Unrest in the Middle East, uncertainty surrounding new US market regulations and the growth of electronic trading have created a recent boom in energy options trading, even outpacing futures trading, analysts said. "Typically, in times of greater volatility, options allow you to tailor your exposure to risk in a more precise fashion than a futures contract can," said Charles Reyl, CEO of Parity Energy. "An option can allow you to protect yourself against, say, a rise in the price of crude oil or ... to a drop in the price of crude oil if you're a producer."
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