You sell a 2-period covered call on 100 shares of a stock cu…
You sell a 2-period covered call on 100 shares of a stock currently trading at $25.00 per share. The strike price of the call option is $25.00 per share. The risk free rate is 25% per period and in each of the next two periods the stock can rise by 40% or fall by 20%. What is your accounting profit after one period? Assume for the sake of argument that you shut down the operation at time one, selling your shares and buying back the option.
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