 American-option superhedge with a funded reserve (source code)

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= American-option superhedge with a funded reserve
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If a nonnegative value $V$ dominates the payoff and $a=rV-\mathcal L_rV\geq0$, delta holdings $V\prime(S)$ combined with a reserve satisfying $dD=(rD+a(S))dt$ give a <self-financing portfolio> of wealth $V(S)+D$. The reserve retains the surplus instead of consuming it, so the wealth dominates the payoff at every exercise time.

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