A note on setting swap parameters for traders.
problem Determining optimal slippage parameters and trade size for wealth swapping.
method Theoretical solution and framework for optimal slippage parameters and trade size.
result Offers a method to solve optimal slippage parameters and trade size for wealth swapping.
Paper generalizes pricing and hedging of volatility swaps in stochastic models.
problem Pricing and hedging of volatility swaps in stochastic volatility models.
method Generalizes zero vanna approximation to seasoned swaps, derives hedges using vanilla options and variance swaps.
result Pricing and hedging of volatility swaps are made practical and robust.
We introduce trading fees into AMM models and analyze their impact on swap rates and profits.
problem The impact of trading fees on AMM models and users' trading strategies.
method We extend a foundational AMM model by introducing a trading fee parameter and analyze the model using economic and mathematical rigor.
result Trading fees affect the additivity of swap rates and can lead to greater profits from larger trades.
In the recent years, banks have sold structured products such as worst-of options, Everest and Himalayas, resulting in a short correlation exposure. They have hence become interested in offsetting part of this exposure, namely buying back correlation. Two ways have been proposed for such a strategy : either pure correl…
Proposes a new method for completing swap cycles in decentralized exchanges.
problem Completing swap cycles in decentralized exchanges efficiently and without slippage.
method Introduces an asset matrix formulation to verify and complete CoW cycles using graph traversal and imbalance correction.
result Demonstrates efficient discovery and insertion of synthetic orders for atomic cycle closure.
Study examines trading costs on Uniswap, finding adversarial slippage is significant for large trades and certain assets.
problem Analyzing costs and slippage in decentralized exchanges (DEXs).
method Empirical evaluation of Uniswap's USDC-ETH and PEPE-ETH pools, calculating slippage and reordering slippage.
result Adversarial slippage is significant for large trades and certain assets like PEPE.
Study finds discrepancies in open interest reporting for Bitcoin perpetual swaps.
problem Misquoted open interest in perpetual swaps leads to liquidity and solvency concerns.
method Analyzed tick-by-tick data from seven exchanges to identify discrepancies.
result Open interest reported by exchanges varies widely, some implausible.
An uncollateralized swap hedged back-to-back by a CCP swap is used to introduce FVA. The open IR01 of FVA, however, is a sure sign of risk not being fully hedged, a theoretical no-arbitrage pricing concern, and a bait to lure market risk capital, a practical business concern. By dynamically trading the CCP swap, with t…
In fixed income sector, the yield curve is probably the most observed indicator by the market for trading and fifinancing purposes. A yield curve plots interest rates across different contract maturities from short end to as long as 30 years. For each currency, the corresponding curve shows the relation between the lev…
Walraswap solves batch auction pricing by finding optimal AMM swaps.
problem Executing all trade orders with optimal automated market makers (AMMs).
method Uses Brouwer's fixed-point theorem to find equilibrium prices.
result A solution to batch auction pricing problems in blockchain.
Italian banks use swaps to hedge against rising interest rates, offsetting losses on debt securities.
problem Interest rate risk on Italian banks' debt securities.
method Analysis of granular regulatory data on euro interest rate swap trades.
result Swaps can offset losses on debt securities, reducing interest rate exposure.
This paper presents hedging strategies for European and exotic options in a Levy market. By applying Taylor's Theorem, dynamic hedging portfolios are con- structed under different market assumptions, such as the existence of power jump assets or moment swaps. In the case of European options or baskets of European optio…
Realised pay-offs for discretisation-invariant swaps are those which satisfy a restricted `aggregation property' of Neuberger [2012] for twice continuously differentiable deterministic functions of a multivariate martingale. They are initially characterised as solutions to a second-order system of PDEs, then those pay-…
Study compares CDS databases and finds discrepancies due to various factors.
problem Comparing discrepancies among CDS databases.
method Comparing five major sources of corporate CDS prices over 2004-2010.
result CMA quotes lead price discovery and databases disagree on stock-CDS return analysis.
The paper explains the fair basis in bond-CDS trading during financial crises.
problem Large basis trading losses during financial crises are not explained by reduced form models.
method Dynamic spread model with bond repo financing, economic capital approach.
result Unhedged and unhedgeable residual jump to default risk exists, affecting fair basis level.
Investors optimize equity and CDS trading to mitigate default risk.
problem Optimizing investment in equity and CDS markets to manage default risk.
method Semi-linear PDE for certainty equivalent, proving existence and optimality of policies.
result Optimal CDS policies cover both equity and future trading losses, increasing investor utility.
