• How are options traded on exchanges and in OTC markets?
• How are options for stock, stock indexes, ETFs, foreign currency, and futures contracts quoted in the financial press?
• How can investors use option contracts to hedge an existing risk exposure?
• What are the three steps in establishing the fundamental no-arbitrage value of an option contract?
• What is the binomial (or two-state) option pricing model, and in what way is it an extension of the basic valuation approach?