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Let Mtd and Mtf be the money market accounts in the domestic and foreign economies,
respectively. These are risk-free investments within the corresponding economies (i.e. when
expressed in their own currencies). Their dynamics are given by
dMtd = rd Mtd dt
dMtf
= rf Mtf dt
Let Xt be the foreign exchange rate that converts 1 unit of the foreign currency into the
domestic currency. In other words, Xt is the value of 1 unit of foreign currency expressed
in the domestic currency. Then, Yt = Mtf Xt is the value at time t of the foreign money
market account expressed in the domestic currency. Assume that the risk-neutral dynamics
of the foreign exchange rate are
dXt = Xt [dt + dWt ]
2.1
Question.
Derive the stochastic differential equation for the process followed by Yt , and deduce the
risk-neutral drift of Xt under the domestic risk-neutral measure.
Derive the stochastic differential equation for the process followed by the inverse exchange
rate Zt = X1t under the domestic risk-neutral measure.
2.2
Question.
What is the stochastic differential equation for Zt under the foreign risk-neutral measure?
Justify your answer.
What is the change of probability measure density for switching from the domestic to foreign
risk-neutral measures? Using Girsanov theorem, verify that your answer above (s.d.e for
Zt under the foreign risk-neutral measure) is correct.
Derive the stochastic differential equation for a foreign stock in the domestic risk-neutral
measure.
2.3
Question.
What is the formula for a vanilla option on the exchange rate with payoff max (XT K, 0)?