PURCHASE OF OPTIONS AS ALTERNATIVE FOR PROTECTION OF PORTFOLIO OF STOCKS AGAINST EVENTS OF THE BLACK SWAN TYPE
Barbell Strategy, Black Swan, Put Options, Portfolio Hedging.
The present study aim to understand how the investor who chooses for the barbell strategy with the greatest part of the portfolio seeking less risk exposure and consistent gains while the other part focuses on the high valuation potential and consequent protection in the option market through an atypical event. Thus, a backtest analysis of Petrobras' OTM put option (PETR4) was used to evaluate what proportion of the portfolio needed to be allocated in the strategy to protect the portfolio of a Black Swan event. The partial results indicated that the systematic purchase of options from Petrobras OTM helped smooth the periods of decline in the portfolio, which had a positive overall result of 22.01% for the period from January 2017 to the beginning of June 2018. However, it is necessary to expand the time horizon and combination of options to pinpoint the best composition for the strategy.