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48 results for martingale optimal principle

Investigates optimal consumption and investment strategies in non-Markovian markets with unbounded parameters.

problem Optimal consumption and investment strategies in non-Markovian markets with unbounded parameters.
method Martingale optimal principle and quadratic BSDEs with exponential moment.
result Establishes optimal strategies for consumption and investment.

The martingale optimal transport aims to optimally transfer a probability measure to another along the class of martingales. This problem is mainly motivated by the robust superhedging of exotic derivatives in financial mathematics, which turns out to be the corresponding Kantorovich dual. In this paper we consider the…

2015-07-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Tikhonov regularization is robust under specific martingale constraints in distributionally robust optimization.

problem Distributionally robust optimization and regularization of learning models.
method Optimal transport approach with martingale constraints.
result Tikhonov regularization is optimal transport robust under specified martingale constraints.

This paper focuses on martingale optimal transport problems when the martingales are assumed to have bounded quadratic variation. First, we give a result that characterizes the existence of a probability measure satisfying some convex transport constraints in addition to having given initial and terminal marginals. Sev…

2018-04-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the optimal transport between two probability measures on the real line, where the transport plans are laws of one-step martingales. A quasi-sure formulation of the dual problem is introduced and shown to yield a complete duality theory for general marginals and measurable reward (cost) functions: absence of a…

2015-07-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper develops MMOT framework for financial applications with neural acceleration.

problem Financial optimization and calibration under multi-period martingale constraints.
method Theoretical analysis, incremental updates, adaptive sparse grids, hybrid neural-projection solver.
result Neural solver achieves 1597x speedup for real-time applications.

Study Nash equilibrium in mean field portfolio games with random market parameters.

problem Modeling wealth and relative performance in competitive financial markets.
method Martingale optimality principle approach to characterize Nash equilibrium in mean field FBSDE.
result Unique Nash equilibrium found under weak interaction assumption and market parameters independence.

Unified RMOT framework for non-modelable risk factors reduces audit bounds.

problem Infinite audit bounds for exotic derivatives pricing with sparse market data.
method Rough Martingale Optimal Transport (RMOT) with rough volatility regularization.
result Finite, explicit, and asymptotically tight extrapolation bounds for non-modelable risk factors.

We consider a financial market model with a single risky asset whose price process evolves according to a general jump-diffusion with locally bounded coefficients and where market participants have only access to a partial information flow. For any utility function, we prove that the partial information financial marke…

2013-02-18abs ↗pdf ↗

New boundary condition for Black-Scholes equations in strict local martingale models.

problem Computing prices of European options with underlying asset as a strict local martingale.
method Numerical procedure using finite difference methods with a new boundary condition at infinity.
result The minimal solution, satisfying a discrete maximum principle, is the correct derivative price.

A pricing principle is introduced for non-attainable claims in incomplete markets.

problem Pricing non-attainable contingent claims in incomplete markets.
method Distorted Radon-Nikodym derivative and Tsallis relative entropy over a family of equivalent martingale measures.
result The pricing principle is closely related to backward stochastic differential equations and is arbitrage-free and time-consistent.

This paper investigates Merton's portfolio problem in a rough stochastic environment described by Volterra Heston model. The model has a non-Markovian and non-semimartingale structure. By considering an auxiliary random process, we solve the portfolio optimization problem with the martingale optimality principle. Optim…

2019-05-14abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithms for fast online decision making using neural networks and martingale posteriors.

problem Online sequential decision making under uncertainty.
method Martingale posterior neural networks for fast online learning and decision making.
result Achieves competitive performance-speed trade-offs in non-stationary contextual bandits and Bayesian optimization.

We consider implied volatilities in asset pricing models, where the discounted underlying is a strict local martingale under the pricing measure. Our main result gives an asymptotic expansion of the right wing of the implied volatility smile and shows that the strict local martingale property can be determined from thi…

2015-08-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Extends optimal transport to dynamic and martingale settings.

problem Dynamic and martingale relaxation of optimal transport problems.
method Extends Benamou-Brenier formula to weak optimal transport and introduces barycentric optimal transport.
result Relates barycentric optimal transport to martingale Benamou-Brenier formula.

We propose an optimal portfolio problem in the incomplete market where the underlying assets depend on economic factors with delayed effects, such models can describe the short term forecasting and the interaction with time lag among different financial markets. The delay phenomenon can be recognized as the integral ty…

2018-05-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Study scaling limits of utility indifference prices in discretized Bachelier model.

problem Analyzing utility indifference prices for path-dependent European options in a discretized Bachelier model.
method Purely probabilistic approach, including duality argument, optimal drift control problem, martingale techniques, and strong invariance principles.
result Obtained a scaling limit for utility indifference prices as the number of trading times increases.

The paper tackles robust control for insurance contracts under uncertain transition rates.

problem Maximizing utility in insurance contracts with uncertain transition rates.
method Novel robust utility maximization problem under bounded cumulative transition rate uncertainty, using worst-case scenario analysis.
result Existence and uniqueness of worst-case and best-case reserves for insurance contracts.

Improved algorithms for stochastic linear bandits using tighter confidence sequences.

problem Stochastic linear bandits with improved worst-case regret guarantees.
method Novel tail bound for adaptive martingale mixtures to construct tighter confidence sequences.
result Linear bandit algorithm achieves competitive worst-case regret.

