Junior quant interview question: You work on the equity derivs desk at J.P. GoldmanStanley. A client comes to you and wishes to buy a perpetual GME binary call option, which pays $1,000 if the price ever trades above $1,000. What do you quote them, and how wide is your spread?
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Replying to @quantian1
My mid is the current share price, spread is the bid/offer spread of the underlying, plus some to cover gap risk (eg if the stock touches 1000 and immediately gaps down to 900) plus the profit I can gouge them for.
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Replying to @macrocephalopod @quantian1
That’s assuming I know they want to buy. If it’s a two way quote I need a wider spread to cover the risk of gapping from below 1000 to way above, in fact I probably want to lower the mid too.
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