1. Why would anyone do a long synthetic or a short synthetic? What is the difference between a long synthetic and a long currency? What is the difference between a short synthetic and a short currency?
2. You bought a call option on € with an exercise price of $2 and you paid $0.08/€ as premium. At the same time, you sold a put on € with an exercise price of $2 and you received $0.10/€ as premium.
a. Please draw the combined profit graph. Show all appropriate numbers.
b. What is the name of this strategy?
c. What is the break-even point?
d. What is your profit/loss if ST = $1.97/€?
e. What is your profit/loss if ST = $1.99/€?
f. What is your profit/loss if ST = $2.10/€?