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An investor discovers the call option prices on Platinum Mining Co are:
A call with an exercise price of $1950 costs $108,43. A call with an exercise price of $2000 costs $81,75 and a call with an exercise price of $2050 costs $59,98. All the options have the same maturity date. The current stock price is $2000

a) Create a butterfly spread strategy and compute the net profit from this position if the stock price remains at $2000 at the expiration date.

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This solution briefly discusses derivative security analysis. It includes providing a butterfly spreas strategy and computing the net profit.

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Given that,
Exercise price of first call=$1,950
Price of the first call=$108.43
Exercise price of second call=$2,000
Price of the first call=$81.75
Exercise price of ...

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