options on the S&P 500 futures expire (pinning) and are pushed away from the cost-of-carry adjusted at-the-money strike price … right before the expiration of options on the S&P 500 index (anti-cross-pinning). These effects are driven by the interplay … (and early exercise) of in-the-money options by individual investors. The associated shift in notional futures value is at …

forwards and some options, products often used for hedging purposes. Making use of these results, we illustrate in a simple …

-analytical prices for options on commodity futures. Using an extensive database of crude oil futures and futures options spanning 21 …

financial terms, the value of an interconnector is the same as a strip of real options written on the spread between power …-reverting jump process and express the value of these real options in closed-form. The valuation tool is applied to five pairs of …

-to-market characteristics. We model two primitive assets: value assets and growth assets that are options on assets in place. The cost of option … place. Consequently, growth options are less risky than value assets, and the model features a value premium. Our model …