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Copyri ght 2011 by The McGraw-H il l Companies, Inc. All ri ghts reserved.McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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Chapter 3. Pricing Forwards and Futures I:The Basic Theory
Rangarajan K. Sundaram
Stern School of Business
New York University
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Outline
Introduction
Pricing Forwards by Replication
Numerical Examples
Currency Forwards
Stock Index Forwards
Valuing Forwards
Forward Pricing: Summary
Futures Pricing
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Introduction
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Objectives
This chapter introduces students to the pricing of derivatives using no-arbitrage considerations.
Key points:
1. The cost-of-carry method of pricing forward contracts.
2. The role of interest rates and holding costs/benefits in this process.
3. The valuation of existing forward contracts.
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The Forward Price
Forward price: The delivery price that makes the forward contract have
"zero value" to both parties.
How do we identify this zero-value price?
Combine
The Key Assumption: No arbitrage
with
The Guiding Principle: Replication.
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Pricing Forwards by Replication
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The Key Assumption: No Arbitrage
Maintained Assumption:Market does not permit arbitrage.
What is "arbitrage?"
A profit opportunity which guarantees net cash inflows with no net
cash outflows.
Such an opportunity represents an extreme form of market inefficiency where two identical securities (or baskets of securities)
trade at different prices.
Assumption isnot that arbitrage opportunities can never arise, but that
they cannotpersist.
This is a minimal market rationality condition: it is impossible to say
anything sensible about a market where such opportunities can persist.
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The Guiding Principle: Replication
Replication: Fundamental idea underlying the pricing ofall derivativesecurities.
The argument:
Derivative's payoff is determined by price of the underlying asset.
So, it "should" be possible to recreate (orreplicate) the
derivative's pay offs by directly using the spot asset and, perhaps,
cash.
By definition, the derivative and its replicating portfolio (should one
exist) are equivalent.
So, by no-arbitrage, they must have the same cost.
Thus, the cost of the derivative (its so-called "fair price") is just thecost of its replicating portfolio, i.e., the cost of manufacturing its
outcomes synthetically.
Key step: Identifying the replicating portfolio.
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Replicating Forward Contracts
Forward contracts are relatively easy to price by replication.
Consider an investor who wants to take along forward position.
Notation:
S: current spot price of asset.
T: maturity of forward contract (in years).
F: forward price for this contract (to be determined).
We will let 0 denote the current date, so Tis also the maturity date of forward
contract.
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Replicating Forwards
At maturity of the contract, the investor pays $F and receives one unit of
the underlying.
To replicate this final holding:
Buy one unit of the asset today and hold it to date T.
Both strategies result in the same final holding of one unit of the
underlying at T.
So, viewed from today, they must have the same cost.
What are these costs?
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Cost of Forward Strategy
The forward strategy involves a single cash outflow of the delivery price
Fat time T
So, cost of forward strategy: PV(F).
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Cost of Replicating Strategy
To replicate, we must
Buy the asset today at its current spot price S.
"Carry" the asset to date T. This involves:
Possible holding/carrying costs (storage, insurance).
Possible holding benefits (dividends, convenience yield).
Let
M= PV(Holding Costs)PV(Holding Benefits).
Net cost of replicating strategy: S+ M.
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The Forward Pricing Condition
By no-arbitrage, we obtain the fundamental forward pricing condition:
Solving this condition for F, we obtain the unique forward price consistent
with no-arbitrage.
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Violation of this Condition Arbitrage
IfPV(F) > S+ M, the forward isovervalued relative to spot.
Arbitrage profits may be made by selling forward and buying spot.
"Cash and carry" arbitrage.
Forward contract has positive value to the short, negative value tothe long.
IfPV(F) < S+ M, the forward isundervalued relative to spot.
Arbitrage profits can be made by buying forward and selling spot.
"Reverse Cash and carry" arbitrage.
The contract has positive value to the long and negative value to the
short.
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Determinants of the Forward Price
The forward price is completely determined by three inputs:
Current price S of the spot asset.
The cost M of "carrying" the spot asset to date T.
The level of interest rates which determine present values.
This is commonly referred to as the cost-of-carrymethod of pricing
forwards.
Two comments:
Forward and spot prices are tied together by arbitrage: they must
move in "lockstep."
