Static hedge for one over a clamped stock price
Question
A claim pays at expiry, where : that is below , between the strikes and above . Construct a hedge from vanilla options that works whatever model the stock follows.
Short answer
A bond plus calls weighted by the payoff's curvature. Using , hold bonds paying , short calls at , a strip of calls with density for , and long calls at to flatten the payoff. In practice the strip is discretised.
Adapted from Joshi, Denson & Downes, Quant Job Interview Questions and Answers, Q2.42, p.20; question and answer rewritten by SelfMadeQuant.com.
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- The Law of One Price and Replication: No-Arbitrage Pricing from First Principles
- Independence
- Option Mechanics: Calls, Puts, Moneyness, Intrinsic Value, and Exchange vs. OTC Markets
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