Risk-neutral probability in a binomial market
ID: risk-neutral-probability-in-a-binomial-market
The martingale condition for the discounted stock is . Therefore the up risk-neutral probability isWith down factor , up factor and , this is equivalently . For , , , it gives . Under the risk-neutral measure, the terminal stock price has expected value , whose discounted value is 100. The physical probability need only satisfy ; it does not enter this calculation.
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