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Spread option

A call or put on the difference between two prices, valued under a two-asset model.

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Terms
Type
Expiry
Model · Method
Fixed in this demo.

Market data

Weight, asset 1
1
Weight, asset 2
1
Price, asset 1
100
Price, asset 2
95
Interest rate
3%
Dividend yield, asset 1
1%
Dividend yield, asset 2
2%
Volatility, asset 1
30%
Volatility, asset 2
30%
Correlation
0.5

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Present value · Black–Scholes · Closed form
11.99
Intrinsic value at forwards
1.07
Payoff at forwards
1.07

Across asset 1

Greeks · 10

0.567216
per 1 unit of asset 1
−0.444881
per 1 unit of asset 2
0.0132631
per 1 unit of asset 1
0.013268
per 1 unit of asset 2
−0.0132643
per 1 unit of each asset
0.208875
per 1 vol point of asset 1
0.170214
per 1 vol point of asset 2
−0.11341
per 0.01 correlation
0.0246884
per 1% rate
−0.0165438
per day

Model values for illustration, from fixed market data. They are not quotes.

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About this product

A call pays the amount by which the first price exceeds the second by more than the strike at expiry; a put pays when it exceeds it by less.

As with the exchange option, correlation drives the value: two prices that move together leave a narrow spread.

What you can change

The contract terms above. Market data, model parameters and numerical settings are fixed for this demo and shown with each result.

The Greeks

Delta 1 per 1 unit of asset 1
How much the option's value changes when asset 1 moves by 1 unit, with asset 2 unchanged.
Delta 2 per 1 unit of asset 2
How much the option's value changes when asset 2 moves by 1 unit, with asset 1 unchanged.
Gamma 1 per 1 unit of asset 1
How much Delta 1 changes when asset 1 moves by 1 unit.
Gamma 2 per 1 unit of asset 2
How much Delta 2 changes when asset 2 moves by 1 unit.
Cross Gamma per 1 unit of each asset
How much Delta 1 changes when asset 2 moves by 1 unit. It is also how much Delta 2 changes when asset 1 moves by 1 unit.
Vega 1 per 1 vol point of asset 1
How much the option's value changes when the volatility of asset 1 rises by 1 point.
Vega 2 per 1 vol point of asset 2
How much the option's value changes when the volatility of asset 2 rises by 1 point.
Correlation 01 per 0.01 correlation
How much the option's value changes when the correlation between the two assets rises by 0.01.
Rho per 1% rate
How much the value changes when interest rates rise by 1 percentage point.
Theta per day
How much the value changes as one calendar day passes, with everything else unchanged.

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