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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2004 iii Paper 35 4 c Solution by
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Let denote the strike, , and suppose , , and . Under the Black-Scholes model and the risk-neutral measure, is normal withApplying risk-neutral valuation to the European call option payoff givesUse , whose differential is precisely the normal density times . The threshold is , soEquivalently, rescale the tail interval to obtain on .
For independent uniform inputs, the Monte Carlo estimator is . It is unbiased, converges by the strong law of large numbers, and has variance . The payoff has finite second moment because the lognormal stock has finite moments. Its estimated standard error is the sample standard deviation divided by .
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