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Problem 208 of 333MediumFinanceP208

Lookback put on a two-step tree

  1. A stock starts at S0=100S_0 = 100 and each step moves up by a factor u=1.5u = 1.5 or down by d=0.5d = 0.5. Cash grows by 1+r=1.11 + r = 1.1 per step. A floating-strike lookback put pays M2−S2M_2 - S_2 at time 2, where M2=max⁡(S0,S1,S2)M_2 = \max(S_0, S_1, S_2).

    (a) Find the risk-neutral up-probability.

    (b) Price the lookback at time 0.

    (c) Explain why the stock price alone is not enough to price this option by backward induction, and what state you would use instead.