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The design and pricing of fixed- and moving-window contracts: An application of Asian-Basket option pricing methods to the hog-finishing sector

✍ Scribed by Renyuan Shao; Brian Roe


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
211 KB
Volume
23
Category
Article
ISSN
0270-7314

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Abstract

Asian‐Basket‐type moving‐window contracts are an increasingly used risk‐management tool in the North American hog
sector. The moving‐window contract is decomposed into a portfolio of a long Asian‐Basket put and a short Asian‐Basket call
option. A projected break‐even price is used to determine the floor price, and then Monte Carlo simulation methods are used to price both a
moving‐ and a fixed‐window contract. These methods provide unbiased pricing of fixed‐ and moving‐window
hog‐finishing contracts of 1‐year duration. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Jrl Fut Mark 23:1047–1073, 2003