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Question 21.4: Assume you decided to purchase the September 275 through 290...

Assume you decided to purchase the September 275 through 290 put options quoted in Table 21.2 on August 21, 2013, and you financed each position by borrowing at 3% for 31 days. Plot the profit of each position as a function of the stock price on expiration.

TABLE 21.2
Option Quotes for Amazon.com Stock

The description of each traded option can be read as: year and month of expiration, followed by the strike price, followed by an identifier for the particular option series in parentheses. For example, the first call listed expires in September 2013 and has an exercise price of 265.00.

AMZN (AMAZON.COM INC)                                  284.57 -2.52                        Aug 21 2013 @ 16:21 ET

Calls Last Sale Net Bid Ask Vol Open Int Puts Last Sale Net Bid Ask Vol Open Int
3 Sep 265.00 0.00 0.00 19.80 21.10 0 0 13 Sep 265.00 0.72 –0.50 0.72 0.85 1 115
13 Sep 270.00 17.10 –1.00 15.20 16.45 3 5 13 Sep 270.00 1.13 +0.18 1.22 1.40 10 132
13 Sep 275.00 14.25 0.00 11.70 12.20 0 26 13 Sep 275.00 1.93 +0.17 2.05 2.29 31 116
13 Sep 280.00 8.81 –2.74 8.15 8.65 6 56 13 Sep 280.00 2.96 +0.35 3.35 3.70 1 163
13 Sep 285.00 6.35 –0.25 5.25 5.70 147 158 13 Sep 285.00 4.75 +0.20 5.45 5.75 21 212
13 Sep 290.00 3.30 –2.00 3.10 3.45 3 144 13 Sep 290.00 7.10 +0.70 8.25 8.65 40 171
13 Sep 295.00 2.19 –0.81 1.72 1.89 24 233 13 Sep 295.00 10.00 0.0 11.80 12.20 0 111
13 Sep 300.00 1.00 –0.43 0.89 1.07 12 334 13 Sep 300.00 15.30 0.0 15.75 16.55 0 316
13 Sep 305.00 0.50 –0.34 0.50 0.59 25 229 13 Sep 305.00 11.80 0.0 18.5 21.50 0 54

Source: Chicago Board Options Exchange at www.cboe.com.

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