Approximating another straddle price

The ATM straddle with 5 days to expiry currently costs $1.30.

Assuming constant volatility, what is the approximate price of the ATM straddle with 20 days to expiry?

$10.40 $1.30 $20.80 $2.60 $5.20

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1 solution

Caleb Townsend
Feb 16, 2015

By the straddle approximation formula, the ATM straddle price is proportional to the square root of time to expiry, that is: Y t Y \propto \sqrt{t} In the first case, t = 5 t = 5 corresponds to a price of $1.30 \text{\$1.30} .
In the second case, t = 20 t = 20 is 4 4 times as long as before. Quadruple the time to expiry, double the price (since the square root of 4 4 is 2 2 ). So the answer is 2 × $1.30 = $2.60 2 \times \text{\$1.30} = \boxed{\text{\$2.60}}

Great! Short and simple approximation.

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 3 months ago

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