Jaleel is holding some Tesla shares (NASDAQ: TSLA) and The TSLA stocks are currently trading at $985 on the Nasdaq. Given TSLA stocks are very volatile, Jaleel wishes to protect the value of his investments. He seeks your advice on using option contracts and presents a list of options for you to choose from. Assume the number of underlying shares per contract is 100 shares. Please specify the moneyness of the image options. Are they in the money, at the money, or out of the money? Identify what kind of risk Jaleel is facing and to hedge this risk, whi

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