ExpertMultiple choice
Why price a bond option under the forward measure rather than the risk-neutral one?
- ABecause the stochastic discount factor comes out of the expectation
- BBecause interest rates are deterministic under it
- CBecause it eliminates the need for a volatility input
- DBecause the forward measure is the real-world measure
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