Unified HS and related methods with explicit modeling assumptions.
problem Lack of clear assumptions in HS methods for Value-at-Risk.
method Explicitly defined parametric model for asset returns and extraction of innovation process.
result HS and related methods require more assumptions than commonly acknowledged.
The paper develops a method to forecast financial risk multiple steps ahead using quantile time series and historical simulation.
problem Forecasting financial risk multiple steps ahead with accurate estimation of Value-at-Risk (VaR) and Expected Shortfall (ES).
method Quantile-based, semi-parametric historical simulation estimation of VaR and ES models, using quantile loss function and resampling.
result The proposed method accurately forecasts VaR and ES one and multiple steps ahead, superior to existing methods.
Study compares VaR models and finds GARCH-FHS superior.
problem Comparing VaR models for accurate risk assessment.
method Historical Simulation, GARCH-N, GARCH-FHS models evaluated.
result GARCH-FHS provides superior performance in capturing tail risks.
Paper proposes a new method to simulate realistic markets from data.
problem Lack of accurate market simulators leading to misleading conclusions.
method Proposes a world agent model trained on historical data without agent calibration.
result Models consistently outperform previous methods in realism and responsiveness.
Paper introduces a new method for calibrating ESGs to both historical and forward-looking data.
problem Lack of a generally accepted methodology for calibrating ESGs to forward-looking information.
method Conditional Scenario Simulator framework for consistent calibration of economic and financial variables.
result Framework can embed various financial and macroeconomic models and demonstrate practical examples in frequentist and Bayesian settings.
Generative Adversarial Networks simulate realistic market interactions.
problem Lack of agent-level historical data limits market simulation realism.
method Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks (CGANs) trained on real data.
result CGAN-based synthetic market generator outperforms previous methods in market responsiveness and realism.
This paper reviews and compares deep generative models for financial time series and VaR.
problem Forecasting risk factor distribution in financial markets.
method Apply multiple deep generative models (CGAN, CWGAN, Diffusion, Signature WGAN) and propose new methods for conditional time series generation.
result Top performing models are Historical Simulation, GARCH, and CWGAN.
A new method simulates implied volatility surfaces for multiple assets.
problem Generating consistent market scenarios for multiple asset implied volatilities.
method Combining functional data analysis and neural SDEs with a penalty for model misspecification.
result Simulated market scenarios are consistent with historical features and lie within the sub-manifold of essentially free static arbitrage.
Proposes dynamic borrowing method for historical data in clinical trials.
problem Insufficient statistical power in rare and pediatric disease clinical trials.
method Dynamic borrowing method based on frequentist approach using similarity measures.
result Demonstrates usefulness of dynamic borrowing in reanalyzing clinical trial data.
DBNs improve VaR forecasting compared to traditional models, but SVaR forecasts are conservative.
problem Forecasting VaR and SVaR using dynamic Bayesian networks.
method DBN framework applied to S&P 500 index returns, comparing to autoregressive models and historical simulation.
result DBNs achieve comparable VaR forecasting accuracy to historical simulation models, but SVaR forecasts remain conservative.
RL improves market making with historical data time travel.
problem Limited ability to simulate and fully appraise the impact of actions in competitive systems.
method Introduces 'consistent data time travel' to adjust historical data time index.
result Significant improvement in agent's gain with data time travel.
The paper proposes a framework to calibrate multi-agent simulation models from output series using Bayesian optimization.
problem Calibrating multi-agent simulation models from observable output series.
method Novel eligibility set concept, two-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test with Bonferroni correction, Bayesian optimization (BO), and trust-region BO (TuRBO).
result Demonstrated the efficiency of the proposed framework using numerical experiments.
Combines historical and market data for better portfolio selection.
problem Improving portfolio selection through diverse information integration.
method Bayesian learning via Gaussian mixture model to harmonize historical and market data.
result The method enhances forecasting accuracy and robustness across various capital markets.
Study historical cholera epidemics and simulate long-term mortality impacts.
problem Long-term impacts of mortality shocks on longevity.
method Historical analysis of cholera epidemics and mathematical modeling of stochastic Individual-Based models.
result Simulated long-term mortality impacts following a mortality shock.
