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Butterfly-spread arbitrage for nonconvex call prices (C(K2​)≤21​[C(K1​)+C(K3​)](K2​=(K1​+K3​)/2))

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The midpoint butterfly buys half a call at each outer strike and sells one at the middle strike. Convexity of K↦(S−K)+ makes its terminal payoff nonnegative. A violation of the displayed price inequality makes its cost negative and creates arbitrage. The payoff is triangular between the outer strikes and zero elsewhere.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2014 / iii / Paper 38 / 4 / b / Solution

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