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Accounting of currency contracts
Jílková, Simona ; Pelák, Jiří (advisor)
I have chosen the topic of accounting for foreign exchange contracts for my barchelor thesis. These forms of term trading have recently become increasingly widespread there on foreign exchange markets, both because of the possibility of risk caused by exchange rate volatility, both the possibility of arbitrage, or speculation. The main aim of this work is to give readers a view of their essence, operation and last but not least, their views on valuation and accounting.
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Use of financial derivatives in business
Müller, Tomáš ; Marek, Petr (advisor) ; Podškubka, Tomáš (referee)
The paper shows the main possibilities of using financial derivatives in business with an emphasis on Czech corporate clients. It describes selected types of financial derivatives, such as forwards, futures, FRA, options, warrants and investment certificates. Based on practical examples, it shows the possibilities of using selected financial derivatives to hedge currency, interest rate and commodity risk, and also to evaluate funds of an entrepreneur. It also analyzes and compares individual possibilities and attempts to point out main advantages and disadvantages of using financial derivatives in practical business.
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Opční strategie
Berezkin, Áron ; Witzany, Jiří (advisor) ; Witzany, Jiří (referee)
The bachelor thesis is focused on a detailed analysis of the option strategy Iron Condor. In the introductory chapter the reader is sufficiently familiarized with basic functioning of the options and with influences that affect their value. Furthermore, detailed description of the strategy Iron Condor is provided including the strategy related context, which a trader needs to be aware of in order to be able to execute the strategy. In conclusion, the strategy is backtested on the U.S. index RUT and the results are analyzed.
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Valuation of options with stochastic volatility
Duben, Josef ; Málek, Jiří (advisor) ; Hudec, Patrik (referee)
The thesis is dealing with option pricing. The basic Black-Scholes model is described, along with the reasons that led to the development of stochastic volatility models. SABR model and Heston model are described in detail. These models are then applied to equity options in the times of high volatility. The models and their application are then evaluated.
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Option strategies
Čech, Petr ; Witzany, Jiří (advisor) ; Witzany, Jiří (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the analysis of option strategies with emphasis on practical aspect of the matter. At the beginning, there is brief introduction to theoretical basis of options, which is required for the advanced topics in this work. The following chapters concentrate mainly on the stock options, but the explained concepts can be used for options with another underlying asset as well. In the second chapter, various option strategies are discussed there. To a number of them, there is stated example from the real market situation. The next part accents the importance of implied volatility on option strategies. The last part briefly summarizes utilization of option strategies in diverse market situations.
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Derivatives suitable for commodtiy risk hedging
Klepetko, Petr ; Scholleová, Hana (advisor) ; Štýbr, David (referee)
This thesis is concerning the problematic of derivatives which can be applicable for commodity risk hedging. The futures contracts and options are utilized for hedging commodity risk on oil market. For purposes of this work is designed a trading strategy, which consists of exponential moving average and expiration cycle of the options. The strategy is tested on historical oil prices. Because the strategy shows promising outputs it was employed on setting options strategy as well. The hedging options strategy collar is tested on historical prices of oil. Testing on historical prices discovered that it is profitable for processor to hedge the oil price by futures contracts. For producer it is more profitable to hedge the price by employing standard collar strategy. On the other side the bear collar strategy generated quite unconvincing outputs for processor. When the out-the-money bear collar war modified into in-the-money bear collar the outputs were satisfactorily profitable.
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Hedging with financial derivatives in international business
Rohrbacher, Jan ; Taušer, Josef (advisor) ; Mergl, Tomáš (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with hedging with financial derivatives in international business. It is divided into two main parts. The first - theoretical part describes the general definition of the term "derivative" as well as brief history of derivatives. The next part determines derivatives from three key aspects - economic, legal and accounting. The following part deals with statistical methods and the current situation on the derivative markets. The following chapter analyzes the main types of derivatives - forwards, futures, swaps and options as well as examples of their usage. The second part of this work examines the hedging process within the company Med Povrly. Due to its involvement in the international trade with copper, the company is exposed to commodity and exchange-rate risks.
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The use of options in international trade
Telgárska, Lýdia ; Taušer, Josef (advisor) ; Plchová, Božena (referee)
Different kinds of options and the possibilities of their use in international environment is the subject of this final thesis. At the beginning of thesis, history of options, their classification according to different kinds, and situation on the stock exchange market and OTC market are discussed. In the next part, the thesis speaks about the main option positions, more complicated option positions, warrants and interest rate option. Every single option is characterized in more detailed way along with the different examples of their use for financial risk management in the international trade or their use for more and more evolving speculation on the financial markets.
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Exotic Options (Digitals and Barriers)
Fečko, Michal ; Málek, Jiří (advisor) ; Witzany, Jiří (referee)
Main objective of this diploma thesis is to point out to the advantages related to the applications of Exotic options and show that we have to be aware of complexities which arise in hedging such products. There exists a quantity of different Exotic options products so the first chapter is dedicated to its basic classification, although not all instruments were included, as some are very specific. According to the application of options, we took out the most used Exotic options. The number one in the Exotic options world, are the Barrier options, followed by Digital options
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