odf161 KB) | A Alternative formatsF1260 Seminar 4 ProblemsPeBERPERSONERBASPARAREAPage <PCERES1Em Carl>M1) Peleh's Puts. Peleh writes a put option on the Australian dollar (A$) with a strikeprice of $0.9100/A$ at a premium of $0.0245/A$ and with an expiration date sixmonths from now. The option is for A$100,000. What is Peleh's profit or loss atmaturity if the ending spot rates are $0.8500/A$, $0.8800/A$, $0.9100/A$,$0.9400/A$, and $0.9700/A$?2) Cachita Haynes at Vatic Capital. Cachita Haynes works as a currency speculator for

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23. Assume that a speculator purchases a put option on British pounds (with a strike price of $1.50) for $.05 per unit. A pound option represents 31,250 units. Assume that at the time of the purchase, the spot rate of the pound is $1.51 and continually rises to $1.62 by the expiration date. The highest net profit possible for the speculator based on the information above is: A) $1,562.50. B) -$1,562.50. C) -$1,250.00. D) -$625.00.
Assume spot rate for Euro is $1.1900 and the three-month forward rate is $1.1710. What is the minimum price that a six-month American put option with a striking price of $1.220 should sell for in a rational market? Assume the annualized six-month Euro rate is 0.5 percent. O $0.0489 O $0 O $0.0300 $0.0389
Assume that Smith Corp. will need to purchase 200,000 British pounds in 90 days. A call option exists on British pounds with an exercise price of $1.68, a 90-day expiration date, and a premium of $.03. A put option exists on British pounds with an exercise price of $1.69, a 90-day expiration date, and a premium of $.03. Smith Corporation plans to purchase options to cover its future payables. It will exercise the option in 90 days (if at all). It expects the spot rate of the pound to be $1.76 in 90 days. Determine the amount of dollars it will pay for the payables, including the amount paid for the option premium. Group of answer choices $338,000 $342,000 $332,000 $344,000
Assume the spot Swiss franc is $0.7040 and the six-month forward rate is $0.7030. What is the Value of a six-month call and a put option with a strike price of $0.6840 should sell for in a rational market? Assume the annualized six-month Eurodollar rate is 3.50 percent. Assume the annualized volatility of the Swiss franc is 14.20 percent. Use the European option-pricing models to value the call and put option. This problem can be solved using the FXOPM.xls spreadsheet. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Option Call Put Value cents cents
Assume the spot Swiss franc is $0.7045 and the six-month forward rate is $0.7040. What is the Value of a six-month call and a put option with a strike price of $0.6845 should sell for in a rational market? Assume the annualized six-month Eurodollar rate is 3.50 percent. Assume the annualized volatility of the Swiss franc is 14.20 percent. Use the European option-pricing models to value the call and put option. This problem can be solved using the FXOPM.xls spreadsheet. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Option Call Put Value cents cents
Petra is an option writer of Australian dollar (A$) options. In anticipation of an appreciation of the Australian dollar from its current level of $0.62 to $0.65, she has written a put option of A$150,000 with an exercise price of $0.635 and a premium of $0.015, If the spot rate at the option's maturity tums out to be $0.59, what is Petra's total profit or loss ( assuming the buyer of the option acts rationally)? O $4,500 $0 O $4,500 O $2,250
13. The USDJPY spot price is 115.018 and the one month forward is 115.046. A one month expiration European style call option with a strike price of 115.046 is trading at 4¥ and a put option with the same parameters is trading at 5¥. If we purchase the call and sell the put sketch the payoff of this position at expiry (the expiration date) over the range 114.900 to 115.140. If we were going to hedge an exposure to the Yen should we use the option position or the forward? Justify your answer.
June 2021 Mexican peso futures contract has a price of $0.05197 per MXN. You believe the spot price in June will be $0.05831 per MXN. MXN500,000 is the contract size of one MXN contract. Required: What speculative position would you enter into to attempt to profit from your beliefs? Calculate your anticipated profits, assuming you take a position in three contracts. What is the size of your profit (loss) if the futures price is indeed an unbiased predictor of the future spot price and this price materializes?
Doctor Dumpkins is bullish on the British pound so he sells a one-month put for $0.03. The strike price of the call is $1.24. On the expiration day, the spot price of the British pound is $1.27. Calculate the break-even price, the option payoff at expiration, and the net profit at expiration.
Nucor Corporation would like to use options to hedge a 18,324,000 Philippine Peso payable. Both call options and put options have the premium of $0.002 (per unit of Philippine Peso) and the exercise price $0.019 per Philippine Peso. The option will not be exercised until the expiration date, if at all. Should Nucor Corporation buy call options on Philippine Peso or buy put options on Philippine Peso? If the spot rate at the time of maturity is $0.017 per Philippine Peso, what is the total amount paid by the corporation if it acts rationally (after accounting for the premium paid)? Buy call options on phillipine peso 348,156 buy put options on phillipine peso 384,804 buy call options on phillipine peso 274,860 buy put options on phillipine peso 311,508
Three months ago, you sold a put option contract on Swiss franc with a strike price of $.60/SF and an option price of $.0060 per SF. Contract size is 10,000 SF. The option expires today when the value of Swiss franc is $.625. What is your total profit or loss on your investment? A. -$310 B. -$60 C. $0 D. $60
Assume that Epping Co. expects to receive S$500,000 in one year. Epping created a probability distribution for the future spot rate in one year as follows: Future Spot Rate $.68 Probability 20% 62 50 30 61 Assume that one-year put options on Singapore dollars premium of $.04 per unit. One-year call options on Singapore dollars are available with an exercise price of S.60 and a premium of $.03 per unit. a are available, with an exercise price of $0.63 and Use the appropriate options hedge to determine whether the firm would exercise the option using each of the three different spot rates i.e. what would the firm do if each spot rate existed at the time it is considering exercising the option (assume the option is about to expire). Then, show the total amount of receivables (in US dollars) based on the appropriate strategy that would be implemented for each of the three spot rates. Indicate whether the amount would be a maximum or a minimum or neither.

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