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Assume a stock with an option with the information as 
follows. 
• Stock purchased price was $113.
• Call option on the stock was purchased at $4. 
• Call option has strike price at $115.
• the stock price is $117on expiration date

Please explain the Call Options Payoff Diagrams below, why it plot like this (please explain step by step) .

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Call Options Payoff Diagrams
• Buyer's perspective (you are the buyer)
profit
$4
$2
113 115 117 119
Payoff per share
Stock Price
on expiration
underlying price
$4
$2
-$2
-$4
premium
strike P. 115
If on expiration date,
the price is $117, you exercise
because it will enable you
to buy stock at cheaper
price (gain 12-$4= -2)
113 115 117 119
Limited
loss
unlimited
gain
To less less
than initial
$4
Stock Price
we don't know
stock price in
the future (The
higher the stock
price, the more
profit you earn)
Profit/Loss per share
Transcribed Image Text:Call Options Payoff Diagrams • Buyer's perspective (you are the buyer) profit $4 $2 113 115 117 119 Payoff per share Stock Price on expiration underlying price $4 $2 -$2 -$4 premium strike P. 115 If on expiration date, the price is $117, you exercise because it will enable you to buy stock at cheaper price (gain 12-$4= -2) 113 115 117 119 Limited loss unlimited gain To less less than initial $4 Stock Price we don't know stock price in the future (The higher the stock price, the more profit you earn) Profit/Loss per share
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