MEET ROB
Over the past 30+ years Rob has traded, structured and taught options on various asset classes. He worked for institutions in the Netherlands, UK and Germany and has distribution experience (meaning technology, legal, finance and compliance) to both corporate and private investors in various Western European countries and Far East Asia. Rob holds a masters degree in Financial Economics from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and is CFA charterholder.
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Option Tales: Cheap Options Part III
| 31-05-2016 | Rob Söentken Today in Rob Söentken’s Option Tales: When buying options it is tempting to see if the premium expenses can be minimized. A number of solutions are possible, which will be discussed in four articles. In the previous article I talked about choosing the longer tenor and the compound option. Today I will […]
Option Tales: Cheap Options Part II
| 24-05-2016 | Rob Söentken | Today in Rob Söentken’s Option Tales: When buying options it is tempting to see if the premium expenses can be minimized. A number of solutions are possible, which will be discussed in four articles. In the previous article I talked about the first two solutions: Choose the strike further OTM and Choose shorter tenor. Today […]
Uitgelicht: Angst voor brexit jaagt bedrijven naar de beurs
| 20-05-2016 | treasuryXL | Recentelijk lazen we een aantal berichten over de angst voor Brexit die meerdere bedrijven naar de beurs jaagt. (bron: FD, NRC) Onder andere Philips, Basic Fit en ASR kondigden aan naar de beurs te gaan. treasuryXL vroeg een drietal experts om hun mening; Is het inderdaad de angst voor Brexit die […]
Option Tales: Cheap Options Part I
17-05-2016 | By Rob Soentken | Today in Rob Soentken’s Option Tales: When buying options it is tempting to see if the premium expenses can be minimized. A number of solutions are possible, which will be discussed in four articles. Today I’m discussing the first two solutions: Choose the strike further OTM and Choose shorter […]
Option Tales: ATM or OTM?
10-05-2016 | By Rob Soentken | When uncertainty is substantial and the decision was made to hedge with options, should the strike be put ‘At The Money’ (ATM) or ‘Out of The Money’ (OTM)? Diagram 1 shows the dilemma. An ATM call option on USD with strike at 1.1400 costs about 2% […]
Options are for wimps
26-04-2016 | by Rob Soentken | Does it make sense to use options for hedging? The following little story is about a senior person who I respect a lot, and who didn’t like using options. One day he asked me to execute some call options for his investment book. He never used options, so I […]