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Blababa [14]
3 years ago
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An option to buy a stock is priced at $150. If the stock closes above 30 next Thursday, the option will be worth $1000. If it cl

oses below 20, the option will be worth nothing, and if it closes between 20 and 30, the option will be worth $200. A trader thinks there is a 50% chance that the stock will close in the 20-30 range, a 20% chance that it will close above 30, and a 30% chance that it will fall below 20.
Required:
a. Create a valid probability table.
b. How much should the trader expect to gain or lose?
c. Should the trader buy the stock? Explain.
Mathematics
1 answer:
valentina_108 [34]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

An option to buy a stock is priced at $150. If the stock closes above 30 next Thursday, the option will be worth $1000. If it closes below 20, the option will be worth nothing, and if it closes between 20 and 30, the option will be worth $200. A trader thinks there is a 50% chance that the stock will close in the 20-30 range, a 20% chance that it will close above 30, and a 30% chance that it will fall below 20.

a) Let X represent the price of the option

<h3><u>  x                  P(X=x) </u></h3>

$1000         20/100 = 0.2

$200          50/100 = 0.5

$0              30/100 = 0.3

b) Expected option price

= \sum x.P(X=x)\\\\ = 1000 * 0.2 + 200 * 0.5 + 0 = \$ 300

Therefore expected gain = $300 - $150 = $150

c) The trader should buy the stock. Since there is an positive expected gain($150) in trading that stock option.

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