Question: Use the option quote information shown below to answer the questions that follow. The stock is currently selling for $38. Calls Puts Option and Strike
| Use the option quote information shown below to answer the questions that follow. The stock is currently selling for $38. |
| Calls | Puts | |||||||||||||||||
| Option and | Strike | |||||||||||||||||
| NY Close | Expiration | Price | Vol. | Last | Vol. | Last | ||||||||||||
| Macrosoft | ||||||||||||||||||
| February | 40 | 96 | 1.33 | 51 | 2.33 | |||||||||||||
| March | 40 | 72 | 1.57 | 33 | 2.74 | |||||||||||||
| May | 40 | 33 | 1.85 | 22 | 3.16 | |||||||||||||
| August | 40 | 14 | 2.06 | 14 | 3.20 | |||||||||||||
| a. | Suppose you buy 21 contracts of the February 40 call option. How much will you pay, ignoring commissions? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) |
| Suppose you buy 21 contracts of the February 40 call option and Macrosoft stock is selling for $41 per share on the expiration date. | |
| b-1. | How much is your options investment worth? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) |
| b-2. | What if the terminal stock price is $40? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) |
| Suppose you buy 21 contracts of the August 40 put option. | |
| c-1. | What is your maximum potential gain? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) |
| c-2. | On the expiration date, Macrosoft is selling for $34 per share. How much is your options investment worth? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) |
| c-3. | On the expiration date, Macrosoft is selling for $34 per share. What is your net gain? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) |
| Suppose you sell 21 of the August 40 put contracts. | |
| d-1. | What is your net gain or loss if Macrosoft is selling for $35 at expiration? (Input your answer as a positive value. Do not round intermediate calculations.) |
| d-2. | What is your net gain or loss if Macrosoft is selling for $42 at expiration? (Input your answer as a positive value. Do not round intermediate calculations.) |
| d-3. | What is the break-even price, that is, the terminal stock price that results in zero profit? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) |
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