Question

Suppose that you purchased a conventional call option on growth in Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) with an exercise price of 210,500 jobs. The NFP conventional contract pays out $85 for every job created in excess of the exercise price. a. What is the value of the option if job growth is 193,500

Answer 1

Answer:

Suppose that you purchased a conventional call option on growth in Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) with an exercise price of 210,500 jobs. The NFP conventional contract pays out $85 for every job created in excess of the exercise price. a. What is the value of the option if job growth is 193,500.

The value of the option if job growth is 193,500 is $0.

Explanation:        

Since the job growth of 193,500 is less than the exercise price of 210,500 jobs, the value of the option on the contract in the given question is Zero.

Therefore, the value of the option if job growth is 193,500 is $0.

Answer 2

Answer:

The completed question is

Suppose that you purchased a conventional call option on growth in Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) with an exercise price of 210,500 jobs. The NFP conventional contract pays out $85 for every job created in excess of the exercise price. a. What is the value of the option if job growth is 193,500.

Explanation:

Base on the scenario been described in the question, the option value will be $0 value of the call option on the contract is $0 this is because, the current job growth of 193,500 is lower than the job strike price which is 210,500 .