Background – I often get confused when (not) to subtract. Here’s a brief summary.
The standard GBM dynamic is
dS = mu S dt + σ S dW .... where mu and σ are time-invariant.
The standard solution is to find the dynamics of logS, denoted L,
dL = (mu – 0.5σ2 ) dt + σ dW ... BM, not GBM. No L on the RHS.
L (time=T) ~ N (mean = (mu – 0.5σ2 )T, std = .... )
So it seems our mu can’t get rid of –0.5σ2 thingy ... Until we take expectation of S(time=T)
E S(time=T) = S(time=0) exp(mu*T) ... no σ2 term
When we write down the Black Scholes PDE we use mu without the –0.5σ2 thingy.
BS formula uses mu without the –0.5σ2 thingy.
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