الآثار المالية و الاقتصادية لعقود الخيارات المالية

Abstract

Options’ contracts are considered to be the most important financial developments that have emerged in the financial markets and one of the financial derivative instruments that were invented in order to hedge the risks before they turned out into a tool for investment and speculation, which was highly appreciated among traders in the financial markets. Options' contracts provide contractors with many advantages, especially speculation by using few amounts of money for trading in the financial markets. In addition, they are used as tools to hedging risks of reducing prices of investment portfolio assets. Moreover, it is possible to use investment strategy through options.On the other hand, options’ contracts have no real economic value, and therefore they have fake and negative effects on the financial markets and the economy.