January 30th, 2012, 8:45 am
Hi all,I'm stuggling to come up with an answer to the question below. Perhaps I'm thinking about it in the wrong way, and so any advice, pointers to literature etc would be much appreciated.We have a product that pays-off at time T, dependent on the level of an equity. If, at time T, the equity is 110% of its value at time 0, then it pays X. If it reaches 120%, it pays Y. At time 0, I have implied volatilities for options of tenor T, including 110% and 120% strikes. My question is: if I was to price this using MC, which volatility do I use? The 110%? The 120%? Something else?Thanks in advance,Cheers,Donal