To what extent then do (or can) forward prices embody expectations
of future spot prices?
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Pricing Formulae I: Continuous Compounding
Fundamental pricing equation: PV (F)= S+ M.
Let r be the continuously-compounded interest rate for horizon T.
So PV(F) = erTF.
Therefore, erTF= S+ M, so
When there are no holding costs or benefits (M= 0),
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Pricing Formulae II: Money-Market Convention
Let denote the T-year rate of interest in the money-market convention(Actual/360).
Ifd is the actual number of days in the horizon, then
Therefore, so
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Numerical Examples
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Example 1
Consider a forward contract on gold. Suppose that:
Spot price: S= $1, 140/ oz.
Contract length: T= 1 month = 1/12 years.
Interest rate: r= 2.80% (continuously compounded).
No holding costs or benefits.
Then, from the forward pricing formula, we have
Any other forward price leads to arbitrage.IfF> 1, 142.66, sell forward and buy spot.IfF< 1, 142.66, buy forward and sell spot.
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Abrbitrage with an Overpriced Forward
Suppose that F= 1, 160, i.e., it is overpriced by 17.34.
Arbitrage strategy:
1. Enter into short forward contract.
2. Buy one oz. of gold spot for $1,140.
3. Borrow $1,140 for one month at 2.80%.
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Abrbitrage with an Underpriced Forward
Suppose that F= 1, 125, i.e., it is underpriced by $17.66.
Arbitrage strategy:
1. Enter into long forward contract.
2. Short 1 oz. of gold.
3. Invest $1,140 for one month at 2.80%.
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Holding Costs and/or Benefits
Holding costs are often non-zero.
With equities or bonds, there are often holding benefits such as
dividends or coupons.
With commodities, there are often holding costs such as storage and
insurance.
Such interim cash flows affect the total cost of the replication strategy and
should be taken into account in pricing.
Our second example deals with such a situation.
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Example 2
Consider a forward contract on a bond.
Suppose that:
Spot price of bond: S= 95.
Contract length: T= 6 months.
Interest rate: r= 10% (continuously compounded) for all maturities.
Coupon of $5 will be paid to bond holders in 3 months.
What is the forward price of the bond?
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Example 2: The Forward Price
The coupon is a holdingbenefit. So M isminus the present value of $5 receivable in 3 months:
Thus, the arbitrage-free forward price Fmust satisfy
so
Any other forward price leads to arbitrage.
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Arbitrage with an Overvalued Forward
For example, suppose F= 98.
Then, the forward is overvalued relative to spot, so we want to sell forward,
buy spot, and borrow.
Buying and holding the spot asset leads to a cash outflow of 95 today, but
we receive a coupon of 5 in 3 months.
There are may ways to structure the arbitrage strategy. Here is one. We split
the initial borrowing of 95 into two parts, with
one part repaid in 3 months with the $5 coupon, and
the balance repaid in six months with the delivery price received on the
forward contract.
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The Arbitrage Strategy
So the full arbitrage strategy is:
Enter into short forward with the delivery price of 98.
Buy the bond for 95 and hold for 6 months.
Finance spot purchase by
borrowing 4.877 for 3 months at 10%
borrowing 90.123 for 6 months at 10%.
In 3 months:
receive coupon $5
repay the 3-month borrowing.
In 6 months: deliver bond on forward contract and receive $98
repay 6-month borrowing.
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Question: What is the arbitrage strategy ifF= 91.50?
Cash Flows from the Aribtrage
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Currency Forwards
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Forwards on Currencies & Related Assets
Forwards on currencies need a slightly modified argument.
For example, suppose you want to be long 1 on date T.
Two strategies:
Forward contract: Pay $F at time T, receive 1.
Replicating strategy: Buy x today and invest it to T, where x = PV (1).
PV(1) is the amount that when invested at the sterling interest rate will grow
to 1 by time T.
The "" inside the PV expression is to emphasize that present
values are being taken with respect to the interest rate.
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Currency Forwards: Replication Costs
Cost of the forward strategy in USD:
PV($ F) = F x PV($1).
Cost of the spot (or replicating) strategy in USD:Sx PV(1)
As usual, Sdenotes the spot price of the underlying in USD.
Here, the underlying is GBP, so Sis the spot exchange rate ( $ per).
