Delta neutralIn finance, delta neutral describes a portfolio of related financial securities, in which the portfolio value remains unchanged when small changes occur in the value of the underlying security. Such a portfolio typically contains options and their corresponding underlying securities such that positive and negative delta components offset, resulting in the portfolio's value being relatively insensitive to changes in the value of the underlying security.
Credit default optionIn finance, a default option, credit default swaption or credit default option is an option to buy protection (payer option) or sell protection (receiver option) as a credit default swap on a specific reference credit with a specific maturity. The option is usually European, exercisable only at one date in the future at a specific strike price defined as a coupon on the credit default swap. Credit default options on single credits are extinguished upon default without any cashflows, other than the upfront premium paid by the buyer of the option.
Obligation convertibleUne obligation convertible est une obligation à laquelle est attaché un droit de conversion qui offre à son porteur le droit d'échanger l'obligation en actions de cette société, selon une parité de conversion préfixée, et dans une période future prédéterminée. Ce droit de conversion peut être assimilé à un bon de souscription d'actions. Ce droit reste attaché tout au long de la vie de l'obligation contrairement aux OBSA (Obligations à Bons de Souscription d'Actions).
SwaptionSwaption est la contraction des mots swap et option. Il s'agit d'une option négociée de gré à gré sur un swap : elle donne le droit de contracter un call swaption ou un put swaption, selon les conditions prévues dans le contrat optionnel. Une swaption payeur donne le droit de rentrer dans un swap et de payer un taux fixe en échange d'un taux flottant. Une swaption receveur donne le droit de rentrer dans un swap et de recevoir un taux fixe en échange d'un taux flottant.
Butterfly (finance)En finance de marché, un Butterfly est une stratégie d'options présentant à l'achat un risque limité et ne prenant pas de position directionnelle à la hausse ou à la baisse des cours du sous-jacent. Ce produit financier est conçu pour obtenir une grande probabilité de gains limités lorsqu'on s'attend à ce que la volatilité du sous-jacent soit inférieure à celle de la volatilité implicite, ou autrement dit, à la volatilité attendue par le marché. Pour un achat, il correspond à l'achat d'un call, au prix d'e
Expiration (options)In finance, the expiration date of an option contract (represented by Greek letter tau, τ) is the last date on which the holder of the option may exercise it according to its terms. In the case of options with "automatic exercise", the net value of the option is credited to the long and debited to the short position holders. Typically, exchange-traded option contracts expire according to a pre-determined calendar. For instance, for U.S.
Option time valueIn finance, the time value (TV) (extrinsic or instrumental value) of an option is the premium a rational investor would pay over its current exercise value (intrinsic value), based on the probability it will increase in value before expiry. For an American option this value is always greater than zero in a fair market, thus an option is always worth more than its current exercise value. As an option can be thought of as 'price insurance' (e.g.
Grille des notations financièresIn investment, the bond credit rating represents the credit worthiness of corporate or government bonds. It is not the same as an individual's credit score. The ratings are published by credit rating agencies and used by investment professionals to assess the likelihood the debt will be repaid. Credit rating is a highly concentrated industry with the "Big Three" credit rating agencies – Fitch Ratings, Moody's and Standard & Poor's (S&P) – controlling approximately 95% of the ratings business.
Asian optionAn Asian option (or average value option) is a special type of option contract. For Asian options, the payoff is determined by the average underlying price over some pre-set period of time. This is different from the case of the usual European option and American option, where the payoff of the option contract depends on the price of the underlying instrument at exercise; Asian options are thus one of the basic forms of exotic options.
Option exotiqueIn finance, an exotic option is an option which has features making it more complex than commonly traded vanilla options. Like the more general exotic derivatives they may have several triggers relating to determination of payoff. An exotic option may also include a non-standard underlying instrument, developed for a particular client or for a particular market. Exotic options are more complex than options that trade on an exchange, and are generally traded over the counter.
