A Eurodollar Futures Option Contract Has a Strike Price of 97

question 19

Multiple Choice

A Eurodollar futures option contract has a strike price of 97 and the Eurodollar interest rate is 2.50%. What is the intrinsic value of the contract if the option is a call?

• A) $0
• B) $1,250
• C) $1,750
• D) $2,500

Understand the distinction between diversifiable (unsystematic) risk and non-diversifiable (systematic) risk.

Realize the implications of portfolio construction on risk reduction and the concept of the efficient frontier.

Identify how market risk premiums are used to compensate investors for taking on additional risk.

Interpret the impact of economic downturns on diversified and non-diversified portfolios.

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Definitions:

Z Distribution

A normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, also known as a standard normal distribution.

95th Percentile

A value below which 95% of the data points in a data set fall.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of values or quantities, calculated by dividing the total of all values by the number of values.

Standard Normal

A normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, used as a basis for comparison with other normal distributions.