NO.PZ2025040202000009
问题如下:
Question An analyst gathers the following information about a 2-year European-style call option on the periodically compounded 1-year spot interest rate:
If the option is cash settled at Time 2 based on the observed rate, the option value as a percentage of the notional amount at Time 0 is closest to:
选项:
A.A.0.15%. B.B.0.24%. C.C.0.87%.解释:
B Correct because the option value, c, at
Time 0 is given by c = PVrf,0,1[πc+ + (1 – π)c–] = (1/1.030454) × [(0.5 × 0.4209%) + (1 – 0.5) × 0.0751%] ≈
0.24%
where:
PVrf,0,1 = present value factor (from Time
1 to Time 0) = 1 / (1+r) = 1 / (1.030454)
π = risk-neutral probability of an up move
(given) = 0.5
c+ = call option value at Time 1 when an up
move occurs (given) = 0.4209%
c- = call option value at Time 1 when a
down move occurs (given) = 0.0751%
即为什么不用3.9706-3.1=0.8706和3.2542-3.1=0.1542