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Given the Following Information If Your Expectations Prove Correct at Maturity:
A)What Would Be

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Given the following information:
 Spot rate today: $1.00 euro  Your expectation of the spot rate in four months: $0.93/ euro  four month European call option:  strike price $0.99 euro  premium $0.02/ euro  four month European put option:  strike price $0.99 /euro  premium $0.03/ euro \begin{array}{ll}\text { Spot rate today: } & \$ 1.00 \text { euro } \\\text { Your expectation of the spot rate in four months: } & \$ 0.93 / \text { euro } \\\text { four month European call option: } & \\\quad \text { strike price } & \$ 0.99 \text { euro } \\\text { premium }& \$ 0.02 / \text { euro }\\\text { four month European put option: } \\\text { strike price } & \$ 0.99 \text { /euro }\\\text { premium } & \$ 0.03 / \text { euro } \\\end{array} If your expectations prove correct at maturity:
a)What would be your profit per euro from speculating in the options market? Show the strategy that would give the highest payoff given your expectation about the future exchange rate.
b)Graphically illustrate the loss and profit positions for the speculation in the options market.Label your graph clearly.

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