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1. You buy a stock for $40 and simultaneously buy a put with a $40 strike price

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Question

1. You buy a stock for $40 and simultaneously buy a put with a $40 strike price and a $1.00 premium and write a call with a $40 strike price and a $1.00 premium. What is your per-share payoff from the stock if the share price increases to $45? If you think the payoff is negative, enter your answer using a number preceded by a minus sign. If you think the payoff is positive, enter your answer as a number.

2. You buy a stock for $40 and simultaneously buy a put with a $40 strike price and a $1.00 premium and write a call with a $40 strike price and a $1.00 premium. What is your per-share payoff from the written call if the share price increases to $45? If you think the payoff is negative, enter your answer using a number preceded by a minus sign. If you think the payoff is positive, enter your answer as a number.

Explanation / Answer

1)

Payoff:

= Payoff from call option + Payoff from put option

= ($40+$1-$45)+(-$1)

= -$5

Hence, payoff from this position is = -$5.

2) Per share payoff is -$5