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Describe the 3 factors that affect the size of the premium in an option contract.
All three factors need detailed explanation please!
The three factors that affect the size of premium in options contract are as follows :-
1. Underlying asset and the strike price - the movement in the price of assets and their strike price affect the option premium in a way that if the price of a stock has an increasing trend the call premium will rise as it allows you to buy the stock at a predefined price now and if the the prices surpass the strike price you make profit and the vice versa is the case with putt premium.
2. Time to expiration - as the time to expiration of the contract reduces, the premium reduces because their is left time less to exercise the option
3. Implied volatility - is there is more volatility like in today's recessional environment there is more probability of prices going up and down drastically so the call and put premium both rises.
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