Paper 2, Section II,
Part II, 2015
(i) What is Brownian motion?
(ii) Suppose that is Brownian motion, and the price at time of a risky asset is given by
where is the constant growth rate, and is the constant volatility of the asset. Assuming that the riskless rate of interest is , derive an expression for the price at time 0 of a European call option with strike and expiry , explaining briefly the basis for your calculation.
(iii) With the same notation, derive the time-0 price of a European option with expiry which at expiry pays