maturity date or delivery date of forward contract, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'ForwardMaturity' and a NINST-by-1 vector using date character vectors.

To support existing code, optstockbyblk also accepts serial date numbers as inputs, but they are not recommended.

Output Arguments

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Expected option prices, returned as a NINST-by-1 vector.

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Version History

Introduced in R2008b

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