Question: Basic information for this currency pair USD/JPY # units required of the foreign currency 100,000,000 Direct pair (Y/N) N # contracts needed to complete the

Basic information for this currency pair USD/JPY
# units required of the foreign currency 100,000,000
Direct pair (Y/N) N # contracts needed to complete the number of units 8
BId Ask Transaction cost to trade one futures contract $ 5.00
Indirect price (beginning) 131.18 131.21 Transaction cost to trade one options contract $ 7.50
Indirect price (end) 132.78 133.81
Direct price (beginning) 0.007560 0.007561 4/7/2023 DC1 date
Direct price (end) 0.007470 0.007474 4/14/2023 DC2 date
Pip converter (100 or 10000)
100
Futures contract converter
1
Option price adjustment factor (1,100,10000)
1
2. Assume that on the day of DC1, you had contracted to purchase imports, which would require you to pay 100 million units of the currency on the day of DC2.
a. If you had hedged your position with a forward hedge, how many dollars would you have paid for the goods as of the end of the period?
Initial spot Total cost
Fwd points
Unit cost
b. If you had hedged your position with a futures hedge, how many dollars would you have paid for the goods as of the end of the school term?
Final spot
Futures price (beg) Total cost (before CME costs)
Futures price (end) $ 120
Unit cost Total cost

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