If you were to write a call option on XYZ (with a strike price of $100) AND also write a put option on XYZ (with a strike price of $100), each within six months maturity, what type of bet are you making? 1.XYZ will go up 2.XYZ will go down 3. Volatility of XYZ will increase 4. Volatility of XYZ will decrease

A put option with an exercise price of $45 is currently selling for $5. The delta for the put is -0.4, and the stock is currently selling for $50. What is the elasticity of the put?

Please show step by step work (not in excel): What is the call option premium given the following information? What would happen to the call price if the company initiated and paid a dividend before the expiration of the option? What would happen to the call premium if the expiration of the option expanded beyond the current 9 months? Stock price   $36.00 Strike price $30.00 Volatility 16% Dividend Yield 0.00 Time 0.75 Riskfree Rate 2.70%

At time t=0 Mr. Anderson sets up a riskless portfolio by taking a position in an option and in the underlying asset. Explain what Mr. Anderson needs to do at time t=1 to keep his portfolio risk neutral and why. A stock price is currently $100 and at the end of four months it will be ST . A derivative written on this stock pays off expST1/3 in four months. Given that u = 1.15, d = 0.87, and that the risk-free interest rate is 10% p.a. (continuously compounded), answer the following questions using a one-period binomial model (show all the details of your calculations and display the results with four decimal places): Calculate the value of ∆ Calculate the current value of the derivative.