Maverick Manufacturing, Inc., must purchase gold in three months for use in its operations. Maverick’s management has estimated that if the price of gold were to rise above $1,555 per ounce, the firm would go bankrupt. The current price of gold is $1,475 per ounce. The firm’s chief financial officer believes that the price of gold will either rise to $1,655 per ounce or fall to $1,365 per ounce over the next three months. Management wishes to eliminate any risk of the firm going bankrupt. Maverick can borrow and lend at the risk-free EAR of 5.5 percent.
a-1.Should the company buy a call option or a put option on gold?
Call option
Put option
a-2 What strike price would the company like this option to have? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
Strike price?
b. How much should such an option sell for in the open market? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))
Option price $?
c. Suppose no options currently trade on gold. What are the transactions needed to create a synthetic option with identical payoffs to a traded option? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))
c-1. $ shares of stock
c-2. Amount to borrow $?
d. How much does the synthetic option cost? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))
Synthetic option $