Fair price of a put struck at 4 on a dice product
Question
A contract settles at the product of two fair dice rolls. What is the fair value of a put on it with strike , paying ?
Short answer
. The put pays only when the product is (one way, paying ), (two ways, paying ) or (two ways, paying ). Its expected payoff is .
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