188.Back to Even
★★★classical probabilityJane Street
An asset moves up 20% or down 20% each day, each with probability one half, applied multiplicatively to its current price. After n days, what is the probability that the price is exactly back to where it started?
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Ask what an up day followed by a down day actually does to the price. Percentage moves multiply rather than add.
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