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Calculate the price of a 45-day futures contract, if you know that 45-day call options on the underlying with strike of $268 trade for c=$19.8 and put options with the same maturity and exercise price trade for $16.5. The risk free rate is 1.5%.
Using put call parity we can find the price of the underlying:
C+Xe-rt=S+P
Where C=call price
X=strike price
S= stock price
P= put price
19.80+268e-0.0150*45/360=S+16.50
=19.80+267.498=S+16.50
=S=270.7980
Therefore, 45 day future price will be:Sert
= 270.7980e0.0150*(45/360)
= $ 271.3062