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Credit Risk Option

A sort of put option which is linked to the credit worthiness of a borrower. The holder of the option...

Charm

A second-order greek that measures the instantaneous rate of change of an option’s delta with respect to the passage of...

Floor Notional Amount

A floor is a put option on a specified interest rate such as LIBOR, Euribor, the US prime rate, or...

Forward Option

An option whose underlying is a forward contract. This option gives the holder the right to enter into a forward...

Corridor Accrual Option

A path-dependent option that is typically embedded in a structured note (range note), allowing the holder to receive a coupon...

Composite Option

A currency option- usually on a foreign currency or a currency basket or index- that is made or written at...

Binomial Model

A discrete model for pricing options that was introduced by Cox, Ross and Rubinstein in 1979. In this model, the...

Consumption Asset

An asset that is held primarily for consumption (end-user needs) and not usually for investment or resale. Examples include different...

Auto-Floor

An interest rate floor which consists of a limited string of floorlets designed to hedge future floating rate receipts, specifically...

Accreting Cap

An interest rate cap in which the successive caplets cover increasing notional principal amounts. In other words, the notional principal...