Optionstrat

1. Package Info

The optionstrat package provides full functionality for analyzing option greeks and option strategies. All option analytics are calculated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model.

2. Option Greek Calculations

The following functions may be used to calculate all of the option greeks as well as the option premium and provide the information in a data.frame format:

• opteval(s, x, sigma, t, r, d = 0)
• calleval(s, x, sigma, t, r, d = 0)
• puteval(s, x, sigma, t, r, d = 0)

Alternatively, these functions will return a specific option greek:

• calldelta(s, x, sigma, t, r, d = 0)
• putdelta(s, x, sigma, t, r, d = 0)
• callgamma(s, x, sigma, t, r, d = 0)
• putgamma(s, x, sigma, t, r, d = 0)
• calltheta(s, x, sigma, t, r, d = 0)
• puttheta(s, x, sigma, t, r, d = 0)
• callrho(s, x, sigma, t, r, d = 0)
• putrho(s, x, sigma, t, r, d = 0)
• optiongamma(s, x, sigma, t, r, d = 0)
• optionrho(s, x, sigma, t, r, d = 0)

Arguments:

• s Spot price of the underlying asset
• x Strike price of the option
• sigma Annualized standard deviation of the underlying asset returns
• t Time to expiration in years, use tdiff(date1, date2, "years")
• r Continuously compounded risk-free rate, use r.cont(r, n)
• d Continuously compounded dividend yield, use r.cont(r, n)

Additionally:

• callgreek(greek = c("delta", "gamma", "theta", "vega", "rho", "premium"), s, x, sigma, t, r, d = 0))
• putgreek(greek = c("delta", "gamma", "theta", "vega", "rho", "premium"), s, x, sigma, t, r, d = 0))

Arguments:

• greek Character string. Specific option greek to be calculated
• s Spot price of the underlying asset
• x Strike price of the option
• sigma Annualized standard deviation of the underlying asset returns
• t Time to expiration in years, use tdiff(date1, date2, "years")
• r Continuously compounded risk-free rate, use r.cont(r, n)
• d Continuously compounded dividend yield, use r.cont(r, n)

3. Plot Option Strategies

The following functions may be used to plot specific option strategies:

• plotbullcall(s, x1, x2, t, r, sigma, sigma2 = sigma, d = 0, ll = 0.75, ul=1.25, xlab = "spot", ylab = "profit/loss", main = "Bull Call Spread")
• plotbearcall(s, x1, x2, t, r, sigma, sigma2 = sigma, d = 0, ll = 0.75, ul=1.25, xlab = "spot", ylab = "profit/loss", main = "Bear Call Spread")
• plotbullput(s, x1, x2, t, r, sigma, sigma2 = sigma, d = 0, ll = 0.75, ul=1.25, xlab = "spot", ylab = "profit/loss", main = "Bull Put Spread")
• plotbearput(s, x1, x2, t, r, sigma, sigma2 = sigma, d = 0, ll = 0.75, ul=1.25, xlab = "spot", ylab = "profit/loss", main = "Bear Put Spread")

Arguments:

• s Spot price of the underlying asset
• x1 Lower option strike price
• x2 Higher option strike price
• t Years until expiration
• r Annual continuously compounded risk-free rate
• sigma Implied volatility of the lower option
• sigma2 Implied volatility of the higher option
• d Annual continuously compounded dividend yield
• ll lower limit of the plot, set in terms of percent of the spot (price/spot)
• ul upper limit 0f the plot, set in terms of percent of the spot (price/spot)

Additional plotting function:

• plotvertical(options = c("call", "put"), s, x1, x2, t, r, sigma, sigma2 = sigma, d = 0, ll = 0.75, ul = 1.25, xlab = "spot", ylab = "profit/loss", main = "Vertical Spread")

Arguments:

• options Character string. Designate the type of both options
• s Spot price of the underlying asset
• x1 Strike price of the short option in the vertical spread
• x2 Strike price of the long option in the vertical spread
• t Years until expiration
• r Annual continuously compounded risk-free rate
• sigma Implied volatility of the short option
• sigma2 Implied volatility of the long option
• d Annual continuously compounded dividend yield
• ll lower limit of the plot, set in terms of percent of the spot (price/spot)
• ul upper limit 0f the plot, set in terms of percent of the spot (price/spot)

Additional plotting function:

• plotdv(s, x1, x2, x3, x4, t, r, sigma, sigma2 = sigma, sigma3 = sigma, sigma4 =sigma, d = 0, ll = 0.75, ul = 1.25, xlab = "spot", ylab = "Profit/Loss", main = "Double Vertical Spread")

Arguments:

• s Spot price of the underlying asset
• x1 Strike price of the lower strike (long) put option
• x2 Strike price of the higher strike (short) put option
• x3 Strike price of the lower strike (short) call option
• x4 Strike price of the higher strike (long) call option
  