Study on collateral currency impact in differential swaps valuation.
problem Impact of collateral currency on differential swap valuation and risk management.
method Replication using futures, explicit pricing and hedging strategies.
result Choice of collateral currency can introduce additional risk exposures.
A new AMM mechanism reduces losses and maximizes revenue from orderflows.
problem Reduces losses to informed orderflow and maximizes revenue from uninformed orderflow.
method Runs an onchain auction for pool manager role, allowing fee setting and price sensitivity.
result Proves higher liquidity in equilibrium compared to standard AMMs.
Equity default-swaps pay the holder a fixed amount of money when the underlying spot level touches a (far-down) barrier during the life of the instrument. While most pricing models give reasonable results when the barrier lies within the range of liquidly traded strikes of plain-vanilla option prices, the situation is …
DGNN predicts financial margin calls under stress tests.
problem Forecasting margin calls in dynamic financial networks.
method Dynamic Graph Neural Network (DGNN) architecture.
result DGNN produces accurate forecasts up to 21 days.
In this theoretical paper, I propose creation of a venture bank, able to multiply the capital of a venture capital firm by at least 47 times, without requiring access to the Federal Reserve or other central bank apart from settlement. This concept rests on obtaining default swap instruments on loans in order to create …
Revisits Lee's Moment Formula, relaxing moment assumptions for implied volatility.
problem Implied volatility constraints under finite log-moments.
method Analyzes stock price martingale with finite log-moments, derives new bounds and proof.
result New bounds on implied volatility growth, relaxes moment assumptions.
In the forthcoming ISDA Standard Credit Support Annex (SCSA), the trades denominated in non-G5 currencies as well as those include multiple currencies are expected to be allocated to the USD silo, where the contracts are collateralized by USD cash, or a different currency with an appropriate interest rate overlay to ac…
It is commonly accepted that Commodities futures and forward prices, in principle, agree under some simplifying assumptions. One of the most relevant assumptions is the absence of counterparty risk. Indeed, due to margining, futures have practically no counterparty risk. Forwards, instead, may bear the full risk of def…
New EPS insurance offers partial protection against superannuation losses.
problem Lack of efficient investment insurance for superannuation holders.
method Developed a new financial derivative, equity protection swap (EPS), and derived a fair pricing formula.
result EPS can be an efficient investment insurance tool for superannuation accounts.
Uniswap analyzes liquidity provider risk and impermanent loss.
problem Risk and loss for liquidity providers in decentralized exchanges.
method Improved impermanent loss function for Uniswap v2, v3 comparison.
result Improved impermanent loss function for Uniswap v2.
Debt swaps improve financial networks by optimizing clearing payments and stability.
problem Improving financial network stability and efficiency through debt swaps.
method Analyzing computational complexity of debt swaps, focusing on semi-positive swaps and v-improving swaps.
result Polynomial length of sequences of semi-positive v-improving swaps for ranking-based clearing, but NP-hard for arbitrary v-improving swaps.
This study evaluates price improvements in order flow auctions on Ethereum.
problem Improving trading outcomes in blockchain-based trading platforms.
method Utilized open-source tools to attribute price improvements to specific system inputs.
result Auction-enhanced interfaces can provide statistically significant improvements in trading outcomes, averaging 4-5 basis points.
Swapping debt contracts can mitigate risk in financial networks.
problem Mitigating risk in financial networks through debt swaps.
method Analysis of debt swapping operations in financial networks under various conditions.
result Positive debt swaps can exist in worst-case shock models to minimize losses.
We derive an arbitrage free relationship between recovery swap rates, digital default swap spreads and conventional CDS spreads, and argue that the fair forward recovery rate used in recovery swaps must contain a convexity premium over the expected recovery value.
The paper prices swaps on generalized variance measures for multiple assets.
problem Hedging risk in financial markets with multi-asset swaps.
method Pricing generalized variance swaps using Barndorff-Nielsen and Shephard model.
result Results have implications for commodity sector risk management.
Reinforcement learning crypto agent achieves high returns on Bitcoin derivatives.
problem Maximizing returns on volatile cryptocurrency markets.
method Online transfer learning with an echo state network and recurrent reinforcement learning.
result Achieves a total return of 350%, net of transaction costs, over five years.
