ACCURATE ANSWERS
Are option payments linear? correct answer No
Basis risk correct answer spot price minus futures price
Call holder payoff (not accounting premium) correct answer Gross Profit
Call holder payoff (with premium) correct answer Net Profit
Can hedging add risk correct answer Basis risk, imperfect hedges, virtically
integrated industries/firms
Cross Hedge correct answer Fututes contract does not match asset
ex: hedge price of jet fuel with futures on crude oil
Derivative correct answer Legal contract whose value depends on the values of
other underlying assets
Futures contract correct answer an agreement to buy or sell an asset at a certain
time in the future for a certain price
Hedge correct answer Trade designed to reduce a type of risk
Hedge ratio correct answer size of position in futures/size of exposure