Question 5 Consider an option on a non-dividend-paying stock when the stock price is $30, the exercise price is $29, the risk-free interest rate is 5% per annum, the volatility is 25% per annum, and the time to maturity is four months. a. What is the price of the option if it is a European call? b. What is the price of the option if it is a European put? c. Verify that put-call parity holds. ●

Question 5 Consider an option on a non-dividend-paying stock when the stock price is $30, the exercise price is $29, the risk-free interest rate is 5% per annum, the volatility is 25% per annum, and the time to maturity is four months. a. What is the price of the option if it is a European call? b. What is the price of the option if it is a European put? c. Verify that put-call parity holds. ●

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Using put-call parity formula, derive expressions for the lower bounds for European call and put options. What is a lower bound for the price of (i) a three-month call option on a non-dividend-paying stock when the stock price is R860, the strike price is R760, and the risk-free interest rate is 10% per annum? (ii) a three-month European put option on a non-dividend-paying stock when the stock price is R500, the strike price is R610, and the discrete risk-free interest rate is 9% per annum?
5. Explain and give appropriate use of the following option trading strategies along with their Payoff.: a. Spreads b. Straddles c. Strangles d. Covered Call and Protective Put. State Put-Call Parity theorem for European options. European put and call options with a strike price of Rs. 24 and expiry in 6-months are trading at Rs. 5.09 and Rs. 7.78, respectively. The current stock price is Rs. 20.37 with a risk-free interest rate continuously compounding equal to 7.48%. Is there an arbitrage opportunity? How can it be exploited?
4) A stock is currently trading at $45. A call option has strike price $44, 0=23%, and maturity of 6 months. Interest rates are 3% per year. 4a) What is the probability that the option will end up "in-the-money"? 4b) What is the delta of the option? 4c) What is the price of the option?
Consider a European call on Amazon Stock (AMZN) that expires in one period. The current stock price is $100, the strike price is $120, and the risk-free rate is 5%. Assume AMZN stock will either go up to $140 or down to $80. Construct a replicating portfolio using shares of AMZN stock and a position in a risk-free asset ... what is the value of the call option? Call Option Price = $4.84 Call Option Price = $2.95 Call Option Price = $7.93 Call Option Price = $12.04
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