Underlying futures contract

A futures contract that supports an option on that future, which is executed if the option is exercised .

Underlying Futures Contract

In an option on a futures contract, the futures contract. The underlying futures contract supports the option; that is, if the option is exercised, the futures contract is executed. For example, an investor may buy a call giving him/her the right to buy a pork belly if the option is exercised. In this case, the pork belly is the underlying futures contract.

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Encyclopedia of alternative investments

The option will only be exercised if price movements are favorable to the option buyer, that is, if the underlying futures contract would be profitable.

Primer on energy derivatives and their regulation

Before being used in the minimization of (7), the data were checked to make sure that they obeyed the inequality restrictions implied by the no-arbitrage conditions on American options prices: C [greater than or equal to] F - X and P [greater than or equal to] X- F, where F is the price of the underlying futures contract. These conditions apply because an American option--which can be exercised at any time--must always be worth at least its value if exercised immediately.

Using implied volatility to measure uncertainty about interest rates

Options require less initial cash outlay than buying the underlying futures contract would, but they can be much more volatile.

Hedging your megawatts

Also traded at the exchange are options that give the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying futures contract.

You're a what? Futures executioner

Assuming that all options are carried to expiration (no early exercise), a trader who buys the call and sells the put can always expect to end up with a long position in the underlying futures contract at expiration.

Put-call parity

An option on a futures contract derives its value from the underlying futures contract, which in turn derives its value from the underlying cash, thus the name double derivative.

Chapter 6 Fundamentals of options hedging

naked option writing--selling an option without owning the underlying futures contract. Naked put writers are bullish and naked call writers are bearish.

Glossary

Options on futures are traded at each of the futures exchanges and are standardized just like the underlying futures contracts. Options on the physicals are nonstandardized, just like typical forward contracts.

Chapter 1 Introduction