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Currency Forwards: The General Pricing Expression
By no-arbitrage, we must have
Sx PV(1) = F x PV($1).
Solving we obtain the fundamental forward pricing expression for currencies:
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Currency Forwards with Continuous Compounding
Let rrepresent the T-year USD interest rate and d the T-year GBP
interest rate, both expressed in continuously-compounded terms.
Then, PV($ 1) = erTand PV(1) = edT .
Using these in the general currency forward pricing expression and
simplifying, we obtain
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Currency Forwards in the Money-Market Conventions
($): T-year USD interest rate (ACT/360).
(): T-year GBP interest rate (ACT/365). Then:
Substituting these into the general currency forward pricing expression
and simplifying, we obtain
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Example 3
Data:
Foreign currency: GBP
Spot exchange rate S(USD per GBP): 1.63146
Contract length T: 3 months = 90 days.
3-month USD Libor rate: ($) = 0.251% 3-month GBP Libor rate: () = 0.610%
Therefore, the unique arbitrage-free forward price is:
U d l d F d
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Undervalued Forward
Suppose we had F= $1.60/. Then, the forward isundervalued relative to spot, so we want to buy
forward, sell spot, and invest.
Long forward contract to buy 1 for $1.60 in 3 months.
Short PV(1). That is:
Borrow PV(1) = 0.9985 for 3 months at 0.61%.
Sell 0.9985 for $ at the spot rate of $1.63146/.
Invest the proceeds for 3 months at 0.251%.
In 3 months:
Pay USD 1.6000 and receive GBP 1 from the forward.
Repay GBP borrowing.
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Cash Flows from the Arbitrage
At inception:
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Cash Flows from the Arbitrage
At maturity:
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Currency Forwards: Exercise
Suppose you are given the following data (from 15-Jan-2010):
Spot USD/GBP exchange rate = $1.6347/.
Spot USD/EUR exchange rate = $1.4380/.
1-month Libor rates:
USD: 0.2331% (Actual/360) GBP: 0.5175% (Actual/365)
EUR: 0.3975% (Actual/360)
What are the 1-month USD/GBP and USD/EUR forward rates?
Actual 1-month forward rates on 15-Jan-2010:
USD/GBP: $1.62438/. USD/EUR: $1.43786/.
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Stock Index Forwards
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Stock Index Forwards
We can also price forwards on stock indicesusing this approach.
A stock index is essentially a basket of a number of stocks.
If the stocks pay dividends at different times, we can approximate the
dividend payments well by assuming they are continuously paid.
Dividend yield on the index plays the role of the variable d in theformula.
Literally speaking, the idea of continuous dividends is an unrealistic one,
but, in general, the approximation works very well.
Computationally, much simpler than calculating cash value of dividend
payments expected over contract life and using the known-cash-payoutsformula.
l d d
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Example 4: Index Forwards
Data:
Current level of S&P index: 1,343
One-month interest rate (continuously-compounded): 2.80%
Dividend yield on the S&P 500: 1.30% What is the price of a one-month (= 1/12 year) futures contract?
In our notation: S= 1343, r= 2.80%, d= 1.30%, and T= 1/12.
So the theoretical futures price is
S&P 500 F t P i J 15 2010
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S&P 500 Futures Prices: Jan 15, 2010
Spot: 1136.03 (S&P on Jan 15, 2010)
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Valuing Forwards
Valuing Existing Forwards
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Valuing Existing Forwards
Consider a forward contract with delivery price K that was entered into earlierand now has T years left to maturity.
What is the current value of such a contract?
We answer this question for the long position.
The value of the contract to the shortposition is just the negative of the
value to the long position.
So suppose we are long the existing contract.
Suppose also that the current forward price for the same contract (same
underlying, same maturity date) is F.
Off tti th E i ti F d
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Offsetting the Existing Forward
Consider offsetting the existing long forward position with a short forward
position in a new forward contract.
Original portfolio:
Long forward contract with delivery price K and maturity T.
New portfolio: Long forward contract with delivery price K and maturity T.
Short forward contract with delivery price F and maturity T.
Value of original portfolio = Value of new portfolio (why?).
Val ation b Offset
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Valuation by Offset
What happens to the new portfolio at maturity?
Physical obligations in the underlying offset.
