FIN 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Put Option, Call Option, Option Contract

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Call option: gives the owner (buyer) the right, but not the obligation, to buy the asset. Put option: gives the owner (buyer) the right, but not the obligation, to sell the asset. American options can be exercised any time until the expiration date. European options can be exercised only on the expiration date. Option seller can also be called the writer. Option premium: the purchase price of the option. Suppose you and your friend plan to sell your fin 401 textbooks in 3 months. You are offered the following option contract: you have the right (but no obligation) to sell 2 copies of the fin. 401 textbook to the buyer at in three months. Essentially, you are purchasing a put option today for that gives you to right to sell the textbook for in three months. If the bookstore price is : option buyer leaves the option contract to expire.

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Problem 2

The writer of a regular exchange-listed put-option on a stock:

Has the right to buy 100 shares of the underlying stock at the market price.

Has the right to sell 100 shares of the underlying stock at the exercise price.

Has the obligation to buy 100 shares of the underlying stock at the exercise price.

Has the obligation to sell 100 shares of the underlying stock at the exercise price.

Has the obligation to buy 100 shares of the underlying stock at the market price.

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Problem 3

Suppose an investor have a put option. What will happen if the stock price on the exercise date is below the exercise price?

A. The seller will need to deliver stock to the owner of the option. B. The seller will be obliged to buy stock from the owner of the option. C. The owner will not exercise his option.
D. The option will extend for nine more months.
E. None of the above options.

Problem 5

Suppose an investor sells one share of stock and buys a call option on the stock. What will be the value of her investment on the final exercise date if the stock price is above the exercise price? (Ignore transaction costs.)

A. The value of two shares of stock.
B. The value of one share of stock plus the exercise price. C. The exercise price.
D. The value of one share of stock minus the exercise price.

E. None of the above options.

Problem 9

All else equal, as the underlying stock price decreases:

A. The put price increases.
B. The put price decreases.
C. The call price increases.
D. There is no effect on put price.
E. The put price can either increase, decrease, or remain the same.

Problem 10

All else equal, as the underlying stock volatility decreases:

A. The put price increases.
B. The put price decreases.
C. The call price increases.
D. There is no effect on put price.
E. The put price can either increase, decrease, or remain the same.

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I. Fill in the blank using a number of terms listed below (@1 point). Annuity due, Asset Mgmt ratio, Call, Comparisons, Comparative ratio analysis, Corporation, Covered, Current Ratio, DSO, Du Pont Equation , Equal, Future performance, Greater, Higher, In-the-money, Less, Liquidity, Lower, Option, Ordinary Annuity, Out-of-the-money, Percentage, Perpetuity, Put, PV, Quick, Reduced, TIE, TATO, Trend Analysis, Writer 11. The payment or receipt of equal amounts, at the end of a series of equal periods, for a specified amount of time is called a(n) _______________. 12. When a loan is amortized over a five year term, the amount of interest paid is ________________ each year. 13. You have just won a $5 million lottery to be received in twenty annual equal payments of $250,000. What will happen to the present value of your winnings if the interest rate increases? It will be worth _________________. 14. The more frequent the compounding the _________________ the effective interest rate. 15. More frequent compounding results in _______________ future values and _______________ present values than less frequent compounding at the same nominal interest rate. 16. A(n) _______________ is a financial instrument that agrees to pay an equal amount of money per period into the indefinite future (i.e. forever). 17. A(n) _________________ is a contract which gives its holder the right to buy(or sell) an asset at some predetermined price within a specified period of time. 18. The seller of an option is called the option __________________. 19. An investor who writes call options against stock held in his or her portfolio is said to be selling _______________ options. 20. When the exercise price exceeds the current stock price, a call option is said to be _____________________; however, when the exercise price is less than the current price of the underlying stock, a call option is _________________. 21. An option which gives you the right to sell a stock at a specified price within some future period is called a(n) ______________ option.

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Problem 3

Suppose an investor have a put option. What will happen if the stock price on the exercise date is below the exercise price?

Problem 5

A. The value of two shares of stock.
B. The value of one share of stock plus the exercise price. C. The exercise price.
D. The value of one share of stock minus the exercise price. E. None of the above options.

10. All else equal, as the underlying stock volatility decreases:

A. The put price increases.
B. The put price decreases.
C. The call price increases.
D. There is no effect on put price.
E. The put price can either increase, decrease, or remain the same.

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