bearishTrader (version 1.0.2)

zShortSyntheticFutureV0: Plots per share Initial cost for Short Synthetic Future in the Plots tab.

Description

This strategy results from shorting a call of the option on Future and buying a put of the option on the Future of the same strike price with the same expiration. On initiation, this is a net credit Strategy and results in net cash inflow as premium received on shorting a call of the option on Future is more than premium paid on buying a put of the option on Future (Kakushadze & Serur, 2018).

Usage

zShortSyntheticFutureV0(
  STF,
  XF,
  COF,
  POF,
  hl = 0.5,
  hu = 1.5,
  xlab = "Future Contract Price ($) at Expiration of Options on Future",
  ylab = " Initial Value [ V0] ($)",
  main = "Short Synthetic Future V0 [Dr/Cr]"
)

Value

Returns a graph of the strategy.

Arguments

STF

Future contract price at time T.

XF

Strike Price of Option on Future.

COF

Call Premium received from Option on Future.

POF

Put premium paid on Option on Future.

hl

lower bound value for setting lower-limit of x-axis displaying spot price.

hu

upper bound value for setting upper-limit of x-axis displaying spot price.

xlab

X-axis label.

ylab

Y-axis label.

main

Title of the Graph.

Author

MaheshP Kumar,

Details

According to conceptual details given by Cohen (2015), and a closed-form solution provided by Kakushadze and Serur (2018), this method is developed, and the given examples are created to plot per share Initial cost for Short Synthetic Future in the Plots tab.

References

Cohen, G. (2015). The Bible of Options Strategies (2nd ed.). Pearson Technology Group. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9780133964448
Kakushadze, Z., & Serur, J. A. (2018, August 17). 151 Trading Strategies. Palgrave Macmillan. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3247865

Examples

zShortSyntheticFutureV0(20,20,2.80,2.60)