Call struck on the squared stock price
Question
In the Black-Scholes model with rate and volatility , find the price of a European contract paying at time .
Short answer
A Black-Scholes call on with volatility and forward . Since is lognormal, the price is with and .
Adapted from Joshi, Denson & Downes, Quant Job Interview Questions and Answers, Q2.6, p.17; question and answer rewritten by SelfMadeQuant.com.
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- Barrier Options
- Derivation — From Binomial Trees to Black-Scholes in the Continuous Limit
- The Black-Scholes Formula Derived via Change of Measure
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