ExpertMultiple choice
Why can some barrier options be hedged with a static portfolio of vanillas rather than dynamically?
- APut-call symmetry makes a reflected vanilla worth the same as the original at the barrier
- BBecause barrier options have no gamma
- CBecause the barrier removes all path dependence
- DBecause they can be decomposed into digitals alone
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