Study finds optimal martingale coupling between two distributions with minimal entropy.

problem Finding the optimal martingale coupling between two distributions with minimal relative entropy.
method Solving a dual problem to find the log-density of the optimal coupling, which represents the marginal and martingale constraints.
result The log-density of the optimal coupling is given by a triplet of real functions representing the marginal and martingale constraints.

Extends martingale Schrödinger bridge to arbitrary dimensions and characterizes it.

problem Tackles the martingale Schrödinger bridge in arbitrary dimensions.
method Identifies continuous-time counterpart and relates to variational problems.
result Continuous martingale Schrödinger bridge coincides with Föllmer martingale in irreducible case.

TabMGP uses a martingale posterior with TabPFN to estimate uncertainty in tabular data.

problem Estimating uncertainty in models like TabPFN for scientific estimands θθ.
method TabMGP is an MGP built on TabPFN, focusing inference on loss function-defined parameters.
result TabMGP produces credible sets with near-nominal coverage and often outperforms baselines.

Efficiently computes robust option prices using multi-marginal martingale transport.

problem Computing robust option prices under martingale constraints.
method Extending state space, sequential martingale structure, entropic regularisation.
result Fast computation of optimal solutions for large problems.

New analysis shows LLMs don't follow Bayesian inference in ICL.

problem Does in-context learning in LLMs follow Bayesian inference?
method Analyzes ICL through the martingale property, a requirement for Bayesian inference.
result Violations of the martingale property show LLMs don't follow Bayesian inference.

Optimizing option exercise policies based on variance optimal martingale measure can lead to unappealing results.

problem Optimizing American option exercise policies under the variance optimal martingale measure can result in unappealing policies.
method Optimizing option exercise policies under the variance optimal martingale measure, then anchoring to the resulting value of this policy.
result Optimizing option exercise policies based on the variance optimal martingale measure can lead to unappealing results.

Study optimal semistatic portfolios using martingale Schrödinger bridges.

problem Optimizing semistatic portfolios in a dynamic stock market.
method Minimizing entropy among calibrated martingale measures.
result Explicit solution for optimal semistatic portfolios exists.

Under mild regularity assumptions, the transport problem is stable in the following sense: if a sequence of optimal transport plans π1,π2,π_1, π_2, \ldots converges weakly to a transport plan ππ, then ππ is also optimal (between its marginals). Alfonsi, Corbetta and Jourdain asked whether the same property is true for th…

2019-04-08abs ↗pdf ↗

We extend Kyle's model to include stochastic liquidity and multiple assets.

problem Modeling informed trading with stochastic liquidity and multiple assets.
method Developed a variational formulation and derived a matrix-valued martingale depth process.
result A linear-Gaussian equilibrium with stochastic matrix-valued price impact.

Develops a new duality between entropy martingale optimal transport and nonlinear pricing-hedging.

problem Entropy Martingale Optimal Transport problem and its associated optimization problem.
method Combines Entropy Optimal Transport and Martingale Optimal Transport theories, with novel penalization terms and constraints.
result Establishes a nonlinear robust pricing-hedging duality, covering various known robust results.

Study bounds financial path expectations using martingale distributions.

problem Bounding path-dependent financial expectations over martingale distributions.
method Relaxed martingale optimal transport problem, approximated via linear programming.
result Empirical relaxation can be approximated within O(n^(-1/2)) error.

Gradient flow method solves for optimal transport starting distributions.

problem Finding the optimal starting distribution for a martingale in optimal transport.
method Following the gradient flow of the Bass functional's L2-lift.
result Gradient flow converges to a minimizer of the Bass functional.

Study a continuous portfolio optimization with a new CVaR-like constraint using martingale approach.

problem Optimizing a portfolio under a new CVaR-like constraint that is not compatible with traditional methods.
method Follows a martingale approach in a complete market setting, solving a convex constrained minimization problem.
result Obtains a tractable and interpretable characterization of the optimal strategy.

Extends martingale transport for robust finance problems.

problem Addressing specific robust finance problems not covered by standard martingale transport.
method Introduces an additional parameter to the weak martingale optimal transport problem and proves stability.
result Stability of the extended problem with respect to risk-neutral marginal distributions.

Study Nash equilibria in mean field portfolio games with consumption.

problem Finding Nash equilibria in mean field portfolio games with consumption.
method Established a correspondence between equilibria and solutions to FBSDEs, using martingale and dynamic programming principles.
result Proved the uniqueness of Nash equilibrium in closed form under certain conditions.

We provide a probabilistic approach to studying minimal surfaces in three-dimensional Euclidean space. Following a discussion of the basic relationship between Brownian motion on a surface and minimality of the surface, we introduce a way of coupling Brownian motions on two minimal surfaces. This coupling is then used …

2008-05-05abs ↗pdf ↗

We establish numerical methods for solving the martingale optimal transport problem (MOT) - a version of the classical optimal transport with an additional martingale constraint on transport's dynamics. We prove that the MOT value can be approximated using linear programming (LP) problems which result from a discretisa…

2017-10-22abs ↗pdf ↗