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For θ>0, the Exponential martingale for Brownian motion and the Doob maximal inequality for a nonnegative submartingale give
P(supt≤s​Bt​≥a)≤exp(−θa+21​θ2s).
(1)
Taking θ=a/s gives e−a2/(2s). Apply the same argument to −B and use the union bound:
P(t≤ssup​∣Bt​∣≥a)≤2e−a2/(2s).​
(2)

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