CONTENTS

Exercise: In-out parity for barrier options

For any barrier BB and strike KK:

KO(B)+KI(B)=Vanilla,\text{KO}(B) + \text{KI}(B) = \text{Vanilla},

where KO is the knock-out and KI is the knock-in (down or up, matching).

Tasks

  1. Derive in-out parity from a portfolio argument: hold both KI and KO. What's the combined payoff at expiry?

  2. Numerically verify for a down-and-out + down-and-in call: S0=100,K=100,B=80,T=1,r=0.05,σ=0.2S_0 = 100, K = 100, B = 80, T = 1, r = 0.05, \sigma = 0.2. Use the FDM solver from the lesson.

  3. Application. A market maker quotes the down-and-out call at \9.20andthedownandincallatand the down-and-in call at$1.50.ThevanillacallBSpriceis. The vanilla call BS price is $10.45$. Is there an arbitrage? Compute the net trade.
  4. Generalisation. Does in-out parity hold for American barrier options? Why or why not?