Examine the historical prices of currency futures and the futures call and futures put options you selected
Question:
Examine the historical prices of currency futures and the futures call and futures put options you selected in Exercise 7.Select a time period that the contracts were active.
a. Use the Chart screen (Chart
b. Select a period and calculate the profit or loss from opening and closing a long straddle position at the futures call and put prices at the beginning and ending dates for your selected period.
c. Comment on any follow-up actions you could have taken during the period to change your position to a profitable one if you had a loss or more profitable if you had a profit.
d. Using the annotation bar, apply the "\% Change" tool to calculate the percentage change for your select periods, and then click the "News" icon on the annotation bar to find relevant news events on or preceding the opening date.
Exercise 7.
Select a currency futures option. Use CTM to identify the currency futures that have option contracts: Enter CTM; select "Currencies" and then select "Yes" on the "Options" tab to see currency futures with options contracts on them. Upload the currency futures contract with the selected options (e.g., BPA
a. Straddle Purchase: Long call and put with similar terms.
b. Simulated Straddle: Long two calls for each a short futures position.
c. Money Combination Purchase: Long call and put with different exercise prices.
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