Three six-month call options are traded on Hogswill stock: Exercise PriceCall Option Pr...

Three six-month call options are traded on Hogswill stock:

How would you make money by trading in Hogswill options? (Hint: Draw a graph with the option price on the vertical axis and the ratio of stock price to exercise price on the horizontal axis. Plot the three Hogswill options on your graph. Does this fit with what you know about how option prices should vary with the ratio of stock price to exercise price?) Now look in the newspaper at options with the same maturity but different exercise prices. Can you find any money-making opportunities?

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Some complicated position diagrams. See Problem 29.