The goals of this chapter are: Understand the structure and operation of option contracts and the types available, explain the profit and loss payoff profiles of call and put option contracts, describe the structure and organisation of international and Australian options markets, explain the factors affecting the price of options, develop options strategies for hedging price risk, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of option contracts in managing risk. | Lecture Financial institutions, instruments and markets (7e): Chapter 20 – Viney, Phillips
