SECTION 2.2 WHERE; NP = NOTIONAL PRINCIPAL B = BOND PORTFOLIO MDURT...

3.) If the price of Mountain Hawk stock declines to $88.00, which options strategy will most

likely have the highest value at expiration?

A. Bull spread

B. Straddle

C. Bear spread

Answer = C

“Risk Management Application of Option Strategies,” Don M. Chance

Sections 2.3, 2.4

The bear spread strategy will have a value of $10. A bear (put) spread entails buying the

put with the higher exercise price ($100) and selling the put with the lower exercise

price ($90).

Value at expiration = max(0, 100 – 88) – max(0, 90 – 88) = 10.