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Real probability of exercising and expected values of option payoff
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Real probability of exercising and expected values of option payoff

RM Wojakowski and M Shackleton
Futures Market (Rynek Terminowy), Vol.20(2), pp.125-127
04/2003

Abstract

We derive the continuous-time formula for expected payoff to holding an option, which nests several major pricing tools. We also show that under current market conditions the true exercise probability, N(d4), lies halfway between the two more familiar terms: N(d1) and N(d2).

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