I've been studying simulations. Not sure if you'll be able to answer this question from the information provided, but suppose the strike price of a European call is 52, and the expiration is at the end of 6 days.  If I found the closing price on day 6 to be 50.11, would I say that the payoff is 0 (or worthless) since 50.11-52 is not greater than 0? I also want to know if I could use the present value of 50.11-52 as an approximation to the cost of the call?  And how could I derive a better cost?

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I've been studying simulations.

Not sure if you'll be able to answer this question from the information provided, but suppose the strike price of a European call is 52, and the expiration is at the end of 6 days.  If I found the closing price on day 6 to be 50.11, would I say that the payoff is 0 (or worthless) since 50.11-52 is not greater than 0?

I also want to know if I could use the present value of 50.11-52 as an approximation to the cost of the call?  And how could I derive a better cost?

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