Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2004/iii/paper-35/4/c/solution

Let denote the strike, , and suppose , , and . Under the Black-Scholes model and the risk-neutral measure, is normal with
Applying risk-neutral valuation to the European call option payoff gives
Use , whose differential is precisely the normal density times . The threshold is , so
Equivalently, 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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