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One year ago, you bought a put option on 200,000 euros with an
expiration date of...
- One year ago, you bought a put option on 200,000 euros with an
expiration date of one year. You paid a premium on the put option
of $.05 per unit. The exercise price was $1.32. Assume that one
year ago, the spot rate of the euro was $1.29, the one-year forward
rate exhibited a discount of 3%, and the one-year futures price was
the same as the one-year forward rate. From one year ago to today,
the euro depreciated against the dollar by 4%. Today the put option
will be exercised (if it is feasible for the buyer to do so).
a. Determine the total dollar amount of your profit or loss from
your position in the put option.
b. Now assume that instead of taking a position in the put
option one year ago, you sold a futures contract on 200,000 euros
with a settlement date of one year. Determine the total dollar
amount of your profit or loss.