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48 results for continuous price sets

We price and hedge American options robustly in continuous time.

problem Pricing and hedging American options in continuous time with model uncertainty.
method Assumes continuous semimartingale asset prices and closed convex constraints on volatility. Proves robust pricing-hedging duality and identifies American options as European options on an enlarged space.
result We prove robust pricing-hedging duality and show it holds against richer models with dynamic trading of European options.

Paper uses DRL for dynamic pricing on e-commerce platforms.

problem Dynamic pricing on e-commerce platforms.
method Deep reinforcement learning, Markov Decision Process (MDP), continuous price sets, difference of revenue conversion rates (DRCR).
result DRCR is a more appropriate reward function than revenue.

The folk result in Kyle-Back models states that the value function of the insider remains unchanged when her admissible strategies are restricted to absolutely continuous ones. In this paper we show that, for a large class of pricing rules used in current literature, the value function of the insider can be finite when…

2018-12-18abs ↗pdf ↗

We pursue robust approach to pricing and hedging in mathematical finance. We consider a continuous time setting in which some underlying assets and options, with continuous paths, are available for dynamic trading and a further set of European options, possibly with varying maturities, is available for static trading. …

2015-03-10abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper proves the law of one price in a continuous-time setting without friction.

problem Identifying conditions under which the law of one price holds in a continuous-time setting without frictions.
method Formulating a new mechanism for LOP failure and proving a novel variant of the uniform boundedness principle.
result Establishes the equivalence of the economic concept of LOP with the probabilistic property of the existence of a local $\scr{E}$-martingale state price density.

This paper proposes a novel model of financial prices where: (i) prices are discrete; (ii) prices change in continuous time; (iii) a high proportion of price changes are reversed in a fraction of a second. Our model is analytically tractable and directly formulated in terms of the calendar time and price impact curve. …

2014-10-27abs ↗pdf ↗

It is well known that the minimal superhedging price of a contingent claim is too high for practical use. In a continuous-time model uncertainty framework, we consider a relaxed hedging criterion based on acceptable shortfall risks. Combining existing aggregation and convex dual representation theorems, we derive duali…

2018-12-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper introduces a new outer measure for continuous price paths with instant enforcement.

problem Defining a new outer measure for continuous price paths with instant enforcement.
method Introducing an outer measure on the space [0,+)imesΩ[0, +\infty) imes \Omega that assigns zero value to instantly blockable sets.
result Proves BDG inequalities and an Itô-type integral for the modified measure.

We study an optimal control problem related to swing option pricing in a general non-Markovian setting in continuous time. As a main result we show that the value process solves a first-order non-linear backward stochastic partial differential equation. Based on this result we can characterize the set of optimal contro…

2013-05-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Formulates superhedging under costs and uncertainty for continuous assets.

problem Superhedging with transaction costs and model uncertainty for continuous processes.
method New topological framework for continuous asset prices with parametric model uncertainty.
result Formulates a superhedging theorem in the presence of transaction costs and model uncertainty.

Consider Least Squares Monte Carlo (LSM) algorithm, which is proposed by Longstaff and Schwartz (2001) for pricing American style securities. This algorithm is based on the projection of the value of continuation onto a certain set of basis functions via the least squares problem. We analyze the stability of the algori…

2011-02-16abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper develops a mathematical framework for the analysis of continuous-time trading strategies which, in contrast to the classical setting of continuous-time mathematical finance, does not rely on stochastic integrals or other probabilistic notions. Our purely analytic framework allows for the derivation of a path…

2016-02-16abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce a general framework for continuous-time betting markets, in which a bookmaker can dynamically control the prices of bets on outcomes of random events. In turn, the prices set by the bookmaker affect the rate or intensity of bets placed by gamblers. The bookmaker seeks a price process that maximizes his exp…

2019-07-01abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we investigate discrete time trading under integer constraints, that is, we assume that the offered goods or shares are traded in integer quantities instead of the usual real quantity assumption. For finite probability spaces and rational asset prices this has little effect on the core of the theory of no…

2017-08-25abs ↗pdf ↗

We study a phenomenological model for the continuous double auction, equivalent to two independent M/M/1M/M/1 queues. The continuous double auction defines a continuous-time random walk for trade prices. The conditions for ergodicity of the auction are derived and, as a consequence, three possible regimes in the behavior …

2013-05-13abs ↗pdf ↗

This note continues investigation of randomness-type properties emerging in idealized financial markets with continuous price processes. It is shown, without making any probabilistic assumptions, that the strong variation exponent of non-constant price processes has to be 2, as in the case of continuous martingales.

