Learning objectives: Calculate and compare the payoffs from hedging strategies involving forward contracts and options. Calculate and compare the payoffs from speculative strategies involving futures and options. Describe arbitrageurs' strategy and calculate an arbitrage payoff. Describe some of...
Payoff is the future cash flow. For a long option, profit = payoff - initial premium (aka, cost). For a short option position, profit = premium - payoff. Here is an interesting difference between the call and the put: the call's payoff/profit is theoretically uncapped, but the payoff of the put...
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