AppliedMultiple choice
A client buys a call on the worst performer of three stocks. What is the client’s correlation exposure?
- AShort correlation, like every multi-asset option, because diversification always helps the buyer
- BLong correlation
- CNo exposure, since only the worst stock’s path matters for the payoff
- DLong correlation only if all three stocks have the same volatility, and short otherwise
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