A stock has a current price of $267. A trader writes 9 naked option contracts on the stock, each contract covering 100 shares. The option price is $2, the strike price is $260, and the time to maturity is 4 months. 1. What is the margin requirement if the options are call options (in $)? 2. What is the margin requirement if the options are put options (in $)? The part 2 of the question I cannot find a similar example of.

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A stock has a current price of $267. A trader writes 9 naked option contracts on the stock, each contract covering 100 shares. The option price is $2, the strike price is $260, and the time to maturity is 4 months.

1. What is the margin requirement if the options are call options (in $)?


2. What is the margin requirement if the options are put options (in $)?

The part 2 of the question I cannot find a similar example of.

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