A Forward Contract That Pays the Difference Between a Forward

question 8

Multiple Choice

A forward contract that pays the difference between a forward price and some measure of the realized stock variance is called a Variance:

• A) Skew
• B) Smile
• C) Surface
• D) Swap

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