Option Strategies
Let Y be the strangle that consists of the $45 put and the $55 call. An investor sold the strangle for $5. What is the range of values of the stock on expiration, such that the investor would have made money?
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Calvin Lin
You are long a 5-10-15 butterfly. On which of the following expiration price(s) will you make the most money?
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Calvin Lin
Which of the following is a definite benefit of owning a call spread rather than an outright call?
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Calvin Lin
The ATM straddle with 5 days to expiry currently has a theta value of 12.
Assuming constant volatility in the term structure, what is the approximate price of the ATM straddle with 20 days to expiry?
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Calvin Lin
True, False or It depends?
We know that the ATM straddle price can be approximated by the formula
\[ Y_{ATM} = \frac{ 1}{ 2000} S \sigma \sqrt{t}. \]
Since gamma is the second (partial) derivative with respect to the underlying price \(S \), the gamma of the straddle is 0.
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Calvin Lin