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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2006 / ii / Paper 3 / 27I / c

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A power option need not have bounded payoff, but all real powers of a positive lognormal stock have finite moments, so risk-neutral valuation still applies. The Gaussian moment-generating identity gives E[enσBT​]=en2σ2T/2. Therefore
V(0,S0​)=S0n​exp([(n−1)r+21​n(n−1)σ2]T).​
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For n=1 this reduces to S0​, and for n=0 to the time-zero value e−rT of one unit paid at expiry.

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