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Basic Question 5 of 11

A European stock index call option has a strike price of $1,160 and a time to expiration of 0.25 years. Given a risk-free rate of 4 percent, if the underlying index is trading at $1,200 and has a multiplier of 1, then the lower bound for the option price is closest to ______.

A. $28.29
B. $40.00
C. $51.32

User Contributed Comments 2

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Inaganti6 In reality they won't be nice enough in the real test to give you .25 directly no way they'll be that kind.
dbedford Because it's super hard to know that you should divide the number of days by 365?
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Learning Outcome Statements

contrast the use of arbitrage and replication concepts in pricing forward commitments and contingent claims

CFA® 2025 Level I Curriculum, Volume 5, Module 8.