The lower bound for the prices of European call options with respect to discrete strikes

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We observe Euro-call option prices at discrete strikes, say, $C_1>C_2>C_3...$ at several strikes $K_1<K_2<K_3,...$. (The maturity is the same)

It is well-known that the option prices are convex with repsect to $K$. Hence, it is easy to see that, we can just link these points to have a piecewise linear prices line w.r.t. $K$ as an upper bound the prices between $K_i$ and $K_{i+1}$.

However, what about the lower bounds? It there any simple lower bound for the prices between $K_i$ and $K_{i+1}$?

Due to the convexity, it seems that setting the price between $K_i$ and $K_{i+1}$ equal to $C_i$ could violate the convexity.