This paper examines quantile dependence between international stock markets and evaluates its use for improving volatility forecasting. First, we analyze quantile dependence and directional predictability between the US stock market and stock markets in the UK, Germany, France and Japan. We use the cross-quantilogram, …
Study examines dependence of extreme electricity prices in Australian markets.
problem Understanding and managing risks of extreme price outcomes in Australian electricity markets.
method Examined extremal dependence using extremograms for 5-minute and 30-minute price data.
result Persistence and dependence of extreme prices are influenced by market structure and renewable energy share.
Develops a new model for measuring extremal dependence in financial markets.
problem Lack of suitable models for studying extremal dependence in financial markets.
method Constructs regular variation models on Rd and develops a bivariate measure for asymmetry in extremal dependence. result Rejects the Efficient Tail Hypothesis for China's futures market and identifies profitable investment opportunities.
This study examines local co-movements in energy, agriculture, and metal markets using copulas.
problem Identifying local dependencies and asymmetries in energy, agriculture, and metal markets.
method Non-parametric mixture copula and copula-based local Kendall's tau approach.
result Increased co-movements in extreme situations, asymmetric local dependence, and diversification potential.
Copulas model cross-product effects in intraday power markets.
problem Intraday power markets' cross-product effects are not adequately addressed by existing univariate approaches.
method Copulas and latent beta regression for modeling high-dimensional intraday price return vector, with time-varying dependence parameter.
result Modeling cross-product effects improves forecasting performance.
Market inefficiencies arise from density-dependent returns in a noisy environment.
problem Market inefficiencies and excess volatility.
method Developed a market model using ecological concepts.
result Market dynamics are density-dependent, leading to inefficiencies.
Improved price bounds for multi-asset derivatives using market option data.
problem Creating robust price bounds for multi-asset derivatives under market-implied dependence.
method Extracting inter-asset dependence information from market option prices and applying modified martingale optimal transport.
result Improved price bounds for multi-asset derivatives, demonstrating relevance and tractability.
We describe how the market-based average and volatility of the "actual" return, which the investors gain within their market sales, depend on the statistical moments, volatilities, and correlations of the current and past market trade values. We describe three successive approximations. First, we derive the dependence …
The study identifies extremal dependence in financial markets using a bootstrap-based testing procedure.
problem Accurately identifying extremal dependence in multivariate heavy-tailed financial data.
method Bootstrap-based testing procedure applied to U.S. and Chinese stock returns.
result The U.S. exhibits more isolated clustering of dependent assets compared to China.
Novel signature approach for pricing and hedging path-dependent options with market frictions.
problem Pricing and hedging path-dependent options with market frictions.
method Signature approach, mean-quadratic variation criterion, non-standard infinite-dimensional Riccati equations, time-augmented signature, non-Markovian stochastic control problem.
result Effective hedging strategies in frictional markets with low-truncated signature approximations.
Extremal dependence between international stock markets is of particular interest in today's global financial landscape. However, previous studies have shown this dependence is not necessarily stationary over time. We concern ourselves with modeling extreme value dependence when that dependence is changing over time, o…
Study replicates reference-dependent preferences impact on risk-return trade-off in Chinese stock market.
problem Impact of reference-dependent preferences on risk-return trade-off in Chinese stock market.
method Utilized CGO proxy, econometric techniques (Dependent Double Sorting, Fama-MacBeth regressions), and data from 1995-2024.
result Reference-dependent preferences have a weaker or absent positive risk-return relationship in the Chinese market.
This paper calculates risk-dependent centrality of Brazilian stocks, showing rankings vary with external risk and crisis events.
problem Understanding asset rankings in the Brazilian stock market under varying external risks.
method Computed risk-dependent centrality (RDC) for Brazilian stocks traded from 2008 to 2020, analyzing volatility and returns.
result Asset rankings based on RDC vary with external risk and crisis events, with higher volatility in crisis periods.
Study examines market impact of small orders in futures contracts.
problem Understanding market impact of small orders in financial markets.
method Empirical study using tick data, normalizing results, proposing a simple linear model.
result Market impact of small orders is either linear or concave, depending on the instrument.
A new model prices assets considering market microstructure effects.
problem Including market microstructure effects in dynamic asset pricing.
method Discrete binary tree model with history-dependent underlying security prices.
result The model preserves historical price dynamics and is market-complete, arbitrage-free.
Project estimates risk-neutral dependence from option prices.
problem Extracting risk-neutral dependence from option prices.
method Projection estimator using portfolios of observed options.
result Estimates risk-neutral dependence in incomplete markets.
