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Problem 199 of 333MediumFinanceP199

State prices on a two-step tree

  1. A stock at 50 moves up by a factor 1.21.2 or down by a factor 0.80.8 each period, and the interest rate is r=10%r = 10\% per period. The real probability of an up move is 0.90.9. Over two periods, writing HH for up and TT for down:

    (a) Find the risk-neutral up probability p~\tilde p and the Radon-Nikodym derivative Z(ω)Z(\omega) on each of the four paths. Check that E[Z]=1E[Z] = 1.

    (b) Find the state price of each path and check that they sum to the price of a two-period zero-coupon bond.

    (c) Price a put struck at 50 expiring after two periods. Compare it with the put's real expected payoff, discounted at rr.