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explain how a protective put is like purchasing insurance on a stock why is choosing an exercise price on a protective
buy one october 165 put contract hold it until the options expire determine the profits and graph the results identify
buy 100 shares of stock and buy one august 165 put contract hold the position until expiration determine the profits
a call option on the euro expiring in six months has an exercise price of 100 and is priced at 00385 construct a simple
a stock is selling for 100 with a volatility of 40 percent consider a call option on the stock with an exercise price
repeat problemusing bsmbin8exls compute the call and put prices for a stock option where the current stock price is 100
a strip is a variation of a straddle involving two puts and one call construct a short strip using the august 170
repeat problem 11 but close the positions on september 20 use the spreadsheet to find the profits for the possible
construct a long straddle using the october 165 options hold until the options expire determine the profits and graph
construct a collar using the october 160 put first use the black-scholes-merton model to identify a call that will make
consider a riskless spread with a long position in the august 160 call and a short position in the october 160 call
suppose that you are expecting the stock price to move substantially over the next three months you are considering a
using the black-scholes-merton model compute and graph the time value decay of the october 165 call on the following
construct a calendar spread using the august and october 170 calls that will profit from high volatility close the
derive the profit equations for a put bull spread determine the maximum and minimum profits and the breakeven stock
explain how a short call added to a protective put forms a collar and how it changes the payoff and up-front cost
concept problem another consideration in evaluating option strategies is the effect of transaction costs suppose that
concept problem in each case examined in this chapter and in the preceding problems we did not account for the interest
suppose the call price is 1420 and the put price is 930 for stock options where the exercise price is 100 the risk-free
using bsmbin8exls compute the call and put prices for a stock option where the current stock price is 100 the exercise
explain conceptually the choice of strike prices when it comes to designing a call-based bull spread specifically
explain conceptually the choice of strike prices when it comes to designing a zero-cost collar specifically address the
concept problem another variation of the straddle is called a strangle a strangle is the purchase of a call with a
concept problem many option traders use a combination of a money spread and a calendar spread called a diagonal spread
explain the difference between a forward contract and an option what factors distinguish a forward contract from a