1. Agricultural Marketing
ECON 337:
Agricultural Marketing
Lee Schulz
Associate Professor
Chad Hart
Associate Professor 1

2. Option Premiums Can be divided into two sections:
Intrinsic value
What is the option worth today?
Time value
How much time is left on the option?
Intrinsic value depends on the futures price and the strike price of the option.
Time value depends on the length of time in the option and the price volatility in the market.

3. Option Premiums
Intrinsic value will not be less than zero. Remember, you have the right to exercise an option, not the obligation. So if the option is losing money, you can just let it expire.
Time value will gradually approach zero as the expiration date approaches.
Option premium = Intrinsic value + Time value
Call intrinsic value = Underlying price - Strike price
Put intrinsic value = Strike price - Underlying price

4. Example Start with an December corn 2019 put option @ $3.90 per bushel
Day
Futures Price
Option Premium
Intrinsic Value
Time Value 1
$3.8550 $
$0.0450 $ 2
$3.8725 $
$0.0275 $ 3
$3.9625 $
$0.0000 4
$3.9450 5
$3.9325 $

5. Combination Strategies
Option fence
Buy put and sell call
Put spread
Buy In-the-money or At-the-money put and sell Out-of-the-money put

6. Option Returns in a Fence
Buy Put Option Dec $3.50
Premium = $0.0425
Sell Call Option Dec $4.50
Premium = $

7. Fence for Speculator Buy Put Option Dec. 2019 Corn @ $3.50
Premium = $0.0425
Sell Call Option Dec $4.50
Premium = $

8. Fence for Hedger Buy Put Option Dec. 2019 Corn @ $3.50
Premium = $0.0425
Sell Call Option Dec $4.50
Premium = $

9. Option Returns in Spread
Buy Put Option Dec $4.50
Premium = $
Sell Put Option Dec $3.50
Premium = $0.0425

10. Spread for Speculator Sell Put Option Dec. 2019 Corn @ $3.50
Premium = $0.0425
Buy Put Option
Dec $4.50
Premium = $

11. Spread for Hedger Sell Put Option Dec. 2019 Corn @ $3.50
Premium = $0.0425
Buy Put Option
Dec $4.50
Premium = $

12. Combination Strategies
Butterfly
Straddle
Condor
Strangle
These positions can be flipped

13. Condor Sell Put @ $3.00 Premium = $0.0050 Sell Call @ $6.00
Buy $4.00
Premium = $
Buy $5.00
Premium = $

14. Condor for Hedger

15. The 4 Basic Graphs for Options
Buy a put
Sell a put
Buy a call
Sell a call

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