Multiple Choice
A stock is trading at 100. Consider a two-period binomial model in which the stock price moves up or down each period by factors and , respectively. The gross risk-free rate of interest per time step is 1.04. You are long a cash-or-nothing digital call option that pays $100 if , and nothing otherwise; and short a cash-or-nothing digital put option that pays $100 if , and nothing otherwise. (Here, is the stock price at the end of two periods.) The value of your portfolio is
A) Positive.
B) zero.
C) Negative.
D) Cannot be calculated from the given information.
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