The following are historical corn options data for November 30, 2018: Strike Price (cents/bu)_ 360 365 370 375 380 385 390 Mar 2019 O neither put or call options. O call options. 4-4 put options. 6-2 8-4 11-2 14-4 18-0 Mar 2019 Futures Close = 374-4 21-6 After observing this data, one can say that these are

Using the forward price approach to finish the following blanks. The expected closing basis was -$.15. And the actual closing basis was -$0.25. Date 1-Oct Cash Cash Price $6.30 Futures May Futures $6.75 Cost of holding from Oct 1 to May 1 (including interest) = $0.21 What is the forward price? What is the break-even price? What is the expected profit margin? = 1-Oct 1-May Sell Cash @ $6.40 Sell May Futures @ $6.75 Buy May Futures @ ? What is the futures price on May 1? What is the gain or loss on futures market result? = What is the gain or loss on cash market result? = What is the realized price (or net selling price)? = What is the overall profit? = What is the break-even price?

Hedge May 20th: Producer plans to sell corn in early November. Currently the December corn futures are trading at $4.33. The expected basis is -$0.36. • Does the producer have a long or short cash position? long • To hedge: The producer will sell (buy/sell) Dec corn futures at $4.33/bu. • What is the expected price? $3.97 per bushel Nov. 10th: • The producer must sell (buy/sell) corn locally in the cash market at • . $4.18/bu. To offset their future position, they must buy $4.67/bu. What is the actual basis? -se.49 per bushel · (buy/sell) Dec futures at I What is the realized price for the producer? $3.84 per bushel о Method 1: o Method 2: о The hedge resulted in a realized price of

The following table shows the options quotation in U.S. dollars for Big Walnut Nut Company for June 30 of this year. Option Closing Price Strike Price Calls–Last Quote September Puts–Last Quote September 1 $43.00 $47.00 $2.00 $2.20 2 $43.00 $41.00 $3.00 $1.20 3 $43.00 $49.00 $1.60 $2.60   If you could exercise the options listed only on the expiration date (the third Friday of September), then these options would be ____ options.   Assuming that the options listed are American options, on June 30, which of the call options for Big Walnut Nut Company listed in the table is in-the-money? Option 2   Option 1   Option 3

The following table lists prices of Amazon options in January 2018 when Amazon stock was selling for $1,200. Exercise Price Expiration Date April 2018 Call Price Put Price $ 31.10 $1,200 1,300 1,400 $1,200 1,300 1,400 $1,200 1,300 1,400 $132.70 73.20 70.10 134.20 $ 53.55 96.00 33.00 July 2018 $161.70 104.00 62.55 156.05 January 2019 $210.00 $ 88.05 155.35 133.25 112.00 190.00 Suppose that by January 2019, the price of Amazon could either rise from its January 2018 level to $1,200 × 1.25 = $1,500.00 or fall to $1,200/1.25 = $960.00. a. What would be your percentage return on a January expiration call option with an exercise price of $1,200 if the stock price rose? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) b. What would be your percentage return if the stock price fell? (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign.) c. Which is riskier: the stock or the option? a. Percentage return b. Percentage return Which is riskier: the stock or the option? % (100) % Option C.

The below table shows the list of prices for puts expiring in 30 days (T = 1/12). Using the put option with a strike price of $236, estimate the level of the VIX index.     K       p    230 2.14 231 2.37 232 2.62 233 2.91 234 3.23 235 3.60 236 4.01 237 4.47 238 4.95   Other parameters you'll need: s0 = $234.35r = 0.74%T = 1/12 years (required precision 0.01 +/- 0.01)

The answers should be found on the following website; cmegroup . Find the recent quotes for soybean futures. What is the longest maturity for this contract? Is there more trading in the nearer or more distant contracts? Does it cost more to buy soybeans for delivery in the next few months or for later delivery?   ( give deeply step wise  explaination with type the answer.)

Show graphically and in a table the profit and futures price relationships at expiration for the following positions on a November corn futures options with an exercise price of $4.00/bushel, contract size of 5,000 bushels, and call and put prices of $0.50/bushel. Include in your graphical analysis and table futures prices of $3.00, $3.25, $3.50, $3.75, $4.00, $4.25, $4.50, $4.75, $5.00, $5.25, and $5.50: a. Call purchase b. Put purchase c. Straddle write (Evaluate from prices from $2.50 to $5.50 by steps of $0.25)