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- November 18, 2023 at 11:17 pm #695085
Hi,
Both Buyrecs Co and Fondir Co have amount receivable in foreign currency and both have their call option quoted in foreign currency ( For instance the call option for Fondir Co quoted as LL 4.00 per $1). However, Fondir Co uses the call option and Buyrecs Co uses put option. Could you please explain why?
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JinanshNovember 19, 2023 at 8:39 am #695099You will have to tell me the date of each of the exams. I have all past exams but I cannot remember the name of every question 🙂
November 19, 2023 at 10:02 am #695101Hi,
Thanks for your prompt reply. Buryecs Co is from March/June 2017 and Fondir Co is from December 2022.
November 20, 2023 at 9:24 am #695134It is not the currency of the premium payable that determines whether we buy put or call options.
When they are traded options it is the currency in which the contract size is quoted that matters (as I explain in my free lectures).
However in both of these questions they are over-the-counter options.
In Buryecs the question says that they are options in Wirtonian $’s. The transaction at risk involves selling Wirtonian $’s and so they need a put option in Wirtonian $’s.
In Fondir the question says that they are OTC $ options. The transaction at risk involves selling LL’s in order to buy $’s and so the need a call option in $’s.
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