A stock is currently trading at £65. Interest rates are 3% per year continuously compounded. Use the Black & Scholes formula to compute the price of a put option on the stock with strike price £60, maturity 3 months and implied volatility 55%. Please show all your calculations step by step.

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Section20.A: The Black-scholes Option Pricing Model
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A stock is currently trading at £65. Interest rates are 3% per year continuously compounded. Use the Black & Scholes formula to compute the price of a put option on the stock with strike price £60, maturity 3 months and implied volatility 55%. Please show all your calculations step by step. 

 

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