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Pricing Barrier Option

March 26th, 2007, 4:06 pm

We have a European barrier with infinite time to maturity. Current stock price is S_0=20. If the stock price hits B=80, the option pays 80. Nothing else is known. What's the option price? How to hedge such an option?
 
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Pricing Barrier Option

March 26th, 2007, 6:35 pm

Beat to death in many threads: as penalty, search "perpetual" and read them all