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Information in stock prices and some consequences: A model-free approach

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  • Yannis G. Yatracos

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The price of a stock will rarely follow the assumed model and a curious investor or a Regulatory Authority may wish to obtain a probability model the prices support. A risk neutral probability ${\cal P}^*$ for the stock's price at time $T$ is determined in closed form from the prices before $T$ without assuming a price model. The findings indicate that ${\cal P}^*$ may be a mixture. Under mild conditions on the prices the necessary and sufficient condition to obtain ${\cal P}^*$ is the coincidence at $T$ of the stock price ranges assumed by the stock's trader and buyer. This result clarifies the relation between market's informational efficiency and the arbitrage-free option pricing methodology. It also shows that in an incomplete market there are risk neutral probabilities not supported by each stock and their use can be limited. ${\cal P}^*$-price $C$ for the stock's European call option expiring at $T$ is obtained. Among other results it is shown for "calm" prices, like the log-normal, that i) $C$ is the Black-Scholes-Merton price thus confirming its validity for various stock prices, ii) the buyer's price carries an exponentially increasing volatility premium and its difference with $C$ provides a measure of the market risk premium.

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  • Yannis G. Yatracos, 2015. "Information in stock prices and some consequences: A model-free approach," Papers 1501.07473, arXiv.org, revised Jun 2015.
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