Discuss the various payoff systems.
Product | Position | Translation | Downside |
Call | Long | Bought – Owns the option | Premium paid |
Call | Short | Sold – Wrote the option | If the option is exercised, the difference between Market price and Strike price |
Put | Long | Bought – Owns the option | Premium paid |
Put | Short | Sold – Wrote the option | If the option is exercised, the difference between Strike price and Market price |
Forward | Long | Bought the underlying | The difference between Forward price and Market price, if prices decline |
Forward | Short | Sold the underlying | The difference between Market price and forward price, if prices rise |
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