Put-Call Parity Arbitrage - Quant Researcher Interview Question
Difficulty: Easy
Category: options_pricing
Asked at: IMC, Akuna, SIG, Belvedere Trading, Optiver
Topics: options, arbitrage, finance, pandas
Problem Description
Put-Call Parity establishes a fundamental no-arbitrage relationship between European call and put options with identical strikes and maturities. In quantitative finance, deviations from this equality ($C - P = S - K e^{-rT}$) signal market inefficiencies that can be exploited for risk-free profit. Identifying these discrepancies is crucial for algorithmic trading and validating option pricing models.
Task
Implement a function solution(market_data) that calculates the potential arbitrage profit
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