Question: Use the option quote information shown here to answer the questions that follow. The stock is currently selling for $47. Calls Puts Option and Strike
| Use the option quote information shown here to answer the questions that follow. The stock is currently selling for $47. |
| Calls | Puts | |||||||||||||||||
| Option and | Strike | |||||||||||||||||
| NY Close | Expiration | Price | Vol. | Last | Vol. | Last | ||||||||||||
| Macrosoft | February | 48 | 105 | 2.23 | 60 | 3.23 | ||||||||||||
| March | 48 | 81 | 2.47 | 42 | 3.64 | |||||||||||||
| May | 48 | 42 | 2.75 | 31 | 4.06 | |||||||||||||
| August | 48 | 23 | 2.96 | 23 | 4.10 | |||||||||||||
| a. | Suppose you buy 30 contracts of the February 48 call option. How much will you pay, ignoring commissions? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) |
| Cost | $ |
| Suppose you buy 30 contracts of the February 48 call option and Macrosoft stock is selling for $50 per share on the expiration date. |
| b-1. | How much is your options investment worth? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) |
| Payoff | $ |
| b-2. | What if the terminal stock price is $49? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) |
| Payoff | $ |
| Suppose you buy 30 contracts of the August 48 put option. |
| c-1. | What is your maximum potential gain? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) |
| Maximum gain | $ |
| c-2. | On the expiration date, Macrosoft is selling for $43 per share. How much is your options investment worth? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) |
| Position value | $ |
| c-3. | On the expiration date, Macrosoft is selling for $43 per share. What is your net gain? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) |
| Net gain | $ |
| Suppose you sell 30 of the August 48 put contracts. |
| d-1. | What is your net gain or loss if Macrosoft is selling for $43 at expiration? (Loss amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations.) |
| (Click to select)LossGain | $ |
| d-2. | What is your net gain or loss if Macrosoft is selling for $51 at expiration? (Loss amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations.) |
| (Click to select)GainLoss | $ |
| d-3. | What is the break-even stock price? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).) |
| Break-even | $ |
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