This study reviews techniques to estimate volatility and price Variance Swaps.
problem Estimating historical volatility and pricing Variance Swaps.
method Review of existing techniques.
result Discussion of various methods to estimate volatility and price Variance Swaps.
F. Labourie [arXiv:1212.5015] characterized the Hitchin components for PSL(n,R) for any n>1 by using the swapping algebra, where the swapping algebra should be understood as a ring equipped with a Poisson bracket. We introduce the rank n swapping algebra, which is the quotient of the swap…
In this paper, we model financial markets with semi-Markov volatilities and price covarinace and correlation swaps for this markets. Numerical evaluations of vari- nace, volatility, covarinace and correlations swaps with semi-Markov volatility are presented as well. The novelty of the paper lies in pricing of volatilit…
Exact relationships found between ATM slope, volatility swap, and zero vanna.
problem Understanding relationships between implied volatilities and swaps.
method Analyzes exact relationships between ATM slope, volatility swap, and zero vanna.
result Exact relationships between ATM slope, volatility swap, and zero vanna.
Paper derives formulas for volatility swap strike and zero vanna implied volatility.
problem Relationship between volatility swap strike and zero vanna implied volatility.
method Applied Malliavin calculus to derive exact formulas.
result Zero vanna implied volatility is a better approximation for volatility swap strike.
Paper solves no-swap regret minimization for combinatorial bandits with polylogarithmic dependence on N.
problem Design efficient no-swap regret algorithms for combinatorial bandits with exponentially large action space.
method Introduces a no-swap-regret learning algorithm with polylogarithmic dependence on N and demonstrates efficient implementation.
result Achieves no-swap regret with polylogarithmic dependence on N, resolving an open problem.
This paper examines challenges in analyzing NFT transaction data.
problem Challenges in analyzing NFT transaction data due to non-fungible nature and blockchain.
method Analysis of transaction history of eight NFT collections.
result Illustrates challenges such as price differentiation, lateral swaps, and volatility.
We consider the high-dimensional sparse linear regression problem of accurately estimating a sparse vector using a small number of linear measurements that are contaminated by noise. It is well known that the standard cadre of computationally tractable sparse regression algorithms---such as the Lasso, Orthogonal Matchi…
The paper extends the market price of risk for electricity swap contracts, incorporating jump risk.
problem Pricing electricity swap contracts with consideration of jump risk.
method Introducing a Merton type model with jumps and transferring to the physical measure, comparing arithmetic and geometric averaging.
result A decomposition of swap's market price of risk into classical and market price of risk components.
Paper introduces a new pricing method for electricity swaps and options.
problem Pricing electricity swaps and options in markets with varying delivery periods.
method Introduces a weighted geometric averaging of futures prices over delivery periods.
result Arbitrage-free pricing framework for derivatives in electricity markets.
Improved bounds for multicalibration and omniprediction in online and distributional settings.
problem Achieving efficient multicalibration and omniprediction in fairness and loss minimization.
method Proposed an efficient algorithm achieving improved rates for multicalibration and omniprediction.
result Achieved O(T31) ℓ2-swap multicalibration error for convex Lipschitz functions. The paper prices and replicates various financial contracts on a risky asset with stochastic volatility and jumps.
problem Pricing and replicating financial contracts on assets with stochastic volatility and jumps.
method Develops pricing and hedging formulas for various financial contracts, independent of the volatility process dynamics.
result Pricing and hedging formulas for financial contracts are derived without dependence on the volatility process dynamics.
New metrics improve quantum ensemble learning efficiency and power.
problem Quantum ensembles' distances poorly understood due to measurement constraints.
method Introduce MMD-k hierarchy of integral probability metrics for quantum ensembles. result MMD-k requires fewer samples for full discriminative power at higher k. A variance swap is a derivative with a path-dependent payoff which allows investors to take positions on the future variability of an asset. In the idealised setting of a continuously monitored variance swap written on an asset with continuous paths it is well known that the variance swap payoff can be replicated exact…
The SABR model is shortly presented and the volatility swap explained. The fair value for a volatility swap is then computed using the usual theory in financial mathematics. An analytical solution using confluent hypergeometric functions is found. The solution is then verified using Rama Cont's functional calculus.
Paper examines pricing and hedging for cross-currency swaps referencing backward-looking rates.
problem Pricing and hedging cross-currency swaps with backward-looking rates.
method Uses interest rate and currency futures for hedging, analyzes arbitrage-free multi-curve setting.
result Explicit pricing and hedging results for CCBS with backward-looking rates.