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You trade in two types of options. First, you purchase 7 call option contracts on the Euro with an exercise price of 1.25. Second, you sell 8 put option contracts on the Euro with an exercise price of 1.22. The fees/prices on the contracts are $.04 (calls) and $.03 (puts). Forward Rates for the Euro are 1.210-11 $/E. If contract sizes for Euros are 125,000 options per contract and the final price of Euros is 1.40. $/E, how much
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