Options - Hedged Portfolio borrowed, positive, next, interest, buying

meghanjackson

Return of the portfolio:

Portfolio value in Up or Down Move/ Hedged Portfolio Value

If the portfolio value is positive, then there is an arbitrage opportunity:

- borrow the amount of the original portfolio
- interest is paid on the borrowed amount = 1 + rf
- buy the hedged portfolio
- next period, collect the portfoio return and reapy the loan on the hedged portfolio

Can someone explain this? Is the point here simply to hedge against down move in portfolio by buying the hedged portfolio?

b_sea93

Look at the other thread I mentioned..you can easily solve this using put-call parity.