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Q 2 . Underlying priced at 5 0 0 with MAD of 1 0 0 . ( 1 5 points ) Q 2 a .

Q2. Underlying priced at 500 with MAD of 100.(15 points)
Q2a. What is the probability of option expiring ITM for a 550 CALL? (3 points)
Q2b. What is the average underlying price when CALL expires ITM? (3 points)
Q2c. What is the average CALL option payment conditional on that the call expires in the money? (3
points)(not this is asking for OPTION payment NOT average stock price when option expires ITM)
Q2d. How much should the CALL be priced at today based on Q2a and Q2c?(3 points)
Q2e. Out of the price in Q2d, how much of that is intrinsic value and how much is time value? (3
points) Q3. Implied MAD with Uniform Distribution
Underlying price currently at 500, and follows a uniform distribution. You observed 660 strike
CALL priced at $36. What is the implied MAD? (10 points) Q4. Delta and Gamma with Uniform Distribution (20 points)
Current underlying price at 200, and you expect price at expiration follows uniform distribution
with mean absolute deviation of 25.
You SHORT 10 CALLs with strike at 210.
Q4a. What is the TOTAL delta of your 10 short CALL position? (2 points)
Q4b. How many shares do you need in order to offset CALL delta from Q4a? Do you long or short
the underlying shares (2 points)?
Q4c. What is the total gamma value of your hedged SHORT CALL positions from Q4a and Q4b?(2
points)
Q4d. For the hedged CALL position (short 10 CALLs, hedged with shares), what is the PnL from
(starting) delta, and from gamma when underlying moves from 200 to 190, respectively? (3 points)Q4e. Calculate option price when stock moves $190. How much of the total PnL of Q4d is from
option position, and how much is from the stock position? (3 points)
Q4f. If underlying moves down from 200 to 190, what is the new delta at stock price of 190 for your
overall position? If you need to re-hedge to flatten delta with underlying shares, what trade do you
need to do in the shares to flatten the delta? How many shares to trade? Long or short? (2 points)
Q4g. What is the PnL from the delta and gamma when underlying moves from 200 to 205,
respectively? (2 points)
Q4h. For Q4g, how much of the total PnL is from option position, and how much is from stock
positions, when underlying moves from 200 to 205?(2 points)
Q4i. If underlying moves up from 200 to 205, If you need to re-hedge to flatten delta with
underlying shares, what trade do you need to do in the shares? (2 points)Assume rf=0 for the entire exam
Q1. You believe stock price by year end will have the following multinomial distribution (15 points):
Q1a. What should be the stock price TODAY? (2 points)
Q1b. what is the prob that a 110 strike PUT will expire ITM? (2 points)
Q1c. what is the conditional average price of underlying stock when 110 strike PUT expires ITM? (3
points)
Q1d. what is the conditional average payment from the 110 strike PUT option when the PUT expires ITM?
(2 points)
Q1e. based on Q1b-Q1d, how much should the 110 PUT be priced at today? (3 points)
Q1f. Out of the total value of the put from Q1e, how much is intrinsic value and how much is time value?
(3 points)
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