1. What is the Net Effective Sale Price for your Corn? You are a corn producer and hedge your production by selling an option fence on Corn with 8 months to expiration. You unwind the fence at the expiration of the options exactly 8 months later. And, at exactly the time of the unwind of the fence, you sell your cash corn. Critical Assumptions: The Initial Basis = minus 30 cents/bu ("30 under") the ZCUP. Over the duration of the hedge the basis against the ZCU2 moves in your favor by 10cents/bu Starting futures price(s) are those on the CMEgroup website - at the time you answer this question. You need to record these price(s) in your answer on this exam (so I can confirm your answers). Use the September2022 Corn Futures Prices from the CMEgroup.com website. For example, when typing this assumption, the Settlement Price for ZCU22 was5626 which is $5.6275 /bu. The strike price of the call is 25 cents out of the money (In my example the call strike would be $5.8775 - notice, this strike does not exist in the real world. However, to simplify this question we use exactly 25 cents out of the money). The strike price of the put is 25 cents out of the money (in my example the put strike would be $5.3775 - again, this does not exist in the real world. However, to simplify this question we use exactly 25 cents out of the money.) The annual risk-free interest rate is 1%. You do not have to borrow margin and/or make margin calls for this exercise. You should consider the risk-free rate when pricing options. Implied volatility is constant for every option at every date during the hedge at 25%. Today is January 15, 2022, and the Options Expire September 15, 2022 (and exercise into the September 2022 corn futures which expire that same day). A trading year has 252 trading days, a "month" has 30 days (Examples: so 15-Jan to 15-Sep is 8/12 of a vear. If there were two months left the time to expiration is 2112 of a vean a week" has 5 The strike price of the put is 25 cents out of the money (in my example the put strike would be $5.3775 - again, this does not exist in the real world. However, to simplify this question we use exactly 25 cents out of the money.) The annual risk-free interest rate is 1%. You do not have to borrow margin and/or make margin calls for this exercise. You should consider the risk-free rate when pricing options. Implied volatility is constant for every option at every date during the hedge at 25%. Today is January 15, 2022, and the Options Expire September 15, 2022 (and exercise into the September 2022 corn futures which expire that same day). A trading year has 252 trading days, a "month" has 30 days (Examples: so 15-Jan to 15-Sep is 8/12 of a year. If there were two months left, the time to expiration is 2/12 of a year), a "week" has 5 days, and all transactions settle on the day of the transaction (the trade date). And...finally... Assume, on the day you close your hedge (and sell your cash corn), ZCU2 futures have declined by 5% from the original market price you used as a reference point to determine the strike prices (in my example, the ending price would be $5.346125). Be sure to determine the value of your options on the start and on the final date. Be careful to determine if, at the end of the hedge, the options are in or out of the money. Again - make sure to record the starting futures and options prices and final futures and options price as part of your answer. 1. What is the Net Effective Sale Price for your Corn? You are a corn producer and hedge your production by selling an option fence on Corn with 8 months to expiration. You unwind the fence at the expiration of the options exactly 8 months later. And, at exactly the time of the unwind of the fence, you sell your cash corn. Critical Assumptions: The Initial Basis = minus 30 cents/bu ("30 under") the ZCUP. Over the duration of the hedge the basis against the ZCU2 moves in your favor by 10cents/bu Starting futures price(s) are those on the CMEgroup website - at the time you answer this question. You need to record these price(s) in your answer on this exam (so I can confirm your answers). Use the September2022 Corn Futures Prices from the CMEgroup.com website. For example, when typing this assumption, the Settlement Price for ZCU22 was5626 which is $5.6275 /bu. The strike price of the call is 25 cents out of the money (In my example the call strike would be $5.8775 - notice, this strike does not exist in the real world. However, to simplify this question we use exactly 25 cents out of the money). The strike price of the put is 25 cents out of the money (in my example the put strike would be $5.3775 - again, this does not exist in the real world. However, to simplify this question we use exactly 25 cents out of the money.) The annual risk-free interest rate is 1%. You do not have to borrow margin and/or make margin calls for this exercise. You should consider the risk-free rate when pricing options. Implied volatility is constant for every option at every date during the hedge at 25%. Today is January 15, 2022, and the Options Expire September 15, 2022 (and exercise into the September 2022 corn futures which expire that same day). A trading year has 252 trading days, a "month" has 30 days (Examples: so 15-Jan to 15-Sep is 8/12 of a vear. If there were two months left the time to expiration is 2112 of a vean a week" has 5 The strike price of the put is 25 cents out of the money (in my example the put strike would be $5.3775 - again, this does not exist in the real world. However, to simplify this question we use exactly 25 cents out of the money.) The annual risk-free interest rate is 1%. You do not have to borrow margin and/or make margin calls for this exercise. You should consider the risk-free rate when pricing options. Implied volatility is constant for every option at every date during the hedge at 25%. Today is January 15, 2022, and the Options Expire September 15, 2022 (and exercise into the September 2022 corn futures which expire that same day). A trading year has 252 trading days, a "month" has 30 days (Examples: so 15-Jan to 15-Sep is 8/12 of a year. If there were two months left, the time to expiration is 2/12 of a year), a "week" has 5 days, and all transactions settle on the day of the transaction (the trade date). And...finally... Assume, on the day you close your hedge (and sell your cash corn), ZCU2 futures have declined by 5% from the original market price you used as a reference point to determine the strike prices (in my example, the ending price would be $5.346125). Be sure to determine the value of your options on the start and on the final date. Be careful to determine if, at the end of the hedge, the options are in or out of the money. Again - make sure to record the starting futures and options prices and final futures and options price as part of your