Chapter 03 · Section 3.1

Costs of Calls and puts 3

                    CALL                          PUT         
 Exercise    Mar      Jun      Sep           Mar      Jun     Sep 
 Price                                                              
 30         10.15    10.85     11.65         0.05     0.35    0.85 
 35          5.40     6.90      8.10         0.25     1.35    2.15 
 40          1.90     4.00      5.35         1.75     3.40    4.35 
 45          0.40     2.10      3.45         5.30     6.50    7.40 
 50          0.05     1.05      2.15        10.05    10.50   11.15
                 Stock price: $40    Today's date: February         

Now you want to acquire the right to sell the underlying asset during 7 months at $50. How much would that cost you?

a) $2.15
• b) $0.05
  No. $0.05 is the price of the option which gives you the right to buy the underlying asset at $50 within 1 month (until March).
  c) $10.50
  d) $11.15
  e) $0.85

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