Question: please check if my answer is correct or not. A non-dividend-paying stock currently sells for $305. The price of a two-year European call option on
please check if my answer is correct or not.
A non-dividend-paying stock currently sells for $305. The price of a two-year European call option on this stock with a strike price of $300 is $30. The risk-free rate is 3% per annum. The price of a European put option with the same expiration and the same strike price as the above call is $5. Is there an arbitrage? If so, find the arbitrage strategy and its cash flows.
Put-call parity:
c0+K*e^-rT=p0+S0
c0+K*e^-rT
=30+300*e^-0.03*2
=312.5293601
p0+S0
=5+305
=310
since c0+K*e^-rT> p0+S0, arbitrage opportunity exists.
Arbitrage strategy:
| 0 | T | |
| long call | -20 | max(ST-300,0) |
| buy bond that pays K at T | -282.529 | 300 |
| sell stock | 305 | -ST |
| net | 2.47064 | max(300,ST) |
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