... Knowledge and Skills A Concept-Context Framework forEngineeringandTechnology Education: Reflections on a Delphi Study 75 Marc J de Vries DispositionsasExplicitLearningGoalsforEngineering ... AND MICHAEL HACKER INTRODUCTION Human Development andEngineeringandTechnologyEducation HUMAN DEVELOPMENT The future of engineeringandtechnologyeducation (ETE) and its role in general education ... theories relating to learning, cognition and motivation reveals that engineeringandtechnologyeducation has the potential of serving as one of the best frameworks education has for fostering these...
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... of the last probe NASA had landed on Mars Both projects involved advanced research and development and explored new areas of science andengineering In neither case could technical performance ... intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate university students, andfor practicing managers in business, engineering, andtechnologyAs the title says, it is a book about principles and practice, ... Project Management for Business, Engineering, andTechnology This page intentionally left blank Project Management for Business, Engineering, andTechnology Principles and Practice R D E D...
... Model However, the model has some drawbacks As a result, the model is no longer the standard for options on bonds, foreign exchange, and futures, though the standard models for these three items ... is They ask: How wide is the bid/ask spread? Is the last trade on the bid, in the middle, or on the ask? Has the bid/ask spread moved since the last trade? Are prices extremely volatile, and will ... concepts outlined in this chapter form the basis for the option strategies in Part Two These concepts expand on the basics in Chapter They are not necessary for most traders who are mainly looking...
... the third standard deviation does not mean that the model or standard deviation was wrong The standard deviation simply tells what the expectation for the future is as based on the past This is ... make with standard deviations and assume that occasionally the bizarre will happen The standard deviation is based on a sample of the total universe of possible prices and, therefore, is an ultimately ... methods for predicting the future direction of implied volatility There are classic forecasting techniques, such as regression analysis, time series analysis, and even classic chart patterns such as...
... Increasing helps Increasing helps Decreasing helps Decreasing helps NA Decreasing helps Decreasing helps NA Increasing helps Increasing helps Either Either Increasing helps Decreasing helps Increasing ... lost a grand total of $80, our delta is the same, the gamma is essentially the same, theta has almost tripled, and vega has increased This position is even more set up for our scenario but has lost ... divided by the initial investment The formula is: Return = (Profit or loss) ÷ initial investment For example, if you buy an IBM option forand sell it for 71 /2 , for a profit of 21 /2 , your return...
... drop by some amount before expiration for you to make any money at expiration For example, assume you bought OEX 180 options at 12 and the OEX was at 185 If the option expires and the OEX is at 178, ... type of account and transaction The trade can take place using cash or on margin Transaction costs for margin trades will be more than for cash trades The carrying cost for a cash transaction ... divided by the initial investment The formula is: Return = (Profit or loss) ÷ initial investment For example, if you buy an IBM put option forand sell it for 71 /2 , for a profit of 21 /2 , your return...
... down and forward—keep some of your original write, and roll down and forward some into the next expiration month Note that rolling down and forward restricts the maximum profit potential for a ... calls For example, if you’re long one UI and short two calls, you have, for margin purposes, one covered call write and one naked short call Break-Even Point The formulas for the two break-evens for ... saving commissions and, as was pointed out earlier, this can increase the return significantly You will certainly want to roll forward if there is not much time premium left and if you are still...
... roll up and forward—keep some of your original write and roll up and forward some into the next expiration month Note that rolling up and forward restricts the maximum profit potential for a longer ... price you will select The reasons for this are that the delta will be higher for a higher strike price than for a lower strike and that the premium is higher, thus affording greater profit potential ... increase the break-even point to above the initial entry level The formula for the break-even point is: Break-even point = UI price + put premium For example, use the assumptions of a Treasury-bond...
... short puts For example, if you short one UI and two puts, you have, for margin purposes, one covered put write and one naked short put Break-Even Point The formulas for the two break-evens for a ratio ... Table 15.3 shows the same situation for a bull call spread with the 645 call purchased for 103 /4 and the 650 call purchased for 77 /8 The dollar risk for a bull call spread is the net debit ... Tables 15.1 and 15.3 the break-even point occurs at 6477 /8 DECISION STRUCTURE As mentioned under Strategy, there are two possible uses for the bull spread concept: as a trade andas a profit...
