Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2008/iii/paper-39/1/iv/solution

The European call option pays one in the state and zero in the other two states. Short one call, buy one third of a stock, and borrow one half unit of cash. Writing the option quote as , the holdings and initial value are
The terminal value is . At stock prices it is respectively
It is strictly positive in every state, so this portfolio is an arbitrage.

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