answer 2-5

Use the following data for questions 2-8. S-48 X = 50 C-4 P=3 2. A straddle requires purchasing one call and one put on the same asset with the same strike price. For this data the payoff for a straddle is a. S2 b. -SI c. SO d. -$7 - e. -SS 3. If an investor originally bought the underlying asset for $50, the loss would be $2. If a put option was also purchased, the loss will be a. -S2 b. -S5 c. SO d. -$1 e. -S3 when the 4. The correlation between a long position in the underlying asset and purchasing a put option is price of the underlying asset is decreasing. a. Zero b. Equal to c. Positive d. Negative e. Unknown 5. At expiration the call option a. Is in the money and should be exercised b. Is out of the money and should be left to expire c. Is at the money and should be exercised d. Has a payoff of negative $4 e. Both b and d are correct