... of the maximum risk and the point where it occurs, 650 Table 16.3 shows the same situation for a bear call spread with the 645 call sold for 103 /4 and the 650 call purchased for 77 /8 TABLE 16.3 ... DECISION STRUCTURE As mentioned under Strategy, there are two possible uses for the bear spread concept: as a trade andas a profit enhancement tool Both strategies use the same selection and follow-up ... below the lower of the two strike prices, in this case, 645 Table 16.1 shows the profit and loss for each of the two options and the net profit or loss for the total position at different prices of...
... initial credit (plus if initiated for a credit, minus if initiated for a debit) This rather complicated formula can be easily grasped with the help of an example Assume the following situation: ... by buying the November 65 call for 23 /4 and selling the October 65 call for 21 /4 The net debit and the net investment will be 0.50 (21 /4 – 23 /4 = –1 /2 ) The assumption here is that the strikes ... such factors as time remaining before expiration, implied volatility, and distance from the current UI price As a result, you can only estimate the maximum risk in the trade by making assumptions...
... STRATEGIES RISK/REWARD Unfortunately, there are no formulas to identify the risk and rewards of ratio calendar spreads The strategy is too dynamic to reduce to formulas Much of the profit or loss ... Figures 21.3 and 21.4 for examples of option charts for strangles.) For example, a long straddle would be long the $50 call and long a $50 put A long strangle would be long the $60 call and long ... the high end of the range of past historical and/ or implied volatilities This is classic strategy for investors who believe that the UI price is going nowhere fast You not want anything to happen...
... money when they go to Las Vegas and yet they still go because of the excitement and entertainment they receive Except for card-counters in blackjack, nobody goes to Las Vegas to make money Nobody ... reversal A conversion is formed by buying a call and selling a put A reversal is formed by buying a put and selling a call Conversions and reversals are constructed to serve basically two objectives: ... or call are the same asfor a regular put or call (see Chapter and Chapter for more details) Therefore, this chapter will concentrate on the differences between synthetic and regular options EQUIVALENT...
... accounts, and was responsible for the trading activities of the New York branch as well as trading and marketing fixed income and foreign exchange derivatives for the entire bank He was also responsible ... understanding, 59 lognormal distribution and, 64–66 probability distribution and, 64 randomness and, 61, 67 standard deviations and, 60–64 Wasting asset, options as, 26–27 Whalley Model, 41 Zeta, 30, ... decisions and, 16 Dividends: exercise decisions and, 16 naked call writing and, 116 naked put writing and, 152 option pricing and, 30 option specifications and, 16–17 return-if-exercised and, 34–35...
... 1997-98 East Asian economic crisis on health and healthcare in Indonesia Health Policy and Planning 2003, 18(2):172-81 World Bank: Millennium development goalsfor health in Europe and Central Asia ... aid database) [36,37,40] International assistance is often short-term Third, aid has generally focused on brief initiatives directed at specific diseases and easily-demonstrated outcome measures ... Development Association: IDA 15 Financing Framework Washington DC: International Development Association 2007 54 Taskforce on Innovative International Financing for Health Systems: More money for health,...
... xenograft and breast cancer metastatic model and prolonging the survival of tumor-bearing mice Our findings provide evidence for the feasibility of using iPSC derived NSCs as a vehicle for targeted ... block the invasion and metastasis of cancer Antisense oligonucleotides against mRNA of Bcl-2, c-myc and ras family of oncogenes has resulted in tumor growth inhibition in solid tumors and leukemia ... trials for genetic diseases such as sickle cell, β-thalassemia and multiple sclerosis (Trounson A et al., 2011) Autologous adipose stem cells and the stromal vascular fractions are being used for...
... instance therefore, go to my advisors, Assoc Prof Tan Kay Chen and Dr Xiang Cheng for their time and effort in guiding me through my 46-month candidature, as well asfor their immense erudition and scholarship ... inject diversity and variety in my thinking and outlook, and whose diligence and enthusiasm has always made the business of teaching and research such a pleasant and stimulating one for me Credit ... perturbations was analyzed in [220] Typical learning algorithms for training feedforward neural architectures for a variety of applications such as classification, regression and forecasting utilize...
... ANALYSIS AND MODELING FORENGINEERINGAND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS MELISSA ANGELINE SETIAWAN (B.Tech, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING ... huge “need” for information among people and provide solid proof that our society is transforming into an “information based society” As a result of this transformation, data and information have ... k-class 18 problem is broken into k binary-class problems The classification is then done by constructing a separation between class and the others, class and the others and so on until class k and...