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An option trader creates a delta-hedged covered call (or “buy-write”) in order to short 300 call options on a stock with a spot price of $100. The stock’s log-return has a volatility of 60 percent per year. The trader chooses to short the OOM calls with a strike price of $130 and five days until expiration (assuming 252 trading days in a year). The appropriate risk-free rate is 4 percent per year. If the price of the underlying were to immediately fall by $10, approximately what gain or loss would the trader experience? Use delta and gamma to calculate the approximation. Enter your answer as a number of dollars, rounded to the nearest $0.0001. Enter gains as positive amounts and losses as negative amounts.

What is the risk-neutral probability the following call option will finish in-the-money? spot price = $100 volatility = 40 percent strike price = $100 Remaining Maturity = 1 month Risk-Free Interest Rate = 4.88 percent

You are transporting a young female who intentionally ingested a large quantity of her prescribed Pamelor. She is conscious, but drowsy, and complains of a dry mouth and blurred vision. The cardiac monitor reveals sinus tachycardia at 120 beats/min. You are administering high-flow oxygen and have established a patent IV line. With regard to her ECG rhythm, you should be especially alert for:

Suppose an investor wants to replicate a call option on the following stock and that the assumptions of the BSOPM are correct.The underlying stock’s price is $83.50 and the annualized volatility of its log-returns is 54%. The option to be replicated has a strike price of $75.75 and a three-month maturity. The risk-free rate is currently 5.00% per year, continuously compounded.How much cash would the investor need to save or borrow to replicate the call?

Challenge You are a U.S.-based currency speculator researching call options on the EUR. The currency spot exchange rate is 1.050 USD per 1 EUR. You find that the price of 1.075-strike calls with one-year remaining maturity is 0.05 USD per EUR. If the risk-free rate in USD is currently 5.00 percent and market estimate of the exchange rate’s volatility is 15.00 percent, what EUR risk-free rate is implied by the observed call price? Enter your answer as a percentage, rounded to the nearest 0.0001%.

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