Consider a one-year European call option on a stock when the stock price is $30, the strike price is $30, the risk-free rate is 4%, and the volatility is 25% per annum. Calculate the price and delta of the option Suppose an investor sold 50,000 of these call options. What stock position should he take to delta-hedge the call position Change the stock price to $30.1 and recompute the option price. Compare it to what the delta at a stock price of $30 would predict. Compute the delta when the stock price is $30.1. What changes does the investor need to make to delta-hedge the call position. Assume the investor had already taken the delta-hedging position you found in part b.

Essentials Of Investments
11th Edition
ISBN:9781260013924
Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Chapter1: Investments: Background And Issues
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1PS
icon
Related questions
Question

Consider a one-year European call option on a stock when the stock price is $30, the strike price is $30, the risk-free rate is 4%, and the volatility is 25% per annum.

  • Calculate the price and delta of the option
  • Suppose an investor sold 50,000 of these call options. What stock position should he take to delta-hedge the call position
  • Change the stock price to $30.1 and recompute the option price. Compare it to what the delta at a stock price of $30 would predict.
  • Compute the delta when the stock price is $30.1. What changes does the investor need to make to delta-hedge the call position. Assume the investor had already taken the delta-hedging position you found in part b.
Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

Blurred answer
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Essentials Of Investments
Essentials Of Investments
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013924
Author:
Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:
Mcgraw-hill Education,
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013962
Author:
BREALEY
Publisher:
RENT MCG
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Finance
ISBN:
9781337909730
Author:
Brigham
Publisher:
Cengage
Foundations Of Finance
Foundations Of Finance
Finance
ISBN:
9780134897264
Author:
KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William
Publisher:
Pearson,
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Finance
ISBN:
9781337395250
Author:
Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Finance
ISBN:
9780077861759
Author:
Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education