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A risk committee of the board of company ABC is discussing the difference between pricing deep out-of-the-money call options on ABC stock and pricing deep out-of-the-money call options on the USD/GBP foreign exchange (FX) rate using the Black-Scholes-Merton model. The committee considers pricing each of these two options based on two distinct probability distributions of underlying asset prices at the option expiration date: a lognormal probability distribution, and an implied risk-neutral probability distribution obtained from the volatility smile for each aforementioned option of the same maturity and the same moneyness. If the implied risk-neutral probability distribution is used instead of the lognormal distribution, which of the following is correct?
A
The price of the option on ABC stock would be relatively high and the price of the option on USD/GBP FX rate would be relatively low compared to those computed from the lognormal counterparts.
B
The price of the option on ABC stock would be relatively low and the price of the option on USD/GBP FX rate would be relatively high compared to those computed from the lognormal counterparts.
C
The price of the option on ABC stock would be relatively low and the price of the option on USD/GBP FX rate would be relatively low compared to those computed from the lognormal counterparts.
D
The price of the option on ABC stock would be relatively high and the price of the option on USD/GBP FX rate would be relatively high compared to those computed from the lognormal counterparts.