question archive Assume the price of a stock is $50 now and it only could be $60 or $40 in a month
Subject:FinancePrice:2.86 Bought5
Assume the price of a stock is $50 now and it only could be $60 or $40 in a month. Buy a European call option of the stock at with strike price $50 and 1 month maturity. And the risk-free annual interest rate is 12%. How much should the premium for this call option be?
1. Payoff when the stock price is $60 = Max(Stock Price - Strike Price,0) = Max(60 - 50,0) = $10
2. Payoff when the stock price is $40 = Max(Stock Price - Strike Price,0) = Max(40 - 50,0) = $0
3. Delta of Call Option = (Payoff when stock price is $60 - Payoff when stock price is $40) / (Up Stock Price - Down Stock Price)
Delta of Call Option = (10 - 0) / (60 - 40)
Delta of Call Option = 0.50 Shares
4. Price of Call Option = Delta * Current Stock Price - Portfolio value at the end of 1 months * e-(Time * Interest Rate)
Price of Call Option = 0.50 * $50 - Down Stock Price * Delta * e-(Time * Interest Rate)
Price of Call Option = $25 - 40 * 0.50 * e-(1/12 * 12%)
Price of Call Option = $25 - $20 * 0.99005
Price of Call Option = $5.20