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48 results for Quadratic Transaction Costs

The study examines portfolio optimization with quadratic transaction costs, complicating the optimization process.

problem Portfolio optimization with quadratic transaction costs is more challenging than with linear costs.
method Introduced numerical algorithms to solve the optimization problem with quadratic transaction costs.
result Quadratic transaction costs significantly impact the expected returns of optimized portfolios.

Study how transaction costs impact stock returns and holdings in equilibrium.

problem Impact of quadratic transaction costs on equilibrium stock returns and holdings.
method Developed a continuous-time risk-sharing model with FBSDEs to characterize equilibrium stock holdings and trading rates.
result Equilibrium stock holdings and trading rates are uniquely determined by FBSDEs, and equilibrium return by a system of coupled FBSDEs.

The paper develops an expansion for optimizing portfolios with small quadratic transaction costs.

problem Optimizing portfolios with small, instantaneous, quadratic transaction costs.
method Develops an asymptotic expansion for the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation.
result Derives explicit formulae for the first two terms of the expansion.

Study analyzes market equilibrium returns with price impact and transaction costs.

problem Modeling equilibrium returns in markets with strategic order placement and transaction costs.
method Analyzes frictionless and transaction-cost markets, characterizes Nash equilibrium via FBSDEs.
result Equilibrium returns are affected by transaction costs, especially with noise traders.

The paper solves a utility-based hedging problem with quadratic costs.

problem Optimal trading strategy for hedging European contingent claims with quadratic transaction costs.
method Duality theory applied to exponential utility maximization problem.
result Explicit computation of optimal trading strategy for quadratic payoffs.

Solves investment and consumption problem with transaction costs.

problem Investment and consumption decisions in markets with transaction costs.
method Complete solution via differential equation, focusing on boundary behavior.
result Boundary behavior of sales of risky asset is independent of transaction costs for some parameter values and large costs.

Study asset pricing with transaction costs, showing unique equilibrium exists.

problem Risk-sharing economies with heterogeneous agents trading under quadratic transaction costs.
method Characterizes equilibrium asset prices and strategies via nonlinear, fully-coupled equations.
result Unique solution exists when agents' preferences are sufficiently similar, and empirical liquidity premia and discounts match transaction costs and volatility.

Model liquidity premia using a risk-sharing economy with quadratic costs.

problem Understanding the cross-section of liquidity premia earned by assets with different trading costs.
method Developed a risk-sharing economy model with quadratic transaction costs, leading to matrix-valued Riccati equations for equilibrium.
result Calibrated model to time series data, revealing liquidity premia across assets with varying trading costs.

The paper optimizes portfolios with transaction costs in a large asset universe.

problem Optimizing portfolios with transaction costs in a large asset universe.
method Mean-variance optimization with nonconvex penalty for proportional and quadratic transaction costs.
result The proposed models show satisfactory performance and highlight the importance of transaction costs.

We consider a Nash equilibrium between two high-frequency traders in a simple market impact model with transient price impact and additional quadratic transaction costs. Extending a result by Schöneborn (2008), we prove existence and uniqueness of the Nash equilibrium and show that for small transaction costs the high-…

2013-05-17abs ↗pdf ↗

RL and DTSOC for final quadratic hedging performance studied.

problem Optimal hedging of European call options with and without transaction costs.
method Reinforcement Learning and Deep Trajectory-based Stochastic Optimal Control.
result RL and DTSOC perform similarly to variance-optimal hedging in various market models.

Study risk-sharing equilibria with general transaction costs, proving mean-reversion of returns.

problem Analyzing risk-sharing equilibria with general convex transaction costs.
method Infinite-horizon model with linear state dynamics, solved numerically using deep learning.
result Equilibrium returns mean-revert around frictionless counterparts, with different dynamics for quadratic and proportional costs.

Investor optimizes investment timing with future knowledge, overcoming transaction costs.

problem Optimal investment timing with future peeking, constrained by transaction costs.
method Solves control problem with infinite-dimensional memory using Gaussian Volterra integral equations.
result Explicit solution to optimal investment problem in Bachelier setting.

Study how trading costs affect equilibrium returns in a model with heterogeneous investors.

problem How trading costs influence equilibrium returns in a model with mean-variance investors.
method Developed a continuous-time risk-sharing model with quadratic transaction costs, characterized equilibrium as solution of coupled forward-backward SDEs.
result Equilibrium returns are mean-reverting and higher for risk-averse net sellers or expanding asset supply.

Study on investment and consumption strategy with transaction costs, focusing on a single illiquid asset.

problem Investment and consumption problem with transaction costs.
method Specialized to a case with zero transaction costs except for sales and purchases of a single asset, transformed HJB equation into a boundary value problem.
result Optimal trading strategy involves trading the illiquid asset only when its fraction of the total portfolio value falls outside a fixed interval.

Paper studies optimal execution in a multi-investor model with price impact.

problem Optimal execution in a multi-investor model with transient price impact.
method Established existence and uniqueness of Nash equilibrium under quadratic transaction costs. Derived closed-form representation for exponential decay kernels.
result Order anticipation strategies increase execution costs but do not cause price overshooting.

We consider a market consisting of one safe and one risky asset, which offer constant investment opportunities. Taking into account both proportional transaction costs and linear price impact, we derive optimal rebalancing policies for representative investors with constant relative risk aversion and a long horizon.

