Ninzatols Case
Ninzatols’ stock is currently priced at $35, while a European-style put option with a strike price of $36 is trading at $4.31 and a European-style call option with the same strike price is trading at $4.15. Both options have 6 months remaining until expiration. The risk-free rate is currently 4 percent.
Ninzatol Case: In the case of the options on Ninzatols’ stock, by establishing a long protective put position, one could:
A. not earn an arbitrage profit because he should short the protective put position.
B. earn an arbitrage profit of $0.48 per share when simultaneously purchasing the call and borrowing the remaining funds needed for the position at the risk-free rate.
C. earn an arbitrage profit of $0.14 per share when simultaneously selling the call and borrowing the remaining funds needed for the position at the risk-free rate.
D. earn an arbitrage profit of $0.14 per share when simultaneously selling the call and lending at the risk-free rate.