Assume that the stock price is $56, call option price is $9, the put option price is $5, risk-free rate is 5%, the maturity of both options is 1 year , and the strike price of both options is 58.
An investor can __the put option, ___the call option, ___the stock, and ______ to explore the arbitrage opportunity.
| A. |
sell, buy, short-sell, borrow |
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| B. |
buy, sell, buy, borrow |
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| C. |
sell, buy, short-sell, lend |
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| D. |
buy, sell, buy, lend |
To answer this question we should use the put call parity relationship, which says that to explore an arbitrage opportunity, you should sell the put, short the stock, buy a call and buy or lend at tthe risk free rate.
Option C is the correct answer.
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