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can you have a "reverse down and out call"?

March 18th, 2013, 9:05 am

Reverse barriers are defined as barrier options with KO/KI that are in the money?http://www.mathfinance.de/seminars/risk ... t.pdfClark pg191
 
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can you have a "reverse down and out call"?

March 19th, 2013, 1:38 am

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can you have a "reverse down and out call"?

March 19th, 2013, 1:38 am

I guess you can make up any number of vaguely plausible definitions for terms like reverse barrier options, but the standard understanding is simply up-and-out calls and down-and-out puts. A down-and-out call where the barrier level is above the strike would have some of the characteristics of a reverse barrier option, in particular the possibility of unbounded delta, meaning that the option is cannot be replicated by a feasible trading strategy.