2007-12-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Researchers find a timing error in Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model.

problem Timing error in Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model.
method Discovered a timing mistake in Merton's 1971 model and showed misspecification in continuous and discrete time.
result Invalidates seminal contributions to the literature including Black-Scholes (1973) and Merton (1971).

We study the superreplication of contingent claims under model uncertainty in discrete time. We show that optimal superreplicating strategies exist in a general measure-theoretic setting; moreover, we characterize the minimal superreplication price as the supremum over all continuous linear pricing functionals on a sui…

2013-01-15abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper compares linear regression and neural networks for pricing swing options.

problem Pricing swing options using approximation methods.
method Linear regression and neural networks for approximating the continuation value and swing price.
result The approximation methods converge to the actual swing price as the number of functions or Monte Carlo samples increases.

The study tackles modeling high-frequency financial data using continuous distributions, finding them inadequate.

problem Challenges in modeling high-frequency integer price changes with continuous distributions.
method Proposed a modified maximum likelihood estimation procedure to account for the discreteness of high-frequency price changes.
result Traditional GARCH models are not suitable for high-frequency data due to the discreteness of price changes.

In a financial market with a continuous price process and proportional transaction costs we investigate the problem of utility maximization of terminal wealth. We give sufficient conditions for the existence of a shadow price process, i.e.~a least favorable frictionless market leading to the same optimal strategy and u…

2014-08-26abs ↗pdf ↗

We investigate the position of the Buchen-Kelly density in a family of entropy maximising densities which all match European call option prices for a given maturity observed in the market. Using the Legendre transform which links the entropy function and the cumulant generating function, we show that it is both the uni…

2011-02-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Under proportional transaction costs, a price process is said to have a consistent price system, if there is a semimartingale with an equivalent martingale measure that evolves within the bid-ask spread. We show that a continuous, multi-asset price process has a consistent price system, under arbitrarily small proporti…

2013-10-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Study Fourier estimator for spot volatility with unbounded coefficients and jumps.

problem Estimating spot volatility with unbounded coefficients and jumps in price process.
method Fourier estimator for spot volatility, convergence analysis for unbounded coefficients and jumps.
result Convergence of trigonometric polynomial to volatility's path, almost sure convergence of reconstructed volatility.

The paper defines and implements risk-indifference pricing for American-style contingent claims.

problem Pricing American-style contingent claims under uncertainty.
method Indifference pricing using convex risk measures and stochastic volatility models, with numerical solutions via deep learning.
result Characterization of indifference prices via Backward Stochastic Differential Equations (BSDEs).

New financial model with sandwiched volatility for option pricing.

problem Developing a new financial model for option pricing.
method Introducing a new model with stochastic volatility driven by a Gaussian Volterra process, ensuring the solution is sandwiched between two arbitrary Hölder continuous functions.
result Developed an algorithm for pricing options with discontinuous payoffs using Malliavin calculus.

A new method forecasts hourly electricity prices considering product dynamics and limit order book signals.

problem High volatility and imbalance in power systems due to renewable energy and flexible demand.
method Incorporates short-term features from hourly and quarter-hourly products, including limit order book and neighboring product signals.
result Features from the limit order book are most influential, and neighboring product signals improve forecast accuracy.

Combines option pricing and portfolio theory for optimal hedging.

problem Optimal hedging of European options in various price dynamics.
method Derives optimal holdings and unhedged risk for different price dynamics.
result Derives solutions for various price dynamics including binomial, diffusion, volatility, volatility-of-volatility, and jump diffusion.

We introduce signature payoffs, a family of path-dependent derivatives that are given in terms of the signature of the price path of the underlying asset. We show that these derivatives are dense in the space of continuous payoffs, a result that is exploited to quickly price arbitrary continuous payoffs. This approach …

2018-09-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Revisits superhedging under proportional costs in continuous time markets.

problem Superhedging in markets with proportional transaction costs.
method Set-valued stochastic analysis, continuous trading schemes, dynamic risk measure.
result Dynamic set-valued risk measure with multi-portfolio time-consistency.

Paper develops a continuous-time framework for financial markets without stochastic calculus.

problem Developing continuous-time financial models without stochastic calculus.
method A general framework using conditional topologies and pseudo-distance topologies.
result No-arbitrage conditions hold in continuous time if and only if they hold in discrete time.

Hybrid RL method optimizes trading by balancing continuous and discrete actions.

problem Optimal execution in algorithmic trading with continuous-discrete action space.
method Combines continuous and discrete RL agents for better trading decisions.
result Significantly outperforms existing methods in trading efficiency and stability.

We provide a model-free pricing-hedging duality in continuous time. For a frictionless market consisting of dd risky assets with continuous price trajectories, we show that the purely analytic problem of finding the minimal superhedging price of a path dependent European option has the same value as the purely probabi…

2017-05-08abs ↗pdf ↗