A U.S. company has British pound 2 million payables in 90 days. The company decide to use option contracts to manage its FX risk from this international transactionand has the following information about the option contracts.•A 90 day call option contract for BP 2 million with strike rate = $1.74/BP, call premium per British pound is $0.02•A 90 day put option contract for BP 2 million with strike rate = $1.75/BP, put premium per British pound is $0.02Based on the option the US company purchased, 90 days later if the spot rate becomes $1.7900/BP, what would be the company's decision for the option?O OTM; let the option expireO ITM; let the option expireO ITM; exercise the optionO OTM; exercise the option

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A U.S. company has British pound 2 million payables in 90 days. The company decide to use option contracts to manage its FX risk from this international transaction and has the following information about the option contracts. A 90 day call option contract for BP 2 million with strike rate = $1.74/BP, call premium per British pound is $0.02 •A 90 day put option contract for BP 2 million with strike rate = $1.75/BP, put premium per British pound is $0.02 Which option contract the company need to purchase? write a call option O purchase a call option purchase a put option Owrite a put option
A U.S. company has British pound 2 million payables in 90 days. The company decide to use option contracts to manage its FX risk from this international transaction and has the following information about the option contracts. A 90 day call option contract for BP 2 million with strike rate = $1.74/BP, call premium per British pound is $0.02 A 90 day put option contract for BP 2 million with strike rate = $1.75/BP, put premium per British pound is $0.02 Calculate US$ cost or US$ net revenue of the US company at the expiration date of the option based on the decision O $3.54 million O $3.56 million $3.48 million O $3.52 million
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