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You buy a call and sell a put with the same strike and expiry. What is the position equivalent to?
- AA long straddle, since you hold one call and one put at the same strike
- BA long forward at the strike
- CA short position in the stock, as the sold put offsets the call and leaves a short
- DA riskless bond paying the strike, since the two options cancel
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