Contextualizing financial news improves stock price predictions.
problem Predicting stock prices from financial news requires understanding historical context.
method Proposed a method using a large language model for main articles and a small model for historical context.
result Historical context significantly improves model performance across methods and time horizons.
The main purpose of this study is the determination of the optimal length of the historical data for the estimation of statistical parameters in Markowitz Portfolio Optimization. We present a trading simulation using Markowitz method, for a portfolio consisting of foreign currency exchange rates and selected assets fro…
In this work we are concerned with valuing optionalities associated to invest or to delay investment in a project when the available information provided to the manager comes from simulated data of cash flows under historical (or subjective) measure in a possibly incomplete market. Our approach is suitable also to inco…
Simulates risk-neutral markets using neural spline flows.
problem Creating realistic risk-neutral market simulations.
method Developed a low-dimensional martingale representation and used neural spline flows for sampling.
result The calibrated simulator is closest to historical data with respect to Kullback-Leibler divergence.
Paper proves using historical trading info improves trading strategies.
problem Improving trading strategies through historical data.
method Develops a new strategy using self-generated historical trading information.
result A new strategy consistently outperforms existing ones.
Algorithm reduces historical expected shortfall computation by focusing on worst-case scenarios.
problem Computing the historical expected shortfall efficiently and accurately.
method Multi-step algorithm using Monte Carlo simulations to identify and reduce the number of worst-case scenarios.
result Non-asymptotic bounds for the L p-error of the expected shortfall estimator are derived.
We explore a simple lattice field model intended to describe statistical properties of high frequency financial markets. The model is relevant in the cross-disciplinary area of econophysics. Its signature feature is the emergence of a self-organized critical state. This implies scale invariance of the model, without tu…
Hybrid model simulates market dynamics using neural stochastic background traders.
problem Lack of realistic LOB simulations that combine historical data and dynamic interactions.
method Neural stochastic background trader trained on historical LOB data, embedded in multi-agent simulation.
result Hybrid model recreates stylised market facts and financial herding behaviors.
Paper proposes a new GPR-HS framework for accurate VCV estimation in global equity indices.
problem Accurate forecasting of Volatility-Covariance Matrix (VCV) for regulatory processes.
method Hybrid Gaussian Process Regression-Historical Simulation (GPR-HS) framework.
result GPR-HS framework achieves regulatory compliance and outperforms static VaR benchmarks.
DeepTraderX learns from other strategies to place market orders.
problem Creating efficient trading strategies in multi-threaded market simulations.
method Deep Learning model trained on historical market data to predict optimal market orders.
result DeepTraderX outperforms existing strategies in multi-threaded market simulations.
Low-frequency historical data, high-frequency historical data and option data are three major sources, which can be used to forecast the underlying security's volatility. In this paper, we propose two econometric models, which integrate three information sources. In GARCH-Itô-OI model, we assume that the option-implied…
Stock correlations is crucial to asset pricing, investor decision-making, and financial risk regulations. However, microscopic explanation based on agent-based modeling is still lacking. We here propose a model derived from minority game for modeling stock correlations, in which an agent's expected return for one stock…
Implied volatilities form a well-known structure of smile or surface which accommodates the Bachelier model and observed market prices of interest rate options. For the swaptions that we study, three parameters are taken into account for indexing the implied volatilities and form a "volatility cube": strike (or moneyne…
Neural-SDE model accurately simulates option risks.
problem Estimating accurate risk scenarios for option portfolios.
method Arbitrage-free neural-SDE market model for joint option dynamics.
result Models produce more efficient and accurate VaR evaluations.
The Widrow-Hoff rule simplifies language data simulation.
problem Simulating language phenomena computationally.
method Implementation and application of the Widrow-Hoff rule.
result The Widrow-Hoff rule offers new perspectives on language simulation.
Improves trial efficiency by adjusting for historical prognostic scores.
problem Reducing statistical uncertainty in randomized trial estimates.
method Linear covariate adjustment using a prognostic model trained on historical data.
result Prognostic covariate adjustment achieves minimum variance and reduces mean-squared error.
This paper provides an insight to the time-varying dynamics of the shape of the distribution of financial return series by proposing an exponential weighted moving average model that jointly estimates volatility, skewness and kurtosis over time using a modified form of the Gram-Charlier density in which skewness and ku…
Hybrid model combines deep learning and agent-based methods for synthetic LOB generation.
problem Generating realistic financial time series data for model training.
method Combining TABL model with Chiarella model for intraday trading activity simulation.
result Hybrid model generates realistic price dynamics but fails to accurately recreate market microstructure.
