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Suppose the USD/euro exchange rate is 1.3000 . The exchange rate volatility is $15 \%$. A U.S. company will receive 1 million euros in three months. The euro and USD riskfree rates are $5 \%$ and $4 \%$, respectively. The company decides to use a range forward contract with the lower strike price equal to 1.2500 . (a) What should the higher strike price be to create a zero-cost contract? (b) What position in calls and puts should the company take? (c) Show that your answer to (a) does not depend on interest rates provided that the interest rate differential between the two currencies, $r-r_f$, remains the same.

   Suppose the USD/euro exchange rate is 1.3000 . The exchange rate volatility is $15 \%$. A U.S. company will receive 1 million euros in three months. The euro and USD riskfree rates are $5 \%$ and $4 \%$, respectively. The company decides to use a range forward contract with the lower strike price equal to 1.2500 .
(a) What should the higher strike price be to create a zero-cost contract?
(b) What position in calls and puts should the company take?
(c) Show that your answer to (a) does not depend on interest rates provided that the interest rate differential between the two currencies, $r-r_f$, remains the same.
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Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives
Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives
John C. Hull 10th Edition
Chapter 17, Problem 28 ↓

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Let's denote the premium for the lower strike price call option as $C_1$ and the premium for the higher strike price put option as $P_2$. The premium for the lower strike price call option can be calculated using the Black-Scholes formula: $C_1 = S_0 \cdot  Show more…

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Suppose the USD/euro exchange rate is 1.3000 . The exchange rate volatility is $15 \%$. A U.S. company will receive 1 million euros in three months. The euro and USD riskfree rates are $5 \%$ and $4 \%$, respectively. The company decides to use a range forward contract with the lower strike price equal to 1.2500 . (a) What should the higher strike price be to create a zero-cost contract? (b) What position in calls and puts should the company take? (c) Show that your answer to (a) does not depend on interest rates provided that the interest rate differential between the two currencies, $r-r_f$, remains the same.
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