Video Lectures
Options I
Watch the video: Part I of Options (00:17:00)Part I of Options
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Description: This video lecture presents options, a derivative, as another kind of security. The two different kinds of options, calls and puts, and key terms used in describing options are defined.
Options II
Watch the video: Part II of Options (00:59:00)Part II of Options
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Description: This video lecture covers interpreting payoff diagrams of call and put options and how to use the diagrams in option strategizing and betting on volatility. A brief historical background for option-pricing theory is also given.
Options III
Watch the video: Part III of Options (00:53:00)Part III of Options
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Description: This video lecture continues to cover option pricing by deriving a generalized binomial model, and the implications of the conditions under which the formula holds.
Slides
- Video for Part I of Options covers slides 1–4
- Video for Part II of Options covers slides 3–27
- Video for Part III of Options covers slides 16–30