A stock trades today at $73.14. (a) Write down the intrinsic value of a call option with strike price K = 72.50. (b) Assuming that the option in (a) expires three months from now and that the risk-free interest rate is 4.06% per annum, find a theoretcal lower bound for the price of the option (to the nearest cent). (c) Suppose that the price of the call option (with strike price and expiration date as above) is $1.82. Find the no-arbitrage price for a European-style put option with the same strike price and expiration date.

A power option pays off [max(S₁ - X),01² at time T where ST is the stock price at time T and X is the strike price. Consider the situation where X = 26 and T is one year. The stock price is currently $24 and at the end of one year it will either $30 or $18. The risk-free interest rate is 5% per annum, compounded continuously. What is the risk- neutral probability of the stock rising to $30? 0.500 0.603 0.450 None of the above

For a stock, you are given that: i) The current stock price is 45 ii) The stock is going to pay a dividend of 1.2 after 3 months. This is the only dividend to be paid in the coming 6 months. iii) A 6-month 42-strike European put option on the stock has a premium of 0.36 iv) The continuosly compounded risk-free interest rate is 4% Consider a 6-month 42-strike American call option on the stock. Is it optimal to excerise that call option now? Possible Answers A Yes, because the sum of implicit put protection and interest on strike is greater than the present value of dividends B No, because the sum of implicit put protection and interest on strike is greater than the present value of dividends C Yes, because the sum of implicit put protection and interest on strike is smaller than the present value of dividends D No, because the sum of implicit put protection and interest on strike is smaller than the present value of dividends E Cannot be determined

You are given the following information about the stock of Company ABC:    Share price $80 risk free rate of interest is 6%, time to expiration is 6 months, annualised standard deviationis 0.5 and exercise price is $85.    Calculate the appropriate call value of the stock according to the Black-Scholes option pricing formula.                                                                                               (Show your workings in full)                                                                                                                           Calculate an appropriate put premium.                (Show your workings in full)

Suppose that a stock price is currently 61 dollars, and it is known that at the end of each of the next two six-month periods, the price will be either 18 percent higher or 18 percent lower than at the beginning of the period. Find the value of a European put option on the stock that expires a year from now, and has a strike price of 64 dollars. Assume that no arbitrage opportunities exist, and a risk-free interest rate of 10 percent.

You buy a share of stock, write a 1-year call option with X = $55, and buy a 1-year put option with X = $55. Your net outlay to establish the entire portfolio is $54. The stock pays no dividends. a. What is the payoff of your portfolio? Payoff b. What must be the risk-free interest rate? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Risk-free rate %

A stock is selling today for $110. The stock has an annual volatility of 64 percent and the annual risk-free rate is 7 percent. Calculate the fair price for a 1 year European call option with an exercise price of $95. Calculate how much the current stock price would need to change for the purchaser of the call option to break even in one year. Calculate the fair price for a 1 year European put option with an exercise price of $95. Calculate how much the current stock price would need to change for the purchaser of the put option to break even in one year. Calculate the level of volatility that would make a $95 call option sell for $30. (Use Goal Seek or Solver). Calculate the level of volatility that would make a $95 put option sell for $8. (Use Goal Seek or Solver). Please show work in excel and functions/equations used.

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he stock price of Copious Corp. is currently $31. The stock price 2 year(s) from now will be either $34 or $ 27. The annual risk - free rate is 7.2%. Using the binomial model, what is the value of a call option with an exercise price of $31 and an expiration date 2 year(s) from now?

Assume that you hold a call option on stock A. The call has a strike price of 50 and expires in 6 months. Stock A pays no dividends. 1. What is the payoff from the call if stock A is trading at 57 in 6 months? 2. What is the payoff from the call if stock A is trading at 45 in 6 months? 3. Draw a payoff diagram that shows the payoff of the call as a function of the underlying stock price.