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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 ii Paper 4 28J c Solution by
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Interpret and as trading dates in the discrete model; a payoff at nondates would require an interpolation convention absent from the question. Put . Under , the independent stock returns after giveThe ratio payoff is therefore independent of under , and its time-zero price isAt any date , its price is the same expectation discounted only for the remaining periods. The formula uses the ratio payoff actually specified; multiplying it by would define a different, conventional monetary forward-start call.
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