a. A butterfly spread is the purchase of one call at exercise price X1, the sale of

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a. A butterfly spread is the purchase of one call at exercise price X1, the sale of two calls at exercise price X2, and the purchase of one call at exercise price X3. X1 is less than X2, and X2 is less than X3 by equal amounts, and all calls have the same expiration date. Graph the payoff diagram to this strategy.

b. A vertical combination is the purchase of a call with exercise price X2 and a put with exercise price X1, with X2 greater than X1. Graph the payoff to this strategy.


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Investments

ISBN: 9780073530703

9th Edition

Authors: Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus

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