Shani Shamah

A Currency Options Primer

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A quick and concise guide to currency options: An understanding of currency options is essential for those working in investment and foreign exchange. A Currency Options Primer sets out to give readers a clear guide to how the currency option market functions, offering practical advice on mastering the necessary components and concepts for fully understanding the workings of this market.

Shani Shamah (London, UK) has spent over 20 years in the financial securities market. She has worked at Banque Paribas; Chase Manhattan Bank NA; Chemical Bank, London; and Numura Bank, London.

Produktdetails

• Wiley Finance Series
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9780470870365
• ISBN-10: 0470870362
• Artikelnr.: 14817437

Autorenporträt

SHANI SHAMAH has spent over twenty years in the financial market. Her previous book, A Foreign Exchange Primer, is proving to be a great success.

Inhaltsangabe

Disclaimer. 1 Introduction. PART I: MARKET OVERVIEW. 2 The Foreign Exchange
Market. 3 A Brief History of the Market. 4 Market Overview. 5 Major
Participants. 6 Roles Played. 7 Purposes. 8 Applications of Currency
Options. 9 Users of Currency Options. Glossary of foreign exchange terms.
PART II: CURRENCY OPTIONS - THE ESSENTIALS. 10 Definitions and Terminology.
11 The Currency Option Concept. 12 The Currency Options Market. 13 Option
Pricing Theories. 14 The Greeks. 15 Payoff and Profit/Loss Diagrams. 16
Basic Properties of Options. 17 Risk Reversals. 18 Market Conventions.
Basic option glossary. PART III: CURRENCY OPTION PRODUCTS. 19 Vanilla
Options. 20 Common Option Strategies. 21 Exotic Options. 22 Structured
Currency Options. 23 Case Studies. 24 Option Hedge Matrix. Exotic currency
option glossary. 25 Concluding Remarks. Index.