Friday, January 2

Call option

Call option gives owner the right, not obligation, buyer or the holder of long position
seller, writer, holder of short position

Payoff
CT=ST-X if ST▷X, CT=0 if ST≦X
=> CT=max(0,ST-X)

Profit = max (0, XT-X)-C0 = CT-Co
If ST◁X+Co, call buyer profit ◁0◁call seller profit
If ST=X+Co, call buyer profit =0=call seller profit
If ST▷X+Co, call buyer profit ▷0▷call seller profit
Breakeven at X+C0, or X+premium


Where:
◁ - smaller than
▷ - greater than
Co - premium

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