2014-02-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Sharp asymptotic lower bounds of the expected quadratic variation of discretization error in stochastic integration are given. The theory relies on inequalities for the kurtosis and skewness of a general random variable which are themselves seemingly new. Asymptotically efficient schemes which attain the lower bounds a…

2012-04-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Investigates how rebalancing frequency and transaction costs affect log-optimal portfolios.

problem Impact of rebalancing frequency and transaction costs on log-optimal portfolios.
method Proved equivalence to concave program, derived optimality conditions, tested using intraday and daily data.
result Transaction costs can cause bankruptcy for frequency-dependent log-optimal portfolios, approximating to quadratic concave program.

Deep neural network solves portfolio optimization with MGARCH and small transaction costs.

problem Optimizing portfolios with MGARCH and small transaction costs.
method Fixed-point RL algorithm using neural networks.
result NN algorithm shows positive testing performance.

Study on market instability in multi-agent trading with price impact and transaction costs.

problem Analyzing market instability in multi-agent trading with price impact and transaction costs.
method Analytical and numerical methods to study Nash equilibria and stability conditions.
result Conditions on model parameters determine market stability, including scaling of market impact and transaction cost.

We study the problem of optimal execution of a trading order under Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) benchmark, from the point of view of a risk-averse broker. The problem consists in minimizing mean-variance of the slippage, with quadratic transaction costs. We devise multiple ways to solve it, in particular we stu…

2015-09-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Investment strategy optimized in markets with transaction costs and search delays.

problem Maximizing wealth in an illiquid market with transaction costs and search frictions.
method Characterized no-trade region and provided asymptotic expansions of value function for small transaction costs.
result The effects of transaction costs are more pronounced in illiquid markets.

Model shows how price impact and transaction costs affect trading behavior and profits.

problem Analyzing trading behavior and profits in markets with transaction costs and price impact.
method Proves the existence of an equilibrium in a model with transaction costs and price impact.
result Existence of a strictly positive optimal transaction cost from the exchange's perspective.

In this paper we propose a tractable quadratic programming formulation for calculating the equilibrium term structure of electricity prices. We rely on a theoretical model described in [21], but extend it so that it reflects actually traded electricity contracts, transaction costs and liquidity considerations. Our nume…

2014-09-23abs ↗pdf ↗

The study examines pricing American options with both exogenous and endogenous transaction costs.

problem Pricing American options with transaction costs and liquidity risks.
method Modeling liquidity risks as a mean-reverting process and transaction costs as proportional to trading amount. Two nonlinear PDEs are used to characterize option values. Numerical solution via ADI method and model calibration using maximum likelihood estimation.
result The model incorporating liquidity risks significantly outperforms the Leland model.

Investigates how trading boundaries change with transaction costs in portfolio selection.

problem Investigates how trading boundaries vary with transaction costs in portfolio selection.
method Analyzes Merton's problem with proportional transaction costs, showing monotonicity of trading boundaries.
result Cost-adjusted trading boundaries are monotone in transaction costs, with implications for the Merton line.

The study optimizes portfolios under transaction costs and model uncertainty, showing the effectiveness of turnover penalization.

problem Optimizing portfolios under transaction costs and model uncertainty.
method Theoretical and empirical analysis linking turnover penalization to covariance shrinkage, incorporating transaction costs and parameter uncertainty.
result Turnover penalization is more effective than shrinkage methods in constructing well-performing portfolios.

This study optimizes DRL for American option hedging with new training methods.

problem Optimizing Deep Reinforcement Learning for American Put Option Hedging
method Investigates hyperparameters, introduces new training methods, and compares with Black-Scholes method.
result Weekly-trained DRL agents outperform Black-Scholes at transaction costs of 1% and 3%

The paper models asset pricing with agents having different beliefs and examines the effects of liquidity constraints.

problem Asset pricing with heterogeneous beliefs and illiquidity.
method A tractable model with quadratic costs on inventories and trading rates, characterized by a system of linear parabolic equations.
result The equilibrium price is influenced by holding and liquidity costs, and the asymptotics for small costs provide insights.

Unified asymptotics for investment in markets with transaction costs and search frictions.

problem Investment in markets with transaction costs and search frictions.
method Power-utility maximization problem with proportional transaction costs and Poisson-triggered trades, analyzed using a novel asymptotic framework.
result Explicit asymptotics for the no-trade region and value function derived.

We investigate the optimal strategy over a finite time horizon for a portfolio of stock and bond and a derivative in an multiplicative Markovian market model with transaction costs (friction). The optimization problem is solved by a Hamilton-Bellman-Jacobi equation, which by the verification theorem has well-behaved so…

2005-09-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Survey on portfolio choice with small transaction costs using asymptotic methods.

problem Portfolio choice problems with small transaction costs.
method Derive dynamic programming equations, simplify in small-cost limit, and use policy iteration for complex models.
result Explicit solutions for various models, including mean-reverting returns and proportional costs.

Study on-chain peak shaving to reduce Ethereum transaction costs.

problem Reducing transaction costs in blockchain networks, especially during congested periods.
method Analyzing transaction-level data from multiple firms across various industries to understand scheduling responses and cost management strategies.
result Firms' scheduling responses to congestion vary, leading to different fee savings and residual costs.

Extended fundamental theorem of asset pricing with transaction costs.

problem Modeling arbitrage in models with both fixed and proportional transaction costs.
method Introducing a family of measures and an adapted process to extend the fundamental theorem.
result Equivalence between lack of arbitrage and existence of specific probability measures.