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1) Identify if there is any arbitrage opportunity and state what to do to earn an arbitrage profit
2) calculate arbitrage profit using the following information:
Stock price = 110 Call Price = 17 Put Price = 5 Risk free interest rate = 5% Maturity for options = 1 year Strike price for Put and Call: X = 105
Buy the call, short the stock | Sell the put, long the stock | Risk free return % | Price after 1 year | |
Option price | 17.00 | 5.00 | ||
Strike Price | 105.00 | 105.00 | (e^.05) | |
Stock Price | 110.00 | 110.00 | 1.05 | 115.64 |
Total Outflow after 1 years | 122.00 | Option not exercised | ||
Total inflow | 115.64 | Since strike price < stock price | ||
Gain | -6.36 |