Show that the put prices (European and American) are convex functions of the asset price, that is,

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Show that the put prices (European and American) are convex functions of the asset price, that is, 

p(S + (12) S2, X)  p(S, X) + (1 -2) p(S2, X), 0  1,

where Sand S2 denote the asset prices and X denotes the strike price.

Let S1 = h1X and S2 = h2X, and note that the put price function is homogeneous of degree one in the asset price and the strike price, the above inequality can be expressed as

[h + (1 - )h]pX, X h + (1 - )h < X, X whip (x. A) + + (1 - )hp(x, X 12 P(X, Z.).

Apply the property that the put prices are convex functions of the strike price.

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