Call option A has an exercise price of $20. Call option B has an exercise price of $15. If all other characteristics of these options are identical and they are on the same underlying asset, which option will have a higher price? A. Call option A will have a higher price. B. Call option B will have a higher price. C. Call option A and call option B will have the same price. D. It’s impossible for two options on the same underlying asset to have different exercise prices.
Option B is correct
Call option B will have a higher price
For Call options, options with lower strike price will have higher price as options with lower strike price will be more at the money.
Call option A has an exercise price of $20. Call option B has an exercise price...
One call option with a maturity of 3 months and an exercise price of 15,000 is purchased at 4,000 Won and two call options with an exercise price of 17,500 at the same maturity are sold for 2,000 Won and a call option with the same maturity and the strike of 20,000 is longed at 500 Won. What is the profifit or loss of this option investor if the underlying asset price reaches 18,000 Won at maturity?
6. A call option has an exercise price of $45 and a premium of $4. If the price of the underlying stock is $60, the total payoff of the option is ____? 7. A put option has an exercise price of $20 and a premium of $2. If the price of the underlying stock is $11, what of the total payoff of the option? 8. You write a call option with an exercise price of $67 and a premium of...
1. Consider a call option selling for $ 4 in which the exercise price is $50. A) Determine the value at expiration and the profit for a buyer under the following outcomes: i. The price of the underlying at expiration is $55 ii. The price of the underlying at expiration is $51 iii. The price of the underlying at expiration is $48 B) Determine the value at expiration and the profit for a seller under the following outcomes: i. The...
QUESTION 27 The following American call options all have an exercise price of $8.00. Assuming the risk-free interest rate is the same for all maturity, which one is the most valuable? a. Spot price of underlying Term to maturity Option A $10.00 120 days b. Spot price of underlying Term to maturity Option B $11.00 15 days c. Spot price of underlying Term to maturity Option C $12.00 150 days
2. Exercise value and option price The value derived from exercising an option immediately is the exercise value. No rational investor would exercise an option that is out-of-the-money, so the minimum exercise value is zero. The following table provides information regarding options on ABC Corp. stock. Because the stock's price is volatile, investors trade options to either hedge their positions or speculate on price movements. Investors can either buy options or "issue" new options, which is called writing options. The...
suppose a call option with a strike price of $60 has a premium of $15, while another call on the same underlying stock has a strike price of $65 and a premium of $14. Both options expire at the same time. in this situation, an arbitrager would... a. buy the 65-strike call and sell the 60-strike short b. sell both call options. c. do nothing because arbitrage isn’t possible d. buy the 60 strike call and sell the 65-strike call...
2. Exercise value and option price The value derived from exercising an option immediately is the exercise value. No rational investor would exercise an option that is out-of-the-money, so the minimum exercise value is zero. The following table provides information regarding options on ABC Corp. stock. Because the stock's price is volatile, investors trade options to either hedge their positions or speculate on price movements. Investors can either buy options or "issue" new options, which is called writing options. Consider...
A put option and a call option on a stock have the same expiration date and the same exercise (or strike price). Both options expire in 6 months. Assume that put-call parity holds and interest rate is positive. If both call and put options have the same price, which of the following is true? A) Put option is in-the-money. B) Call option is in-the-money. C) Both call and put options are in-the-money. D) Both call and put options are out-of-the-money.
A: Long one in-the-money call option with strike (current stock price −$3) and one out-of-the money call option with strike (current stock price +$3) B: Long two at-the-money call options. All options are on the same asset and have the same maturity. Which one is better?
A call option with an exercise price of $65 will expire in 73 days. No cash payments will be made by the underlying asset over the life of the option. If the underlying asset price is at 70 and the risk-free rate is 5%, the lower bounds for an American Call and European Call should be American=5. European=5.63 American=5.63. European=5 American=5.63. European=5.63 American=5. European=5