单选题 Which of the following combinations of options and underlying investments have similarly shaped profit/loss diagrams? A. Long call option/short put option and long stock position. B. Covered call and short stock/long call. C. Short put option/long call option and protective put.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】A long call and a short put will provide a nearly identical Payoff as a long stock. Professor's Note : the easiest way to see this is to draw the payoff diagram for the combined option positions.