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consider a two-period two-state world let the current stock price be 45 and the risk-free rate be5 percent each period
consider the following binomial option pricing problem involving an american call this call has two periods to go
consider a european call with an exercise price of 50 on a stock priced at 60 the stock can go up by 15 percent or down
consider three call options identical in every respect except for the strike price of 90 100 and 110specifically the
assignment descriptionplease read the relevant parts of your textbook which refer to cash flow and financial planningto
consider three call options identical in every respect except for the maturity of 05 1 and 15 yearsspecifically the
the binomial model can be used to price unusual features of options consider the following scenario a stock priced at
we obtained the binomial option pricing formula by hedging a short position in the call option with a long position in
suppose that you subscribe to a service that gives you estimates of the theoretically correct volatilities of stocksyou
following is the sequence of daily prices on the stock for the preceding month of
suppose the call price is 1420 and the put price is 930 for stock options where the exercise price is 100 the risk-free
in each case examined in this chapter and in the preceding problems we did not account for the interest on funds
construct a collar using the october 160 put first use the black-scholes-merton model to identify a call that will make
suppose that you are expecting the stock price to move substantially over the next three months you are considering a
construct a calendar spread using the august and october 170 calls that will profit from high volatilityclose the
using the black-scholes-merton model compute and graph the time value decay of the october 165 call on the following
consider a riskless spread with a long position in the august 160 call and a short position in the october 160
construct a long straddle using the october 165 options hold until the options expire determine the profits and graph
repeat given problem but close the positions on september 20 use the spreadsheet to find the profits for the possible
a strip is a variation of a straddle involving two puts and one call construct a short strip using the august 170
explain conceptually the choice of strike prices when it comes to designing a call-based bull spreadspecifically
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many option traders use a combination of a money spread and a calendar spread called a diagonal spread this transaction
suppose that you buy a stock index futures contract at the opening price of 45225 on july 1 the multiplier on the
the crude oil futures contract on the new york mercantile exchange covers 1000 barrels of crude oil the contract is