A new model integrates LSTM and copulas for high-dimensional financial data.
problem Modeling high-dimensional dependencies across financial markets.
method Variational LSTM with regular vine copulas.
result Outperforms benchmarks in cross-market portfolio forecasting.
In this paper we investigate the adaptive market efficiency of the agricultural commodity futures market, using a sample of eight futures contracts. Using a battery of nonlinear tests, we uncover the nonlinear serial dependence in the returns series. We run the Hinich portmanteau bicorrelation test to uncover the momen…
Study analyzes stock market dynamics using Tsallis statistics and GHE, revealing pre-bubble and post-bubble market characteristics.
problem Understanding stock market dynamics and predicting market bubbles.
method Non-linear analysis using time-dependent Tsallis statistics and Generalized Hurst Exponents.
result Temporal trends of q-triplet values differ before and after market bubbles, indicating significant market dynamics changes.
Paper introduces a new volatility model for natural gas markets and discusses swing option pricing.
problem Modeling price and storage dynamics in natural gas markets with path-dependent volatility.
method Developed a novel stochastic path-dependent volatility model and used deep learning for swing option pricing.
result Proposed a deep learning method for numerical approximations of swing option pricing.
The study explains how market-makers' hedging affects stock volatility during gamma-squeeze events.
problem Endogenous volatility amplification in option markets during gamma-squeeze events.
method Developed a theoretical framework linking hedging behavior and market turbulence, incorporating beta-normalized volatility.
result Low-beta stocks amplify volatility more during gamma-squeeze events.
In this paper we analyzed dependencies in commodity markets investigating correlations of future contracts for commodities over the period 1998.09.01 - 2007.12.14. We constructed a minimal spanning tree based on the correlation matrix. The tree provides evidence for sector clusterization of investigated contracts. We a…
Unique optimal strategy identified for state-dependent risk aversion.
problem Consistency of optimal portfolio choice for varying risk aversion.
method Analysis of state-dependent exponential utilities in arbitrage-free markets.
result Uniqueness of optimal strategy across any time horizon.
Fractal analysis is carried out on the stock market indices of seven European countries and the US. We find evidence of long range dependence in the log return series of the Mibtel (Italy) and the PX Glob (Czech Republic). Long range dependence implies that predictable patterns in the log returns do not dissipate quick…
Russia-Ukraine conflict impacts global agricultural futures and spot markets' extreme risks.
problem Impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict on global agricultural futures and spot markets' extreme risks.
method Analytical framework for tail dependence, Copula-CoVaR method, ARMA-GARCH-skewed Student-t model.
result The outbreak of the conflict intensified risks in the wheat market the most and showed significant asymmetries in extreme risk spillovers.
This paper analyzes how multiple investors can exploit relative arbitrage opportunities.
problem Analyzing how multiple investors can exploit relative arbitrage opportunities.
method Constructing a well-posed market dynamical system of McKean-Vlasov type, deriving optimal strategies, and finding Nash equilibrium.
result The conditions for relative arbitrage opportunities among competitive investors are derived.
Investigates portfolio selection for rank-dependent utilities in incomplete markets.
problem Portfolio selection for agents with rank-dependent utility in incomplete financial markets.
method Characterizes deterministic strict equilibrium strategies for constant-coefficient and time-invariant probability weighting functions. Addresses the issue of selecting an optimal strategy from multiple equilibrium strategies for time-variant probability weighting functions.
result Characterizes deterministic strict equilibrium strategies and identifies optimal strategies from multiple equilibrium strategies.
An empirical study of joint bivariate probability distribution of two consecutive price increments for a set of stocks at time scales ranging from one minute to thirty minutes reveals asymmetric structures with respect to the axes y=0, y=x, x=0 and y=-x. All four asymmetry patterns remarkably resemble a four-blade mill…
Market Mill is a complex dependence pattern leading to nonlinear correlations and predictability in intraday dynamics of stock prices. The present paper puts together previous efforts to build a dynamical model reflecting the market mill asymmetries. We show that certain properties of the conditional dynamics at a sing…
Investigates optimal portfolio strategies in markets with latent side information.
problem Investment problem in markets with latent dependence structure and side information.
method Dynamic and constant portfolio strategies, analyzing log-optimal portfolio as benchmark.
result Optimal dynamic strategy growth rate asymptotically converges to constant strategy in stationary markets.
