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Past exam of the martingales and financial mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2009 B 6 c Solution by
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With the rate , the risk-neutral probability in a binomial market must satisfyThe first stock gives , hence . The second gives , confirming the same answer. ThusTake the successive up/down choices independent under this measure, so both stock prices are martingales. The martingale transition condition applies from times zero to one and one to two; the displayed condition in the source should be read for these two transitions.
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