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A trader holds the following apple stock ( AAPL ) options in the portfolio today: In the table above, a position of 5 0 0

A trader holds the following apple stock (AAPL) options in the portfolio today:
In the table above, a position of 500 on AAPL Option #1 means the trader holds 500 of that option. In addition, the trader can also trade AAPL stock and another apple stock option: AAPL option #5. This option has a delta of 0.5, a gamma of 1.2, and a vega of 0.6.
(a) What is estimated change in portfolio value if apple stock price goes up by $0.1?
(b) How should the trader trade to delta-hedge this portfolio today?
(c) What position in the AAPL option #5 and AAPL stock would make the portfolio both gamma neutral and delta neutral today?
(d) Please briefly explain why we cannot make the portfolio delta, gamma, and vega neutral with only one addition option (AAPL option#5)?
(e) Further suppose there is another AAPL option #6. This option has a delta of 0.2, gamma of 0.5, and vega of 0.7. What position in the AAPL option #5, AAPL option #6, and AAPL stock would make the portfolio delta, gamma, and vega neutral today?
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