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What is a self-financing and replicating portfolio?
I try to understand the derivation of the Black-Scholes equation based on the "constructing a replicating portfolio".
From mathematical point of view it looks simple. We assume that:
Stock prices ...
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Why hold options when you can dynamically replicate their payoff?
When holding vanilla options, you can cancel out, theoretically, all risk with dynamic (delta) hedging. Then you earn the "risk free rate of return".
Why would you make such a portfolio when you can ...
