Study analyzes order transitions in high, medium, and low market cap stocks using Markov chains.
problem Understanding order transitions in stocks of different market caps.
method First-order discrete-time Markov chain model applied to NASDAQ100 stocks.
result Limit orders exhibit higher inertia during opening hours but decrease in subsequent hours, while market orders increase.
Improved default prediction for mid-cap companies using transformer models.
problem Predicting default probability term structure in mid-cap companies.
method Adapted transformer models for multi-label time-series classification, using custom loss function and multi-channel architecture.
result 13% improvement in AUC over traditional models.
Proposes a diagnostic method to evaluate factor models using cap-axis integrals.
problem Improving factor model evaluation in low-dimensional spaces.
method Lifts pricing errors into a bridge-alpha curve along the market-capitalization rank axis.
result The cap-axis norm is distinct from Sharpe gain and size exposure.
Proposes a diagnostic method to evaluate factor models using cap-axis integrals.
problem Improving factor model evaluation for low-dimensional models.
method Lifts pricing errors into a bridge-alpha curve along the market-capitalization rank axis.
result The cap-axis norm is distinct from Sharpe gain and size exposure.
This study improves mid-cap equity performance with a data-driven, market-neutral approach.
problem Lack of effective strategies for mid-cap stocks.
method Customized long-short equity approach using financial indicators.
result Significant Sharpe ratio of 2.132 in test data.
Model analyzes trading frictions in cap-and-trade markets, showing how they interact to affect market effectiveness.
problem Analyzing how trading frictions impact cap-and-trade market effectiveness.
method Developed a dynamic stochastic model with multiple trading frictions, characterized access choices in closed form, and quantified using EU ETS data.
result Trading frictions interact to amplify or dampen market responses, and their combined effect is non-additive.
The paper uses LSMC to price capped American options with time-dependent caps.
problem Pricing American options with time-capped features.
method Least Squares Monte Carlo (LSMC) method.
result The LSMC method converges to the true price as discretization step and number of trajectories approach limits.
Study analyzes price change patterns across different market capitalizations using Markov chains.
problem Understanding price dynamics in limit order markets across various market capitalizations.
method Discrete-time Markov chain analysis of intraday price changes in NASDAQ100 tick data.
result Systematic patterns in price inertia and stability across market capitalizations are identified.
Develops a new model for cross-currency derivatives pricing.
problem Pricing cross-currency derivatives in a complex market model.
method Introduces a random field LIBOR market model to handle uncertainty in forward LIBOR rates.
result Derives exact and approximate pricing formulas for various derivatives.
A new framework improves volatility forecasting for financial markets.
problem Static factor models fail to capture evolving volatility co-movements.
method Time-varying factor model integrating dynamic cross-sectional factors.
result Framework demonstrates strong performance in AI-driven models and pairs trading.
AI traders learn to exploit meta-orders from slower traders, increasing their profits.
problem Adverse selection of medium-frequency traders by high-frequency AI agents.
method Reinforcement learning in a Hawkes LOB model, with impulse control and PPO.
result AI agents can learn to capitalize on meta-orders, increasing their profits.
In this paper we provide compelling evidence of cyclical mean reversion and multiperiod stock return predictability over horizons of about 30 years with a half-life of about 15 years. This implies that the US stock market follows a long-term rhythm where a period of above average returns tends to be followed by a perio…
ChatGPT predicts stock market movements based on Bloomberg headlines, showing a positive correlation over short to medium terms.
problem Predicting stock market movements using news headlines.
method Used a two-stage prompt approach with a dataset of Bloomberg market summaries from 2010 to 2023.
result ChatGPT's sentiment scores correlate positively with future equity market returns over short to medium terms, with a negative correlation over longer horizons.
Study shows survivorship bias inflates returns in India's small-cap index.
problem Survivorship bias in emerging market small-cap indices.
method Reconstructing historical index composition through market capitalization ranking and comparing equal-weight portfolios of current constituents versus all historical members.
result Survivor-only backtesting overstates returns by 4.94 percentage points and Sharpe ratios by 0.097.
We find that when measured in terms of dollar-turnover, and once β-neutralised and Low-Vol neutralised, the Size Effect is alive and well. With a long term t-stat of 5.1, the "Cold-Minus-Hot" (CMH) anomaly is certainly not less significant than other well-known factors such as Value or Quality. As compared to marke…
Paper calculates perpetual American put option pricing with drawdown event in Lévy market.
problem Pricing perpetual American put options with a drawdown event in a Lévy market.
method Derives explicit price using geometric Lévy process with downward jumps, optimal stopping rule, and martingale arguments.
result Optimal stopping rule is the first time asset price falls below a specific value.
