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A call option is currently selling for $4.30. It has a strike price of $35 and f

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Question

A call option is currently selling for $4.30. It has a strike price of $35 and five months to maturity. The current stock price is $37, and the risk-free rate is 3.8 percent. The stock will pay a dividend of $1.65 in two months. What is the price of a put option with the same exercise price? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

A call option is currently selling for $4.30. It has a strike price of $35 and five months to maturity. The current stock price is $37, and the risk-free rate is 3.8 percent. The stock will pay a dividend of $1.65 in two months. What is the price of a put option with the same exercise price? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Explanation / Answer

Stock Price now (P) 4.3 Exercise Price of Option (EX) 35 Number of periods to Exercise in years (t)              0.42 (5/12) Compounded Risk-Free Interest Rate (rf) 3.80% Standard Deviation (annualized s) 50.00% Present Value of Exercise Price (PV(EX)) 34.4502 s*t^.5 0.3227 d1 -6.2861 d2 -6.6088 Delta N(d1) Normal Cumulative Density Function 0.0000 Bank Loan N(d2)*PV(EX) 0.0000 Value of Put Option 30.1502