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by AndreBeck
December 4th, 2008, 1:37 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Spread Options sensitivity to interest rates - Storage
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Spread Options sensitivity to interest rates - Storage

Using my NatGas storage models I am observing all of positive, negative and little sensitivity to shifts in the interest rate curve. NatGas storage can be thought of as a portfolio of Calendar Spread Options. In general can spread-options exhibit both positive or negative rho?
by AndreBeck
December 2nd, 2008, 10:55 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Spread Option - Green's v MC
Replies: 8
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Spread Option - Green's v MC

Re. Greeks for spread options: is the sensitivity of a spread option to interest rates always negative like with a standard call? Thanks
by AndreBeck
February 19th, 2008, 11:32 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Asian option - Not cheaper with higher sampling?
Replies: 5
Views: 59911

Asian option - Not cheaper with higher sampling?

<t>Hi!I have always assumed that Asian options were cheaper not only than the simple option with the same terms, but also that the more frequent the averaging the cheaper the option, because of a volatility dampening effect.Some models I use and some volatiltiy adjustements suggested in the litterat...
by AndreBeck
February 19th, 2008, 11:16 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Asian Option Pricing - Trailing Average as underlying
Replies: 0
Views: 58535

Asian Option Pricing - Trailing Average as underlying

<t>Hi!An example of the option I am pricing has the underlying defined daily as the average of prices for a given day in the week over the past rolling period of 4 weeks, the option life being 3 months.The investor and the trader are using this determination to trade daily but avoid exposure to an e...