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26. A stock is currently trading at 55. You hold a portfolio of the following instruments:...

26. A stock is currently trading at 55. You hold a portfolio of the following instruments:

  • Long 200 shares of stock.
  • Long 200 puts with a strike of 50 and maturity of three months.
  • Short 200 calls with a strike of 60 and maturity of three months.

You are given the following information:

Instrument Price Delta Gamma Vega ThetaRho
Call with K = 50 6.321 0.823 0.038 7.152 −5.522 9.730
Put with K = 50 0.700 −0.177 0.038 7.152 −3.053 −2.615
Call with K = 55 3.079 0.565 0.057 10.827 −6.812 6.993
Put with K = 55 2.396 −0.435 0.057 10.827 −4.096 −6.586
Call with K = 60 1.210 0.297 0.050 9.515 −5.513 3.779
Put with K = 60 5.465 −0.703 0.050 9.515 −2.551 −11.035

(a) What is the current value of your portfolio?

(b) What is the delta of your portfolio? the gamma? the vega? the theta? the rho?

(c) Suppose you want to make your portfolio gamma neutral. What is the cost of achieving this using the 55-strike call? What is the theta of your new position?

(d) What is the cost if you used the 55-strike put? What is the theta of the new position?

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