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In March, a U.S. investor instructs a broker to sell one July put option contract on...
A stock price is $25. An investor buys one put option contract on the stock with a strike price of $24 and sells a put option contract on the stock with a strike price of $22.50. The market prices of the options are $2.12 and$1.95, respectively. The options have the same maturity date. Describe the investor's position and the possible gain/loss he will get (taking into account the initial investment).
A protective put consists of a long put strike at 4, premium of $3.5, and a long stock that was bought at $38. What is the profit of the protective put if the stock price is? a. $35? b. $42? An investor sells a European call on a share for $13. The strike price is $36. Under what circumstances does the investor make a profit? Under what circumstances will the option be exercised? Draw a diagram showing the variation of...
An investor buys a 84 strike put option contract with a premium of 4.30 and writes (sells) an 80 strike put option contract for 2.20. What is the maximum profit per share? Maximum loss per share?
An investor buys a European put on a share for $3. The stock price is $42 and the strike price is $40. Is in the option in the money or out the money? Explain
Draw a diagram showing the profit and loss of a natural gas put option (for March 2018) with a strike price of $3.10/MMBtu and the premium of $0.2. Make sure to show how the profit/loss situation depends on the gas price at the time of the option maturity. Under what circumstances will the holder of the option make a gain? Under what circumstances will the option be exercised?
Suppose, you are an investment broker. Your client wants to take five option positions on the stock of Plumbus. The stock is currently trading at $40. (1) She wants to buy a call option with a strike price of $40 at an option price of $4. (2) She also wants to buy a put option with a strike of $45 at an option price of $10. (3) She also wants to sell a second call option with a strike of...
You sell a put option on one share of stock. The put has a premium of $4 and a strike/exercise price of $98. The stock currently has a price of $101.20 per share. On the day that the option expires, the stock is selling for $94. What ends up being your net payoff on this position?
Cathy is bullish on Tencent; so she instructs her broker to sell 15/7/2020 European 500 put options on Tencent with an exercise price of $400 each share. Sandy agrees to buy these options and pays the premium of $7 each option. Without taking any transaction costs into consideration, what will be Sandy’s gain or loss if Tencent’s price is $385 each share on 15/7/2020? what would be Cathy’s potential maximum loss on 15/7/2020? what is Cathy’s break-even price?
A single put option contract may give a holder the right to sell 1 share of XYZ stock at a strike price of $100/share at the expiry date in 1 year. The borrowing/lending rate is 5%. Suppose that the current stock price is 95 and 1 year later, the stock price is either $80 or $110. Calculate this option price, round to 4 decimal places Selected Answer:
1. A trader has a put option contract to sell 100 shares of a stock for a strike price of $60. What is the effect on the terms of the contract of (a) A $2 dividend being declared (b) A $2 dividend being paid (c) A 5-for-2 stock split (d) A 5% stock dividend being paid. 1. A trader has a put option contract to sell 100 shares of a stock for a strike price of $60. What is the...