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股票翻倍:call 会怎么变

Doubles in one day

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Finance / 金融
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L4

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金融数学题:股票翻倍:call 会怎么变。

英文原题

If the price of a stock doubles in one day, by how much will the value of a call option on this stock change?

解析

没有单一答案,取决于期权的 moneyness、到期、波动率等。

  • 深度实值(deep ITM):由 put-call parity 可近似 CSKerTC\approx S-Ke^{-rT},因此当 SS 翻倍时 CC 近似从 SKerTS-Ke^{-rT} 变为 2SKerT2S-Ke^{-rT},即大致翻倍
  • 平值附近(ATM):翻倍会使期权从 ATM 变为深 ITM,价格的百分比变化通常会远大于 100%
  • 深度虚值(deep OTM):原本很便宜,翻倍可能让它变得有显著价值,价格可能上升多个数量级

定性总结:翻倍一定会使 call 价格上升,但上涨幅度强烈依赖于初始 moneyness。


英文解析

The value of a deep in the money call on a non-dividend-paying asset can be approximated, e.g., by using the Put-Call parity, as
CSKerTC \approx S - Ke^{-rT},
where KK and TT are the strike and the maturity of the option, and rr is the constant risk-free rate.

Thus, if the spot price SS doubles, the call option will be even deeper in the money, and therefore its value will be approximately
2SKerT2S - Ke^{-rT}.

In other words, the value of deep in the money calls roughly doubles if the spot price doubles.


If the option is around at the money, the percentage change generated by the doubling of the stock price is about one order of magnitude larger since the option will become deep in the money.

If the option is deep out of the money, then it trades for fractions of cents. The doubling of the spot price would result in changing the price of the option by several orders of magnitude.


As a numerical example, consider a six-month call option with strike 2020 on a non-dividend-paying underlying asset with volatility 25%25\%. Assume that the risk-free rate is constant at 5%5\%.
The Black-Scholes values of the call option corresponding to several spot prices of the underlying asset can be found below:

Spot Price Option Price
10 0.000045
20 1.65
40 20.49
80 60.49
400 380.49
800 780.49

If the call option is deep out of the money and the spot price doubles from 1010 to 2020, the value of the call increases from 0.0000450.000045 to 1.651.65, i.e., by more than four orders of magnitude.

If the call option is at the money and the spot price doubles from 2020 to 4040, the value of the call increases from 1.651.65 to 20.4920.49, i.e., more than tenfold.

If the call option is deep in the money, and the spot price doubles from 4040 to 8080, the value of the call increases from 20.4920.49 to 60.4960.49, i.e., by a factor of 2.952.95.

If the call option is even deeper in the money and the spot price doubles from 400400 to 800800, the value of the call increases from 380.49380.49 to 780.49780.49, i.e., the call approximately doubles in value.


Moreover, if the call option is deep in the money, its value is very close to
SKerTS - K e^{-rT},
i.e., the value of the spot price of the underlying asset minus the present value of the strike.

For all the spot prices greater than 4040, the estimate CSKerTC \approx S - Ke^{-rT} is very accurate.

Thus, if the call option is at the money and the spot price doubles, the value of the call option increases by the same amount as the increase in the spot price.

For example, if the spot price doubles from 4040 to 8080, the value of the call increases by 4040, from 20.4920.49 to 60.4960.49, which is exactly the increase in the spot price.