On July 2, the two-month futures rate of the Mexican peso contained a 2 percent discount (annualized).

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On July 2, the two-month futures rate of the Mexican peso contained a 2 percent discount (annualized). There was a call option on pesos with an exercise price that was equal to the spot rate. There was also a put option on pesos with an exercise price equal to the spot rate. The premium on each of these options was 3 percent of the spot rate at that time. On September 2, the option expired. Go to the oanda.com website (or any site that has foreign exchange rate quotations) and determine the direct quote of the Mexican peso. You exercised the option on this date if it was feasible to do so.
What was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the call option?
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Financial Institutions Management A Risk Management Approach

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