Question: 1. You are short on a call with an exercise price of $50. What is the value of the call at Maturity? If the call

1. You are short on a call with an exercise price of $50. What is the value of the call at Maturity? If the call premium at the time you shorted it was $3. What is your profit or loss on the position? Use Stock prices of $40, $45, $50, $55, and $60. In addition to calculating the number, please show graphically the value of the short position in the call and your profit and loss. 2. You are long in a put option with an exercise price of $60. What is the value of the put at Maturity? If the put premium at the time of purchase was $4, what is your profit or loss on the position? Use stock prices of 45, 50, 60, 65, and 70. 3. On Friday 3/8/2024 JP Morgan Chase stock closed at $188.22, the March 22, 2024 Put closed at $2.08, and the Call closed at $3.25. The exercise price is $187.50. Show using a 5% risk-free rate and a 2-weeks time to maturity for the options that the Put-Call Parity holds. 

What should be done if the Call above was trading at $6.25, everything else is the same?

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