Strategy 1 没有表达市场观点

问题如下：

Traldi suggests that the use of put options might be a better way to hedge currency exposure. Campos responds that there are better options-based strategies that can exploit market views and reduce hedging costs. She suggests the following strategies:

Ÿ Strategy 1. For AUD exposure, the appropriate strategy is to be long put options at a strike price of 2.1046, short put options with a strike price 2.1006, and short call options with a strike price of 2.1456.

Ÿ Strategy 2. For CHF exposure, the appropriate strategy is to be long put options at a strike price of 2.5309, short put options with a strike price 2.5049, and short call options with a strike price of 2.5669.

Is Campos most likely correct that Strategy 1 and Strategy 2 will accomplish the goals of exploiting market views and reducing hedging costs?

选项：

A.

No, she is incorrect about reducing hedging costs

B.

Yes

C.

No, she is incorrect about exploiting market views

解释：

Correct Answer: C

Campos suggests that both strategies help reduce hedging costs and allow the manager to exploit a market view. While it is true that both strategies help reduce hedging costs through premiums collected on short calls and puts, they both do not exploit the market view on the currencies, specifically, Strategy 1 does not. Exhibit 3 indicates that the expectation is for the AUD to depreciate to BRL/AUD 2.0355 and for the CHF to appreciate to BRL/CHF 2.5642. Strategy 1, the short seagull on the AUD, only provides downside protection to BRL/AUD 2.1006 (when the short put kicks in and neutralizes the hedge), not BRL/AUD 2.0355. Under Strategy 2, the expectation is for an appreciation to BRL/CHF 2.5642; here the option premium is pocketed and because the option is written with a strike of BRL/CHF 2.5669, it will expire worthless if the rate never gets to BRL/CHF 2.5669

A is incorrect. It is true that both strategies help reduce hedging costs through premiums collected on short call and put.

B is incorrect. It is true that both strategies help reduce hedging costs through premiums collected on short call and put, but they both do not accommodate the market view on the currencies.