This project attempts to address the problem of asset pricing in a financial market, where the interest rates and volatilities exhibit regime switching. This is an extension of the Black-Scholes model. Studies of Markov-modulated regime switching models have been well-documented. This project extends that notion to a c…
This paper studies pricing derivatives in an age-dependent semi-Markov modulated market. We consider a financial market where the asset price dynamics follow a regime switching geometric Brownian motion model in which the coefficients depend on finitely many age-dependent semi-Markov processes. We further allow the vol…
Model shows stock markets can be inefficiently mispriced.
problem Limits of informationally efficient stock markets.
method Chartist-fundamentalist model with chartists and fundamentalists trading conditions.
result Stock markets can exhibit constant or oscillatory mispricing.
The paper explores how market-based returns depend on past trade values.
problem Improving accuracy in forecasting market-based average and volatility of returns.
method Derives the dependence of market-based volatility and higher statistical moments of returns on statistical moments and correlations of current and past trade values.
result Market-based statistical moments can be approximated by a finite number of moments, improving forecast reliability.
New model forecasts stock market volatility better than existing methods.
problem Forecasting volatility in stock markets.
method Combines HAR model with path-dependent volatility models.
result HAR-PD model family outperforms basic HAR model family in volatility forecasting.
The paper analyzes how wealth affects investment strategies in incomplete markets.
problem Investment strategies in markets with incomplete information.
method Developed a five-component decomposition for optimal portfolio choice, solved explicitly for HARA utility and nonrandom interest rate, and used a stochastic volatility model for US equity data.
result Demonstrated the impacts of wealth-dependent utilities on optimal portfolio allocation, including cycle-dependence and hysteresis effect.
Unified Bayesian framework predicts cryptocurrency market dynamics and volatility.
problem Predicting cryptocurrency market trends and volatility.
method Bayesian framework based on potential field theory and Gaussian Process.
result Attractors and repellers from the potential field are reliable market indicators.
A new uncertainty principle helps traders better understand market activity.
problem Understanding high-frequency market activity and correlation.
method Integrates market activity, order-flow overlap, and response time into a clock-dependent uncertainty principle.
result Six rules of thumb for traders operating at market-making frequencies.
We demonstrate that the tail dependence should always be taken into account as a proxy for systematic risk of loss for investments. We provide the clear statistical evidence of that the structure of investment portfolios on a regulated market should be adjusted to the price of gold. Our finding suggests that the active…
Study finds long-range dependence in financial markets, but deep generative models struggle to replicate it.
problem Long-range dependence in financial markets and challenges of deep generative models.
method Empirical analysis of financial data from three sectors, including LRD through various statistical methods and deep learning models.
result Deep generative models can reproduce stylized features but fail to capture long-range dependence structures.
The paper examines how market trade values and volumes affect price autocorrelation.
problem Understanding the impact of market trade values and volumes on price autocorrelation.
method Derives the dependence of price statistical moments and volatility on trade values and volumes, and assesses statistical moments and correlations by conventional frequency-based probabilities.
result Highlights the impact of market trade randomness on price statistical moments and autocorrelation.
The study examines how market trade randomness influences price and return volatility.
problem The accuracy of predicting market-based volatilities and macroeconomic variables is limited.
method Analyzes time series of trade values and volumes, and develops econometric methodologies for predicting volatilities.
result Current macroeconomic models underestimate the accuracy of predicting market-based volatilities and macroeconomic variables.
We study the dependence structure of market states by estimating empirical pairwise copulas of daily stock returns. We consider both original returns, which exhibit time-varying trends and volatilities, as well as locally normalized ones, where the non-stationarity has been removed. The empirical pairwise copula for ea…
Cryptocurrency markets exhibit violent, synchronised drawdowns, challenging diversification claims.
problem Cryptocurrency markets' violent drawdowns challenge diversification claims.
method Dynamic conditional tail dependence analysis
result Near-complete and stable lower-tail graph, upper tail that thins over time, dissolution of token categories into a core.
Review of financial dependencies using econophysics and financial economics.
problem Analyzing financial dependencies between markets.
method Combining econophysics and financial economics approaches to model financial markets.
result Information filtering networks effectively describe financial dependencies.
No-arbitrage models of term structure have the feature that the return on zero-coupon bonds is the sum of the short rate and the product of volatility and market price of risk. Well known models restrict the behavior of the market price of risk so that it is not dependent on the type of asset being modeled. We show tha…
We consider the dynamics of a smart grid system characterized by widespread distributed generation and storage devices. We assume that agents are free to trade electric energy over the network and we focus on the emerging market dynamics. We consider three different models for the market dynamics for which we present a…
The study challenges the reliability of VaR due to market randomness.
problem Reliability and accuracy of VaR predictions are compromised by market randomness.
method Introduces market-based probabilities of price and return, dependent on trade values and volumes.
result Market-based price volatility is more accurate than frequency-based VaR predictions.