Generative Adversarial Net (GAN) has been proven to be a powerful machine learning tool in image data analysis and generation. In this paper, we propose to use Conditional Generative Adversarial Net (CGAN) to learn and simulate time series data. The conditions can be both categorical and continuous variables containing…
We demonstrate an application of risk-sensitive reinforcement learning to optimizing execution in limit order book markets. We represent taking order execution decisions based on limit order book knowledge by a Markov Decision Process; and train a trading agent in a market simulator, which emulates multi-agent interact…
The problem of probabilistic forecasting and online simulation of real-time electricity market with stochastic generation and demand is considered. By exploiting the parametric structure of the direct current optimal power flow, a new technique based on online dictionary learning (ODL) is proposed. The ODL approach inc…
The paper revisits the investment simulation based on strategies exhibited by Generalized (m,2)-Zipf law to present an interesting characterization of the wildness in financial time series. The investigations of dominant strategies on each specific time series shows that longer words dominant in larger time scale exhib…
This paper proposes a new integrated variance estimator based on order statistics within the framework of jump-diffusion models. Its ability to disentangle the integrated variance from the total process quadratic variation is confirmed by both simulated and empirical tests. For practical purposes, we introduce an itera…
For purposes of Value-at-Risk estimation, we consider several multivariate families of heavy-tailed distributions, which can be seen as multidimensional versions of Paretian stable and Student's t distributions allowing different marginals to have different tail thickness. After a discussion of relevant estimation and …
Markowitz's celebrated mean--variance portfolio optimization theory assumes that the means and covariances of the underlying asset returns are known. In practice, they are unknown and have to be estimated from historical data. Plugging the estimates into the efficient frontier that assumes known parameters has led to p…
New method calibrates financial market simulators using neural networks.
problem Calibrating market simulators to specific trading periods.
method Neural density estimators and embedding networks.
result Approach accurately identifies high-probability parameter sets.
Deep learning predicts path-dependent processes from historical data.
problem Predicting path-dependent processes using historical data.
method Nonparametric regression with deep neural networks.
result Deep learning method converges to theoretical predictions as observation frequency increases.
DQN outperforms static policies in a dynamic fee environment for automated market makers.
problem How automated market makers (AMMs) perform under dynamic fees is unknown.
method Constructed a closed-loop simulator with dynamic fees, noise flow, and arbitrage.
result A small DQN policy outperforms static policies in a dynamic fee environment.
The long-term dependence of Bitcoin (BTC), manifesting itself through a Hurst exponent H>0.5, is exploited in order to predict future BTC/USD price. A Monte Carlo simulation with 104 geometric fractional Brownian motion realisations is performed as extensions of historical data. The accuracy of statistical inferen…
Adaptive Stress Testing detects financial fraud by simulating potential failures.
problem Detecting and mitigating vulnerabilities in financial systems.
method Developed a simplified model using historical data and reinforcement learning.
result Identified the most likely path to system failure and improved fraud detection.
We test a historical price time series in a financial market (the NASDAQ 100 index) for a statistical property known as detailed balance. The presence of detailed balance would imply that the market can be modeled by a stochastic process based on a Markov chain, thus leading to equilibrium. In economic terms, a positiv…
A green simulation-assisted reinforcement learning method for biomanufacturing.
problem Complexity, high variability, lead time, and limited historical data in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
method Quantifies model risk, uses posterior distribution, and selectively reuses simulation data.
result Demonstrates promising performance in online learning and decision making.
TCP provides well-calibrated prediction intervals for nonstationary time series.
problem Nonstationary time series forecasting with well-calibrated prediction intervals.
method Temporal Conformal Prediction (TCP) couples a modern quantile forecaster with a rolling split-conformal calibration layer.
result TCP achieves near-nominal coverage, providing slightly wider intervals than Historical Simulation.
We provide a new dynamic approach to scenario generation for the purposes of risk management in the banking industry. We connect ideas from conventional techniques -- like historical and Monte Carlo simulation -- and we come up with a hybrid method that shares the advantages of standard procedures but eliminates severa…