Connect 1-Semester Access Card for Essentials of Investments
Connect 1-Semester Access Card for Essentials of Investments
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259354977
Author: Zvi Bodie, Alan Marcus, Alex Kane
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15, Problem 2CP
Summary Introduction

(A)

Adequate information:

Common stock price of TRT materials - $58

Call Price - $5

Put price - $4

Call Strike Price - $60

Put Strike Price - $55

Time to expiration in call option and put option - 90 days

To choose a long strangle strategy or a short strangle strategy to capitalize on the possible stock price movement.

Introduction:

A strangle is an portfolio strategy where an investor holds both call and put options with different strike price but same expiration date. There are two forms of strangles.

A long strangle is defined as buying a out of the money call and out of the money put option simultaneously to maximize profits. While a short strangle strategy is selling out of the money call and out of the money put option and thus it has limited profit potential.

Summary Introduction

(B)

Adequate information:

Common stock price of TRT materials - $58

Call Price at cost - $5

Put price at cost - $4

Call Strike Price - $60

Put Strike Price - $55

Time to expiration in call option and put option - 90 days

To compute maximum possible loss per share

Introduction:

In a long strangle trade, the maximum possible loss per share is the sum of initial cost paid in a long call option and long put option. It is calculated as:

Maximum loss = call initial cost + put initial cost

Summary Introduction

(C)

Adequate information:

Common stock price of TRT materials - $58

Call Price at cost - $5

Put price at cost - $4

Call Strike Price - $60

Put Strike Price - $55

Time to expiration in call option and put option - 90 days

To compute maximum possible gain per share.

Introduction:

In a long strangle strategy, the profits are made when stock prices move sharply in either direction during the life of the option.

Summary Introduction

(D)

Adequate information:

Common stock price of TRT materials - $58

Call Price at cost - $5

Put price at cost - $4

Call Strike Price - $60

Put Strike Price - $55

Time to expiration in call option and put option - 90 days

To calculate Break-even stock price(s)

Introduction:

In options portfolio strategy like call and put, breakeven price is the price of the stock at which the investor fully covers the options premium or cost. It is denoted as:

Break Even Price (call) = Strike price + Premium paid.

Break Even Price (put) = Strike price - Premium paid

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