• t Years until expiration
• r Annual continuously compounded risk-free rate
• sigma Implied volatility of the lower strike (long) put option (annualized)
• sigma2 Implied volatility of the higher strike (short) put option (annualized)
• sigma3 Implied volatility of the lower strike (short) call option (annualized)
• sigma4 Implied volatility of the higher strike (long) call option (annualized)
• d Annual continuously compounded dividend yield
• ll lower limit of the plot, set in terms of percent of the spot (price/spot)
• ul upper limit 0f the plot, set in terms of percent of the spot (price/spot)

4. Vertical Spread Analytics

Vertical Spread Analytics

This function calculates the key analytics of a vertical spread and returns the ouput as a data.frame:

• vertical(options = c("call", "put"), s, x1, x2, t, r, sigma, sigma2 = sigma, vol = sigma, d = 0)

Arguments:

• options Character string, specify whether the spread is a call spread or put spread
• s Spot price of the underlying asset
• x1 Strike price of the short option
• x2 Strike price of the long option
• t Time to expiration in years
• r Annual continuously compounded risk-free rate
• sigma Implied volatility of the short option
• sigma2 Implied volatility of the long option, default = sigma
• vol Input for the volatility of the underlying asset, default = sigma
• d Annual continuously compounded dividend yield

Details:

• options = “call” , (x1 < x2) : Bear Call Credit Spread
• options = “call” , (x1 > x2) : Bull Call Debit Spread
• options = “put” , (x1 < x2) : Bear Put Debit Spread
• options = “put” , (x1 > x2) : Bull Put Credit Spread

Double Vertical Credit Spread Analytics

This function calculates the key analytics of a double vertical credit spread and returns the output as a data.frame:

• dv(s, x1, x2, x3, x4, t, r, sigma, sigma2 = sigma, sigma3 = sigma, sigma4 = sigma, vol = sigma, d = 0)

Arguments:

• s Spot price of the underlying asset
• x1 Strike price of the lower strike (long) put option
• x2 Strike price of the higher strike (short) put option
• x3 Strike price of the lower strike (short) call option
• x4 Strike price of the higher strike (long) call option
  
• t Years until expiration
• r Annual continuously compounded risk-free rate
• sigma Implied volatility of the lower strike (long) put option (annualized)
• sigma2 Implied volatility of the higher strike (short) put option (annualized)
• sigma3 Implied volatility of the lower strike (short) call option (annualized)
• sigma4 Implied volatility of the higher strike (long) call option (annualized)
• vol Input for the volatility of the underlying asset, default = sigma
• d Annual continuously compounded dividend yield

5. Probability Functions

The “Probability Below” function has two separate possible operations:

1. Calculates the probability of the underlying asset value remaining below a price level in a designated time frame, given the daily standard devaiation of the underlying returns.
2. Calculates the price the asset will remain below, given the designated probability

• prob.below(spot, upper, mean = 0, dsd, dte, p, quantile = FALSE)

Arguments:

• spot Current price of the underlying asset
• lower Lower price of the price range
• mean The average daily price movement, default = 0
• dsd Daily standard deviation of the underlying returns (Annual vol/sqrt(256))
• dte Days until expiration, designated time frame
• p Designated probability
• quantile Logical. If True, calculates the price the asset will remain below, given the designated probability

The “Probability Above” function has two separate possible operations:

1. Calculates the probability of the underlying asset value remaining above a price level in a designated time frame, given the daily standard devaiation of the underlying returns.
2. Calculates the price the asset will remain above, given the designated probability

• prob.above(spot, lower, mean = 0, dsd, dte, p, quantile = FALSE)

Arguments:

• spot Current price of the underlying asset
• lower Lower price of the range
• mean The average daily price movement, default = 0
• dsd Daily standard deviation of the underlying returns (Annual vol/sqrt(256))
• dte Days until expiration, designated time frame
• p Designated probability
• quantile Logical. If True, calculates the price the asset will remain above, given the designated probability

The “Probability Between”

This function has two separate possible operations:

1. Calculates the probability of the underlying asset value falling between two prices in a designated time frame, given the daily standard devaiation of the underlying returns.
2. Calculates the probable price range, given a set probability

• prob.btwn(spot, lower, upper, mean = 0, dsd, dte, p, quantile = FALSE)

Arguments:

• spot Current price of the underlying asset
• lower Lower price of the price range
• upper Upper price of the price range
• mean The average daily price movement, default = 0
• dsd Daily standard deviation of the underlying returns (Annual vol/sqrt(256))
• dte Days until expiration, designated time frame
• p Designated probability
• quantile Logical. If True, calculates the price the asset will remain above, given the designated probability

6. Auxiliary Functions

The optionstrat package provides additional functions for calculating implied volatility estimations, numerical time differences, and converting a nominal rate into a continuously compounded rate.

Implied Volatility (estimation):

iv.est(C, S, t)

Arguments:

• C The price of a call option
• S The spot price of the underlying asset
• t Time to expiration (in years)

Numerical Time Difference:

• tdiff(date1, date2, period = c("days", "years"))

Continuously Compounded Rate Conversion:

• r.cont(r, n)

Arguments:

• r The nominal rate of interest
• n The number of compounding periods in a year

7. Disclaimer

The optionstrat package is provided free of charge to the general public. The indicators, strategies, calculations, functions and all other features are for educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment advice.