This is a question based on the two-period binomial model in financial mathematics. The task is to determine the arbitrage-free price of a two-year European call option and a European put option, as well as to find a hedging strategy.

Let's break down the problem and approach it step-by-step:

1. Initial Setup:

   • The stock price at time 0 (initial) is $S_0 = £30$.
   • At time 1, the stock price can either be $£40$ or $£25$.
   • At time 2, if the price is $£40$ at time 1, it will either be $£55$ or $£35$. If the price is $£25$ at time 1, it will either be $£36$ or $£20$.
   • Risk-free rate $r = 0$ (this simplifies the calculations for discounting).

2. European Call Option Details:

   • Strike price $K = £22$.
   • The call option is a two-year option, which means the payoff will depend on the stock price at time 2.

3. Step 1: Determine the Payoffs at Time 2:

   • For a call option, the payoff is $\max(S_2 - K, 0)$, where $S_2$ is the stock price at time 2 and $K$ is the strike price.

   Possible stock prices at time 2:

   • If the price goes from £40 to £55: Payoff = $\max(£55 - £22, 0) = £33$.
   • If the price goes from £40 to £35: Payoff = $\max(£35 - £22, 0) = £13$.
   • If the price goes from £25 to £36: Payoff = $\max(£36 - £22, 0) = £14$.
   • If the price goes from £25 to £20: Payoff = $\max(£20 - £22, 0) = 0$.

4. Step 2: Calculate Risk-Neutral Probabilities: To price the option using the binomial model, we need the risk-neutral probabilities $p$ and $1-p$. Since the risk-free rate is 0, the stock price grows without any discounting. In this case, the risk-neutral probability $p$ is calculated using the formula: $p = \frac{S_0 - S_d}{S_u - S_d}$ where $S_u$ and $S_d$ are the up and down movements of the stock price.

   We can apply this to each step.

5. Step 3: Use Backward Induction:

   • Use the payoffs at time 2 and the risk-neutral probabilities to find the option price at time 1.
   • Continue backward to find the price at time 0.

6. Step 4: Hedging Strategy: The hedging strategy involves constructing a portfolio of stock and bonds that replicates the option’s payoff. We will calculate the proportion of stock and bonds to hold at each node in the binomial tree.

7. Two-Year European Put Option:

   • Strike price $K = £40$.
   • Apply a similar approach to calculate the arbitrage-free price of the put option using the binomial tree.

I will now proceed to solve the detailed calculations using these steps.

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