(a) State the fundamental theorem of asset pricing for a multi-period model.
Consider a market model in which there is no arbitrage, the prices for all European put and call options are already known and there is a riskless asset S0=(St0)t∈{0,…,T} with St0=(1+r)t for some r⩾0. The holder of a so-called 'chooser option' C(K,t0,T) has the right to choose at a preassigned time t0∈{0,1,…,T} between a European call and a European put option on the same asset S1, both with the same strike price K and the same maturity T. [We assume that at time t0 the holder will take the option having the higher price at that time.]
(b) Show that the payoff function of the chooser option is given by
C(K,t0,T)={(ST1−K)+(K−ST1)+if St01>K(1+r)t0−Totherwise
(c) Show that the price π(C(K,t0,T)) of the chooser option C(K,t0,T) is given by
π(C(K,t0,T))=π(EC(K,T))+π(EP(K(1+r)t0−T,t0)),
where π(EC(K,T)) and π(EP(K,T)) denote the price of a European call and put option, respectively, with strike K and maturity T.