1。Consider a simple binomial one-step model with one riskless asset (bond) and one risky asset (stock):
B
t = er tS
t = St−1 uXt d1−Xt where P(Xt = 1) = p = 1 − P(Xt = 0)Furthermore, we consider a European put option with strike price
e 10.00 that expiresafter
T = 1 period. We assume that the initial value of the stock is e 10.0 and thatu
= 1.5, d = 0.5, r = 0.09531, and p = 0.7.(a) Determine the replicating portfolio (
Á, Ã). What is the price of the portfolio attime
t = 0?(b) Determine the price of the option by risk-neutral pricing and compare it with the
price of the replicating portfolio.
(c) Show explicitly how to use the available instruments to make an arbitrage profit if
the observed market price for the above European put option is
e 2.00.e=euro
2。 Arbitrage pricing of a European swap
Consider a (European) swap contract:
(a) The buyer pays the seller an amount
P0 to enter into the contract at time t = 0.(b) The seller agrees to exchange one unit of asset
A1 for one unit of asset A2 at timet
= T.Suppose the market consists of one riskless asset
B with interest rate r and the twoassets
A1 and A2, and let Bt, A1t, and
A2tbe the corresponding prices at times
t with0
· t · T.(a) Use the law of one price to determine the fair price
P0 of the contract.(b) Show that any deviation from the price found in (1) indeed leads to an arbitrage
opportunity by constructing suitable arbitrage portfolios.


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