Paper 2, Section II, K

Stochastic Financial Models
Part II, 2018

Consider the Black-Scholes model, i.e. a market model with one risky asset with price StS_{t} at time tt given by

St=S0exp(σBt+μt),S_{t}=S_{0} \exp \left(\sigma B_{t}+\mu t\right),

where (Bt)t0\left(B_{t}\right)_{t \geqslant 0} denotes a Brownian motion on (Ω,F,P),μ>0(\Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P}), \mu>0 the constant growth rate, σ>0\sigma>0 the constant volatility and S0>0S_{0}>0 the initial price of the asset. Assume that the riskless rate of interest is r0r \geqslant 0.

(a) Consider a European option C=f(ST)C=f\left(S_{T}\right) with expiry T>0T>0 for any bounded, continuous function f:RRf: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}. Use the Cameron-Martin theorem to characterize the equivalent martingale measure and deduce the following formula for the price πC\pi_{C} of CC at time 0 :

πC=erTf(S0exp(σTy+(r12σ2)T))12πey2/2dy\pi_{C}=e^{-r T} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f\left(S_{0} \exp \left(\sigma \sqrt{T} y+\left(r-\frac{1}{2} \sigma^{2}\right) T\right)\right) \frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi}} e^{-y^{2} / 2} d y

(b) Find the price at time 0 of a European option with maturity T>0T>0 and payoff C=(ST)γC=\left(S_{T}\right)^{\gamma} for some γ>1\gamma>1. What is the value of the option at any time t[0,T]?t \in[0, T] ? Determine a hedging strategy (you only need to specify how many units of the risky asset are held at any time tt ).