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A 2-step binomial tree is used to value an American put option with strike 104, given that the underlying price is currently 100. At each step the underlying price can move up by 20% or down by 20% and the risk-neutral probability of an up move is 0.55. There are no dividends paid on the underlying and the discretely compounded risk free interest rate over each time step is 2%. What is the value of the option in this model? A. 11.82 B. 12.33 C. 12.49 D. 12.78
C. 12.49
Please refer to below spreadsheet for calculation and answer. Cell reference also provided.
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Please note: American style option can be exercised before its expiration date thus, calculated both payoff and intrinsic value of option at each node and consider higher of payoff and intrinsic value at each node to compute value of american option at time 0 (i.e today).