have been recruited by Sustainable Lambs LLC, which is based in Dubai, as theinternational finance analyst. The company is importing mostly from Canada, and you areinterested in using foreign currency (FX) options to manage the foreign currency exposureGiven a contract with a transaction value of Canadian dollars (CADS) 150,000 which is expectedto be paid in 3 months:(c) The strike price for a March expiring contract is currently AED 2.65/ CADS with apremium of AED 0.05/CADS. Assuming 1 contract on CADS option is worth CADS150,000, estimate the profit and loss under each of the following possible futureexchange rates between the UAE dirham and Canadian dollar for a long call FX option:FX rate(AED/€)12.52.652.73.54Profit/Loss (AED)

Call option gives the opportunity to buy the currency at the rate specified by the calloption and…

=) The strike price for a March expiring contract is currently AED 2.65/ CADS with a premium of AED 0.05/CADS. Assuming 1 contract on CADS option is worth CADS 150,000, estimate the profit and loss under each of the following possible future exchange rates between the UAE dirham and Canadian dollar for a long call FX optic FX rate (AED/€) 1 2.5 Profit/Loss (AED)

=) The strike price for a March expiring contract is currently AED 2.65/ CADS with a premium of AED 0.05/CADS. Assuming 1 contract on CADS option is worth CADS 150,000, estimate the profit and loss under each of the following possible future exchange rates between the UAE dirham and Canadian dollar for a long call FX optic FX rate (AED/€) 1 2.5 Profit/Loss (AED)

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Chapter22: International Financial Management

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