Net cash flow: FK.
So new portfolio - certainty cash flow ofFKat time T.
This means: Value of New Portfolio = PV(FK).
Therefore:
Value of Long Forward = PV(FK).
and
Value of Corresponding Short Forward = PV(KF).
Val ing Fo a ds S mma
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Valuing Forwards: Summary
Data:
Given forward contract: delivery price K, maturity date T.
Current forward price for same contract: F.
Valuations:
Value of long forward: PV(FK).
Value of short forward: PV(KF).
Intuition?
E l 5 V l i E i ti F d
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Example 5: Valuing Existing Forwards
You enter into a forward contract to sell 10,000 shares of Dell stock in
3months' time at a delivery price of $25.25.
A month later:
The price of Dell is $25.40. The two-month rate of interest at thispoint is 4.80% (money-market convention). There are 61 days in the
two-month period.
Dell is not expected to pay any dividends over the next two months.
What is the value of the contract you hold?
Example 5: The Steps Involved
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Example 5: The Steps Involved
To answer this question, we proceed in two steps:
1. Identify the forward price F today for delivery in two months.2. Use F together with the locked-in price K= 25.25 to identify the value of
the forward contract.
Example 5: The Forward Price
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Example 5: The Forward Price
Since there are no dividends, the forward price must satisfy PV(F) = S.
This means
or
Example 5: The Contract Value
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Example 5: The Contract Value
Since you are short the forward, the value of the forward contract is
PV(K F) = PV(0.36) = PV(0.36).
Using the 2-month interest rate of 4.80%, this present value is
Over 10,000 shares, therefore, the value of the contract is
10,000 0.3571 = 3,571
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Forward Pricing: Summary
Forward Pricing: Summary
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Forward Pricing: Summary
A forward contract is acommitment by buyer and seller to take part in a
fully specified future trade.
The commitment to the trade makes forward payoffslinear.
Theforward price is that delivery price that would make the contract have
zero value to both parties at inception.
The forward price can be determined by replication, and depends on the cost
of buying and "carrying" spot.
Thevalue of a forward contract is the present value of the difference
between the locked-in delivery price on a contract and the current forward
price for that maturity.
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Futures Pricing
Pricing Futures: Considerations
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Pricing Futures: Considerations
Analytical valuation of futures contracts difficult for two reasons:
1. Delivery options provided to the short position.
2. Margining which creates uncertain interim cash flows.
These features will have an impact on futures prices compared to another
wise identical forward contract.
The question is: how much of an effect? Is it quantitatively significant?
Delivery Options
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Delivery Options
Consider delivery options.
Such options make the futures contract
more attractive to the seller (the short position)
less attractive to the buyer (the long position). Thus, other things being equal the futures price must be lower than the
forward price on this account.
How much lower? That is, how economically valuable is the delivery option?
D li O ti
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Delivery Options
The delivery option is provided primarily to guard against squeezes.
However, provision of the delivery option degrades the quality of the hedge.
Intuitively, the more valuable this option, the greater this uncertainty, and the
more the hedge is degraded.
Thus, we would expect that in a successfulfutures contract, the delivery
option does not have much economicvalue.
Empirical studies support this position: One study of the T-Bond futures
contract, for example, found that the option was worth around $430 even
with 6 months left to maturity.
Ma gin Acco nts
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Margin Accounts
What about margin accounts?
These create interim cash flows which earn interest at possibly uncertain
rates.
Thus, the quantitative impact will depend on
how cash flows into the margin account occur (i.e., how futures prices
change)
how interest rates change when futures prices change (i.e., the
correlation between interest rate changes and futures price changes).
Once again, in a successful futures contract, our expectation would be thatthis impact would be quantitatively small.
Margin Accounts
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Margin Accounts
Best "laboratory" for testing the effect: currency contracts, where no delivery
options exist.
One study reported that difference in forward and futures prices were smallerthan the bid-ask spread in the currency market.
Futures Pricing: Summary
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Futures Pricing: Summary
Identifying futures prices analytically is complicated by
delivery options
margin accounts
It is possible to take these factors into account and develop a full pricing
theory for futures.
However, both theory and empirical evidence point to only a small effect
especially for short-dated contracts.
Given this, we treat futures and forward prices in the sequel as if they were
the same.