040085 KU Options and Derivatives (MA) (2019S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Moodle

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Anmeldung von Mo 11.02.2019 09:00 bis Mi 20.02.2019 12:00
Anmeldung von Di 26.02.2019 09:00 bis Mi 27.02.2019 12:00
Abmeldung bis Do 14.03.2019 23:59

Details

max. 50 Teilnehmer*innen

Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Stephan Unger

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

    
    Dienstag
    21.05.
    13:15 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 15  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  2.Stock
    
    Mittwoch
    22.05.
    11:30 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 1  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß
    
    Dienstag
    28.05.
    09:45 - 13:00
    Hörsaal 16  Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
    
    Mittwoch
    29.05.
    11:30 - 14:45
    Hörsaal 15  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  2.Stock
    
    Dienstag
    04.06.
    11:30 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 15  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  2.Stock
    
    Donnerstag
    06.06.
    11:30 - 14:45
    Hörsaal 15  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  2.Stock
    
    Donnerstag
    13.06.
    11:30 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 15  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  2.Stock
    
    Mittwoch
    19.06.
    11:30 - 13:00
    Hörsaal 15  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  2.Stock

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Required Materials:
• Laptop
• Interactive Brokers Demo Account Access
• Microsoft Excel
• Textbook: John C. Hull, Options, Futures, and other Derivatives, 8th edition

Course Objectives:
This course aims to introduce students to options trading. Students will learn what options are, how they are priced and how they can be used for trading purposes such as speculation or hedging. By using a live demo-trading platform, students will learn to control and adjust options positions.
By the end of the semester students should be able to understand the concept of hedging and how changes in market conditions affect the option price. Classes will be held in the lecture halls of University of Vienna. Throughout the course of the semester, concepts will be demonstrated and further explored using Excel and Interactive Brokers.

Course Outline:

1. Introduction to Options
2. The Call option
3. The Put option
4. Trading of options
5. Put/Call Parity
6. Straddle
7. Strangle
8. Butterfly
9. Collar
10. Pricing of Call options
11. Pricing of Put options
12. Greeks
13. Delta-Hedging
14. Gamma-Hedging
15. Margin
16. Futures
17. Futures-Hedging
18. Futures Live-Trading

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

• Blocked course: During each class tasks are assigned to the students, which they are expected to conduct during class, resp. as homework.

• Presentations: Each student will present an applied trading application of 10 minutes consisting of:
1) The trading, tracking and application of different option strategies to different market environments, as well as the calculation of aggregated Profits and Losses, and
2) The dynamic hedging and adjusting of positions over a certain amount of time.

• Moodle: A course website will be available on moodle via the following link: moodle.univie.ac.at/. Please refer to this website to access additional course materials.

• Laptop: All students will be required to use a laptop for calculation of option strategy performances as well as the tracking of hedged positions. Throughout the semester the software will be used both in class to demonstrate concepts and outside of class to complete assignments.

• Interactive Brokers Demo Account Access: All students will get an IB demo account access where they can conduct trades and keep track of their options strategies and hedging positions.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Attendance mandatory
The final grade for this course will be based on your performance on the presentation, the final exam, class participation, IB usage, as well as homework, and attendance. Exams will be based on lectures, the text, and homework assignments. You need to reach at least 60% in order to pass the course.
Percentage weights and tentative dates are detailed below:

Graded Work Percentage Weight Tentative Date
Participation 10% ongoing
Presentation 30% 13.06.2019
Final Exam 60% 19.06.2019

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

John C. Hull, Options, Futures, and other Derivatives, 8th edition

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:28