Quantum computing speeds up interest rate derivative pricing using LMM.
problem Challenges in pricing interest rate derivatives, especially caps.
method Hybrid classical-quantum approach using quantum amplitude estimation.
result Quantum computing improves convergence in pricing interest rate derivatives.
The MAXFLAT low-pass filter improves factor adjustment for better portfolio performance in China's stock market.
problem Improving factor adjustment for better portfolio performance in China's stock market.
method Using MAXFLAT low-pass volatility model to adjust factors and construct portfolios.
result Adjusted factors by MAXFLAT volatility model show better performance in both large and small cap universes.
In this paper, we analyze Twitter signals as a medium for user sentiment to predict the price fluctuations of a small-cap alternative cryptocurrency called \emph{ZClassic}. We extracted tweets on an hourly basis for a period of 3.5 weeks, classifying each tweet as positive, neutral, or negative. We then compiled these …
We develop a multi-factor stochastic volatility Libor model with displacement, where each individual forward Libor is driven by its own square-root stochastic volatility process. The main advantage of this approach is that, maturity-wise, each square-root process can be calibrated to the corresponding cap(let)vola-stri…
Study shows investor sentiment boosts intraday trading in Chinese markets.
problem Impact of investor sentiment on intraday overtrading in Chinese A-share markets.
method High-frequency sentiment indices from social media analyzed for intraday overtrading in CSI 300 and CSI 500 constituents.
result Investor sentiment significantly increases intraday overtrading, especially among institutional investors.
The main result of this paper that a martingale evolution can be chosen for Libor such that all the Libor interest rates have a common market measure; the drift is fixed such that each Libor has the martingale property. Libor is described using a field theory model, and a common measure is seen to be emerge naturally f…
Useful alpha returns vanished in modern stock markets.
problem The inefficiency of modern stock markets in generating useful alpha.
method Analysis of 200 published long-short anomaly equity portfolios over different time periods and stock selection criteria.
result Even modest allowances for luck or transaction costs eliminated published academic anomalies.
Study reveals how investor flows impact stock prices, especially during herding episodes.
problem Understanding how information transmits through prices and why it breaks down.
method Combining regularized deconvolution with Hawkes process analysis.
result Institutional price impact deteriorates sharply during herding episodes in small-cap stocks, while large-cap stocks maintain resilience.
Study shows how business cycle affects dividend payout based on managerial stock incentives.
problem Impact of managerial stock incentives on dividend payout policy during business cycles.
method Using S&P 1500 companies data from 2000-2018, analyzing full sample and recession periods.
result Negative relationship between managerial stock options and dividend payouts, significant for medium-sized companies.
A new method uses GATs to optimise portfolios of mid-cap firms, outperforming traditional methods.
problem Optimising portfolios of mid-cap firms considering interdependencies and firms at risk of default.
method Graph Attention Networks (GATs) applied to large-scale financial data.
result The GAT-based portfolio outperforms traditional benchmarks over a long period.
Study shows foreign institutional investment increases liquidity commonality in large Australian stocks.
problem Impact of foreign institutional investment on liquidity commonality in Australian stocks.
method Cross-sectional and time-series analysis of Australian equity market data.
result Foreign institutional investment contributes to increased exposure of large stocks to unexpected liquidity events.
Cryptocurrencies show stable prices as a medium of exchange.
problem Price stability of cryptocurrencies as a medium of exchange.
method Filtered daily returns of major cryptocurrencies compared to major financial assets using Pearson correlations, dynamic time-warping method, and Black-Scholes model.
result Cryptocurrencies exhibit stable daily returns relative to major financial assets over the years 2016-2020.
Python models predict stock sentiment for market-beating returns.
problem Predicting public sentiment for stock trading.
method Crowd-sourced labeled data, trained and evaluated various models.
result Best models predict market-beating returns from public sentiment.
