Dear sir, While using futures options in this qn, it says the exercise price is 4% and June futures rate as 3.98%, when the interest rate increases by 0.5%
The answer to the qn should the option being exercise according to the revision kit says no,
I worked out the gain to be (4%-3.98%)* 22mn*5/12 = 0.001833 mn
My doubt is is this gain too negligible to even consider exercising this option? Or am I making a big deal about this?
Why on earth would anyone exercise the option and sell futures at 96.00 when it would mean buying futures at 96.02? There is no gain – there is a loss.
I really do suggest that you watch my free lectures on interest rate risk management.