This is a continuation of Black-Scholes-Merton Derivation (Part 1: Portfolio Value Evolution).
Let denote the value of a European call option at time , where is the stock price at that time.
According to the Ito-Doeblin formula, the differential of is
The second equality uses the definition of the stock modeled by geometric Brownian motion , as well as the identities , , and .
Next, we compute the differential of the discounted option price . Let . According to the Ito-Doeblin formula, we have
The third equality is due to , , and .
Reference
Shreve, Steven E. Stochastic calculus for finance II: Continuous-time models. Vol. 11. New York: Springer, 2004.
Continued at: https://blog.nus.edu.sg/wuchengyuan/2022/08/13/black-scholes-merton-derivation-part-3-equating-portfolio-value-option-value-evolutions/