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A forward contract

Referring to our game in section [*], it is easy to see that the payout of the derivative (i.e. the offer) has f(1)=sdown-k, f(2)=sup-k and the price, p, of the offer itself is zero.14 The main question is to find the value of k.
If you substitute the value of f(1) and f(2) and p=0 in equation [*], you will notice that $k=s_{0}\exp(rT)$!

Birger Bergersen
1998-12-22