An investor purchases a put option on AAA shares that has a strike price of €50 and expires in three months. One month later, AAA shares are trading at €54. At that time, the put most likely has:
A. positive intrinsic value but no time value.
B. positive time value but no intrinsic value.
C. positive time value and positive intrinsic value.
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The loss in value of an option as it moves closer to expiration is called
A. Time value decay
B. Volatility diminution
C. Time value of money
For a European call option with two months until expiration, if the spot price is below the exercise price, the call option will most likely have:
A. zero time value.
B. positive time value.
C. positive exercise value.
An at-the-money American call option on a stock that pays no dividends has three months remaining until expiration. The market value of the option will most likely be:
A. less than its exercise value.
B. equal to its exercise value.
C. greater than its exercise value.
Compare an American call with a strike of 50 which expires in 90 days to an American call on the same underlying asset which has a strike of 60 and expires in 120 days. The underlying asset is selling at 55. Consider the following statements:Statement1: "The 50 strike call is in-the-money and the 60 strike call is out-of-the-money."Statement 2: "The time value of the 60 strike call, as a proportion of the 60 strike call's premium, exceeds the time value of the 50 strike call as a proportion of the 50 strike call's premium."Are the statements most likely correct or incorrect?
A. Both statements are correct
B. Statement 1 is incorrect, but Statement 2 is correct
C. Statement 1 is correct, but Statement 2 is incorrect