Question: Solution 7/16/2015 Chapter: 8 Problem: 8 You have been given the following information on a call option on the stock of Puckett Industries: P =
| Solution | 7/16/2015 | ||||||||||
| Chapter: | 8 | ||||||||||
| Problem: | 8 | ||||||||||
| You have been given the following information on a call option on the stock of Puckett Industries: | |||||||||||
| P = | $65 | X = | $70 | ||||||||
| t = | 0.5 | rRF = | 5% | ||||||||
| s = | 0.50 | ||||||||||
| a. Using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model, what is the value of the call option? | |||||||||||
| First, we will use formulas from the text to solve for d1 and d2. | |||||||||||
| Hint: use the NORMSDIST function. | |||||||||||
| (d1) | = | N(d1) = | |||||||||
| (d2) | = | N(d2) = | |||||||||
| Using the formula for option value and the values of N(d) from above, we can find the call option value. | |||||||||||
| VC | = | ||||||||||
| b. Suppose there is a put option on Puckett's stock with exactly the same inputs as the call option. What is the value of the put? | |||||||||||
| Put option using Black-Scholes modified formula | = | ||||||||||
| Put option using put-call parity | = | ||||||||||
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