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Problem 208 of 333MediumFinanceP208
Lookback put on a two-step tree
A stock starts at and each step moves up by a factor or down by . Cash grows by per step. A floating-strike lookback put pays at time 2, where .
(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.
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