Global Index Volatility Chartbook Peace Hopes Cool Cross-Asset Volatility

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Global Index Volatility Chartbook Peace Hopes Cool Cross-Asset Volatility

Disclosures

Risks of Common Option Strategies

Risks to Strategies: Not all option strategies are suitable for investors; certain strategies may expose investors to significant potential losses. We have summarized the risks of selected derivative strategies. For additional risk

information, please call your sales representative for a copy of “Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options.” We advise investors to consult their tax advisors and legal counsel about the tax implications of these

strategies. Please also refer to option risk disclosure documents.

Put Sale: Investors who sell put options will own the underlying asset if the asset’s price falls below the strike price of the put option. Investors, therefore, will be exposed to any decline in the underlying asset’s price below

the strike potentially to zero, and they will not participate in any price appreciation in the underlying asset if the option expires unexercised.

Call Sale: Investors who sell uncovered call options have exposure on the upside that is theoretically unlimited.

Call Overwrite or Buywrite: Investors who sell call options against a long position in the underlying asset give up any appreciation in the underlying asset’s price above the strike price of the call option, and they remain

exposed to the downside of the underlying asset in the return for the receipt of the option premium.

Booster : In a sell-off, the maximum realized downside potential of a double-up booster is the net premium paid. In a rally, option losses are potentially unlimited as the investor is net short a call. When overlaid onto a long

position in the underlying asset, upside losses are capped (as for a covered call), but downside losses are not.