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Aphorisms Inc. has an expected cash inflow of €1 million on an accounts receivable balance due in six months. The owner, Laozi, wants to hedge this exposure with an option contract at a strike price of KCNY/EUR = 8.00 CNY/EUR and with a due date in 6 months. At this strike price, call option and put option prices are, respectively, CallCNY/EUR = 1.00 CNY/EUR and PutCNY/EUR = 2.00 CNY/EUR. Graph the following positions (a–c) on the figure below.
a. The exposure of Laozi’s underlying position
b. The payoff of Laozi’s option contract at expiration including the option premium
c. The payoff of Laozi’s combined position including the option premium
Aphorisms Inc. has an expected cash inflow of €1 million on an accounts receivable balance due in six months. The owner, Laozi, wants to hedge this exposure with an option contract at a strike price of KCNY/EUR = 8.00 CNY/EUR and with a due date in 6 months.
Laozi would like to sell the €1 million at a pre determined exchange rate. Hence, he should enter into put option contract.
Exposure in Euro, E = 1,000,000
Strike Price = K = 8.00 CNY/EUR
Put otpipon premium, P = 2.00 CNY/EUR.
Let S be the exchange rate on the date of maturity ie. 6 months down the line.
Hence,
Part (a)
The exposure of Laozi’s underlying position = S x E = S x 1,000,000 = 1,000,000S
Part (b)
The payoff of Laozi’s option contract at expiration including the option premium = {max (K - S, 0) - P} x E = {max (8 - S) - 2} x 1,000,000
Part (c)
The payoff of Laozi’s combined position including the option premium = 1,000,000S + {max (8 - S) - 2} x 1,000,000
Hence, the table of payoff:
S | Part (a) | Part (b) | Part (c ) |
0 | - | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
1 | 1,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
2 | 2,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
3 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
4 | 4,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
5 | 5,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
6 | 6,000,000 | - | 6,000,000 |
7 | 7,000,000 | -1,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
8 | 8,000,000 | -2,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
9 | 9,000,000 | -2,000,000 | 7,000,000 |
10 | 10,000,000 | -2,000,000 | 8,000,000 |
11 | 11,000,000 | -2,000,000 | 9,000,000 |
12 | 12,000,000 | -2,000,000 | 10,000,000 |
13 | 13,000,000 | -2,000,000 | 11,000,000 |
14 | 14,000,000 | -2,000,000 | 12,000,000 |
15 | 15,000,000 | -2,000,000 | 13,000,000 |
16 | 16,000,000 | -2,000,000 | 14,000,000 |
17 | 17,000,000 | -2,000,000 | 15,000,000 |
18 | 18,000,000 | -2,000,000 | 16,000,000 |
19 | 19,000,000 | -2,000,000 | 17,000,000 |
20 | 20,000,000 | -2,000,000 | 18,000,000 |
The graph for each of them is shown below: