You buy a January 2020 65 call and you sell a June 2019 65 call. What is purpose
of this spread?
The purpose of the calendar spread is to profit from passage of time & an increase in implied volatility.
You buy a January 2020 65 call and you sell a June 2019 65 call. What...
The June crude oil futures price is $62.69/bbl. A call on June CL struck at $63 is currently selling at $1.84, and a put struck at $63 is selling at $2.24. These prices are quoted as of 4 April, 2019. The options expire on 16 May, 2019. The relevant interest rate is 2.0 percent. The options are European. Identify an arbitrage opportunity. Indicate which option you should buy, which option you should sell, and whether you should buy or sell...
You sell one Xerox June 60 call contract and sell one Xerox June 60 put contract. The call premium is $5 and the put premium is $3. Your strategy is called: a short straddle. a long straddle. a horizontal straddle. a covered call. none of the above. At expiration, a profit is realized if the stock price is: between $52 and $68. below $60. above $60. below $52 or above $68. none of the above. Before expiration, the time value...
9.18 Consider the June 165, 170, and 175 call option prices in Table 9.1 a. Does convexity hold if you buy a butterfly spread, buying at the ask price and b. Does convexity hold if you sell a butterfly spread, buying at the ask price and c. Does convexity hold if you are a market-maker either buying or selling a selling at the bid? selling at the bid? butterfly, paying the bid and receiving the ask?
20) (10p) Suppose it is October 2019. Producer plans to sell wheat in early June 2020. Currently the July 2020 wheat futures is trading at $6.20. The expected basis is -SO.10. Fill out the blanks below. October 1, 2019 a) Action: To hedge the producer will b) Expected price: $ July 2020 wheat futures at $6.20/bu June 1, 2020: Actions: c) Cash market: d) To offset: wheat locally at $5.65/bu July 20 futures at $5.70/bu e) Actual basis is $...
Suppose that you buy a share of stock for 28 dollars, you sell one call for 2 dollars, and you buy three puts for 7 dollars each. Assume that all the options have a strike price of 46 dollars, and the same expiration date. If the stock price on the expiration date is 41 dollars, what is your total profit?
Suppose that you sell for $14 a call option with a strike price of $47, sell for $7 a call option with a strike price of $57, and buy for $9 each two call options with a strike price of $52. What is your minimum possible profit?
Suppose you have a long call spread on Micron Technology. The stock currently trades for $48.03 per share. You buy a Micron call with a strike price of $47.00 for a premium of $1.55 and you sell a Micron call with the same expiration and a strike price of $50 and a premium of 26 cents. What is your total profit or loss at a stock price of $45.00? A. Gain of $71.00 B. Gain of $119.00 C. Gain of...
Suppose you buy a June expiration call option on 30 shares of Apple stock with the exercise price of $240. If the stock price is $256 in June (just before expiration) – would you exercise this option? A. Yes B. No C. Impossible to determine D. You would have to wait until after the expiration date
Suppose you buy stock at a price of $65 per share. Five months later, you sell it for $69. You also received a dividend of $0.72 per share. What is your annualized return on this investment? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Annualized return %
On January 2, 2020, Buffalo Company purchases a call option for $270 on Merchant common stock. The call option gives Buffalo the option to buy 1,010 shares of Merchant at a strike price of $53 per share. The market price of a Merchant share is $53 on January 2, 2020 (the intrinsic value is therefore $0). On March 31, 2020, the market price for Merchant stock is $56 per share, and the time value of the option is $180. a-...