Dow Jones Transportation Average options provide exposure to changes in the benchmark. A call benefits from a higher settlement value; a put benefits from a lower one. The premium must be recovered before the buyer makes a net profit at expiration.
How the call and put work
For a cash-settled index option, a call pays the positive difference between settlement value and strike, multiplied by the contract multiplier. A put pays the positive difference between strike and settlement value. Neither trade buys the individual component stocks.
This is an illustrative cash-settled index option with USD 100 per point. It does not identify a currently listed contract or establish that an option on this exact index is available. Read the access guide before choosing an index, ETF or futures product.
The example trade
Assume the underlying starts at 1,000 index points. One option has a strike of 1,000, a premium of 20 and a multiplier of 100. The total premium is USD 2,000. Prices and premiums are hypothetical; the call and put use equal premiums to make the comparison easy.
The following results are at expiration, before fees. If exercise creates another position, the calculations assume that position is immediately closed at the stated value.
Buying Dow Jones Transportation Average calls
You buy the call because you expect the underlying price to rise. At 1,060 index points, the right at the strike is worth (1,060 − 1,000) × 100 = USD 6,000. After the premium, your profit is USD 4,000.
At 1,000 or below, the call expires without intrinsic value and loses its USD 2,000 premium. Its expiration breakeven is 1,020 index points. At 1,010, the price has risen but the trade still loses USD 1,000.
Buying Dow Jones Transportation Average puts
If you expect a fall instead, the put costs USD 2,000 in this example. At 940 index points, it is worth (1,000 − 940) × 100 = USD 6,000. Your profit is USD 4,000 after the premium.
At 1,000 or above, the put loses its entire premium. Its expiration breakeven is 980 index points. A smaller fall to 990 still leaves a loss of USD 1,000.
Before expiration
You can sell an option to close when a market is available. Its resale value also depends on time remaining and implied volatility, so the expiration breakevens do not determine every earlier trading result.
The purchased option can lose its full premium. Exercise may create a separate position or funding obligation. Selling an uncovered option can produce losses larger than the premium received.
Dow Jones Transportation Average chart
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