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Yen Option Prices The futures yen price and the yen 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 yen is trading at $1.00720 a $1.00820 call option is $.001 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 is looses 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. Yen option prices do not move in tandem with futures prices. A $.001 move in your favor
in the yen futures markets does not necessarily equal to a $.001 increase in the yen 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
yen call option has a delta of .5 and the price of the yen futures market increases by $.001 the value of the option will
increase by $.0005 or $625. If you
are a speculator with a limited amount of risk capital then yen options may be best way for you to invest in the yen
market. Click here to view the current price of yen options.
Click here to contact a commodities broker with experience in the yen market.
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