节选自《选择,未来,和其他子子孙孙》
It is easy to prove.
Firstly lets assume that the option is now in-the-money, which means that the current stock price is higher than the execution price. This scenario is the only one that provides the option holder incentive to early exercise.
Then we need to determine whether the call option holder wants to hold the stock or sell the stock when he early exercise. If he wants to sell the stock, early exercising is not as ideal as selling the call option itself, for the price of the call option is composed of two factors: intrinsic value, which is the difference between the stock price and execution price, and time value, and thus should be higher than the difference of stock price and execution. On the other hand, if he wants to hold the stock, it is possible that the final price of the stock drops below the original execution price and thus lose money.
Thus he should not early exercise the American call option. |