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Swiss Franc Options Price
The futures Swiss franc price and the Swiss
franc option price is not the same thing. Option price valuation is not as straightforward as futures valuation. Option premium
is comprised of intrinsic value and extrinsic value.
An option has intrinsic value if the market is trading above the strike price of
a call option, or below the strike price of a put option. If an option contract has intrinsic value it is called “in
the money.” If an option contract does not have intrinsic value it is called “out of the money.”
For example:
If the Swiss franc is trading at $0.86150 a $.85150 call option
is $.01 in the money so the intrinsic value of the option is $1,250.
The extrinsic value of the option is its “time
value.” Extrinsic value takes into account the possibility that an option may go in the money by expiration. The more
time that an option has the more extrinsic value it has. As an option approaches its expiration date it loses value. This
is called time decay. At expiration an option has no extrinsic value so if the option is out of the money it expires worthless.
Swiss franc
option prices do not move in tandem with futures prices. A $.01 move in your favor in the Swiss franc futures markets does
not necessarily equal to a $.01 increase in the Swiss franc option value. The amount that an option value will increase
based upon an increase in its futures price is called its delta. Call option deltas are measures from 0 to 1. As an option
goes from “out of the money” to “in the money” its delta increases.
For example:
If a Swiss
franc call option has a delta of .5 and the price of the Swiss franc futures market increases by $.01 the value of the option
will increase by $.005 or $625.
If you are a speculator with a limited amount of risk capital then Swiss franc
options may be best way for you to invest in the Swiss franc market.
Click here to view the current price of Swiss
franc options.
Click here to contact a commodities broker with experience the Swiss franc market.
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