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Stochastic Financial Models | Part II, 2015

(i) What is Brownian motion?

(ii) Suppose that (Bt)t0\left(B_{t}\right)_{t \geqslant 0} is Brownian motion, and the price StS_{t} at time tt of a risky asset is given by

St=S0exp{σBt+(μ12σ2)t}S_{t}=S_{0} \exp \left\{\sigma B_{t}+\left(\mu-\frac{1}{2} \sigma^{2}\right) t\right\}

where μ>0\mu>0 is the constant growth rate, and σ>0\sigma>0 is the constant volatility of the asset. Assuming that the riskless rate of interest is r>0r>0, derive an expression for the price at time 0 of a European call option with strike KK and expiry TT, explaining briefly the basis for your calculation.

(iii) With the same notation, derive the time-0 price of a European option with expiry TT which at expiry pays

{(STK)+}2/ST\left\{\left(S_{T}-K\right)^{+}\right\}^{2} / S_{T}

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