Below is a list of call option premiums with different strike prices. The options mature 1 year later.
The current stock price is 50. The risk-free interest rate is 5% p.a., continuously compounded.
(i) Find out the cost of the following payoff diagram:
(ii) What is the price such that the above strategy is break-even?
(iii) Find out the cost of the following payoff diagram:
(iv) Find out the cost of the following payoff diagram:
(v) Find out the cost of the following payoff diagram:
Below is a list of call option premiums with different strike prices. The options mature 1...
Below is a list of call and put option premiums with different strike prices. The options mature 1 year later. The current stock price is 900. The risk-free interest rate is 6% p.a., continuously compounded. (i) Find out the cost of the following payoff diagram: (ii) Find out the cost of the following payoff diagram: (iii) Find out the cost of the following payoff diagram: (iv) Find out the cost of the following payoff diagram: (v) What is the price...
(i) The current stock price is 100. The call option premium with a strike price 100 is 8. The effective risk-free interest rate is 2%. The stock pays no dividend. What is the price of a put option with strike price 100? (Both options mature in 3 months.) (ii) The 3-month forward price is 50. The put option premium with a strike price 52 is 3 and the put option matures in 3 months. The risk-free interest rate is 4%...
You are attempting to formulate an investment strategy. In particular, you short a put option with strike price X1 equals to $95 and you long another put option with strike price X2 equals to $115. Both put options have the same underlying stock and will expire at time T. (a) Plot the payoff structure of this investment strategy as a function of ST, which stands for the price of the underlying stock at maturity. The X-axis for St and the...
Three-month European put options with strike prices of $50, $55, and $60 cost $2, $4, and $7, respectively. 1) How can one create a butterfly spread using these options? 2) Please draw the payoff and profit diagrams of this butterfly strategy. 3) What are the maximum gain and maximum loss of the butterfly spread created using these put options? 4) For which two values of ST does the holder of the butterfly spread break even (with a profit of zero),...
Assume the following premia: Strike $950 Call $120.405 93.809 84.470 71.802 51.873 Put $51.777 74.201 1000 1020 84.470 101.214 1050 1107 137.167 I 1) Suppose you invest in the S&P stock index for $1000, buy a 950-strike put, and sell a 1050- strike call. Draw a profit diagram for this position. What is the net option premium? 2) Here is a quote from an investment website about an investment strategy using options: One strategy investors apply is a "synthetic stock."...
1. Consider the following information about a European call option on stock ABC: . The strike price is S100 The current stock price is $110 The time to expiration is one year The annual continuously-compounded risk-free rate is 5% ·The continuous dividend yield is 3.5% Volatility is 30% . The length of period is 4 months. Find the risk-neutral probability p*. Hint: 45.68%
Question 1 Assume Alpha Ltd is currently trading on the NYSE with a stock price of $65. The American one-year call option on the stock is trading at $20 with strike price of $65. If the one-year rate of interest is 10% p.a. (continuously compounding), is the call price free from arbitrage or is it too cheap/expensive, assuming that the stock pays no dividends? What if the stock pays a dividend of $5 in one year? Question 2 The current...
#1 The following options on American Euro Call options are available. The current spot price of the Euro is $1.00/Euro. You care going to construct a short butterfly spread that entails: Sell 1 in the money call Buy 2 at the money Calls (lower strike than sold call above) Sell 1 out of the money call This strategy is outlined below in the table, the first column tells you which position to take in each option contract. Decision Type Premium...
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...
1. Draw payoff diagrams for the following option trading strategies. Assume all options have the same expiration date. a. Buy a share and write a call on the stock b. Buy a call with exercise price X1 and write a call with an exercise price X2 on the same stock, with X1 < X2. c. Buy a call with exercise price X1, sell two calls with exercise price X2 and buy a call with exercise price X3 with X1 X2...