Options: Understanding Convex Payoff Profiles and Their Characteristics

Convex Payoff Profiles in Options Trading

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A derivative with a convex payoff-profile at some point before the option's maturity is a simple plan vanilla option. As the option becomes progressively more-in-the money, the rate at which the position makes money increases until a sympathetically approaches the linear payoff of the future. Similarly, as the option becomes progressively more out-of "" the money, the rate at which the position loses money decreases until that rate becomes zero. This is an example of:

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A. B. C. D.

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The given description is talking about the behavior of an option's payoff profile, which can be either convex or concave. A convex payoff profile implies that the rate at which the position makes money increases as the option becomes progressively more in-the-money, and the rate at which the position loses money decreases as the option becomes progressively more out-of-the-money.

A simple plan vanilla option is a type of derivative, which gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying asset at a fixed price (strike price) at or before a specific date (expiration date). This type of option has a convex payoff profile, as described in the question.

The spot rate, on the other hand, refers to the current market rate of a currency, commodity, or security, which is used as a benchmark for pricing other financial instruments. The spot rate is not related to the behavior of an option's payoff profile.

Non-linear derivatives can have various types of payoff profiles, including convex or concave. Hence, the given behavior cannot be specifically attributed to non-linear derivatives.

Linear derivatives are financial instruments whose value is directly proportional to the value of an underlying asset or benchmark, such as a stock index or interest rate. Linear derivatives do not exhibit the described behavior of a convex payoff profile.

Therefore, the correct answer is A. Spot rate.

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