We provide further evidence that markets trend on the medium term (months) and mean-revert on the long term (several years). Our results bolster Black's intuition that prices tend to be off roughly by a factor of 2, and take years to equilibrate. The story behind these results fits well with the existence of two types …
In the seminal work [9], several macroscopic market observables have been introduced, in an attempt to find characteristics capturing the diversity of a financial market. Despite the crucial importance of such observables for investment decisions, a concise mathematical description of their dynamics has been missing. W…
Study reveals inefficiencies in EU carbon trading market.
problem Inefficiencies in carbon trading market undermine emission reduction goals.
method Analysis of granular transaction data from 2005-2020.
result 40% of firms never trade in a given year, and many trade only during high-price months.
We propose a new model for electricity pricing based on the price cap principle. The particularity of the model is that the asset price is an exponential functional of a jump Lévy process. This model can capture both mean reversion and jumps which are observed in electricity market. It is shown that the value of an Eur…
The paper explores how to measure and optimize ad reach while maintaining user privacy.
problem Measuring ad reach while preserving user privacy in online advertising.
method Introduces k-anonymity and probabilistic discounting for frequency capping. result Privacy introduces a significant performance drop but with manageable costs.
Measuring information value in markets using covariance of price changes and order flow.
problem Determining the value of information in financial markets.
method Using high-frequency data on US equities, the covariance between price changes and order flow is estimated to measure information value.
result The aggregate value of information is about 0.04% of market cap, significantly lower than fees investors pay.
Study reveals opacity in insider sales, leading to inefficiencies in capital allocation.
problem Insider sales opacity due to reporting inversion of Form 144 and Form 4.
method Event study framework, machine learning audit, cross-sectional tests.
result Persistent opacity of insider sales signals, leading to inefficiencies in capital allocation.
This paper introduces a non-parametric framework to statistically examine how news events, such as company or macroeconomic announcements, contribute to the pre- and post-event jump dynamics of stock prices under the intraday seasonality of the news and jumps. We demonstrate our framework, which has several advantages …
Study examines Indian equity mutual funds' investment style and risk-shifting.
problem Understanding how Indian equity mutual funds' investment styles affect their returns.
method Estimating size and style beta coefficients, identifying breakpoints, analyzing investment styles, and assessing risk-shifting intensity.
result Funds can enhance returns by shifting to high-return styles like Small Value and Small Blend.
The LIBOR market model is very popular for pricing interest rate derivatives, but is known to have several pitfalls. In addition, if the model is driven by a jump process, then the complexity of the drift term is growing exponentially fast (as a function of the tenor length). In this work, we consider a Lévy-driven LIB…
Comonotonic allocations are restored under certain constraints, improving risk-sharing.
problem Feasibility constraints can distort optimal risk-sharing allocations.
method Identified componentwise convex-order solidity as a sufficient condition to restore comonotonic allocations.
result Componentwise convex-order solidity ensures comonotonic improvements under feasible constraints.
A competing market model with a polyvariant profit function that assumes "zeitnot" stock behavior of clients is formulated within the banking portfolio medium and then analyzed from the perspective of devising optimal strategies. An associated Markov process method for finding an optimal choice strategy for monovariant…
We provide complete source code for a front-end GUI and its back-end counterpart for a stock market visualization tool. It is built based on the "functional visualization" concept we discuss, whereby functionality is not sacrificed for fancy graphics. The GUI, among other things, displays a color-coded signal (computed…
We argue that an important contributing factor into market inefficiency is the lack of a robust mechanism for the stock price to rise if a company has good earnings, e.g., via buybacks/dividends. Instead, the stock price is prone to volatility due to rather random perception/interpretation of earnings announcements (am…
It is classically known that generic smooth maps of R^2 into R^3 admit only cross cap singularities. This suggests that the class of cross caps might be an important object in differential geometry. We show that the standard cross cap (u,uv,v^2) has non-trivial isometric deformations with infinite dimensional freedom. …
Study symmetry of cross-cap surfaces with folding maps.
problem Reflectional symmetry of cross-cap surfaces.
method Characterization of singularities in folding maps.
result Characterized generic singularities on cross-cap.
A technique from stochastic portfolio theory [Fernholz, 1998] is applied to analyse equity returns of Small, Mid and Large cap portfolios in an emerging market through periods of growth and regional crises, up to the onset of the global financial crisis. In particular, we factorize portfolios in the South African marke…
Paper extends Aronson-Bénilan estimates for porous medium equations on manifolds with negative curvature.
problem Estimating gradients for porous medium equations on manifolds with negative curvature.
method Develops Aronson-Bénilan gradient estimates for porous medium equations under lower bounds of N-weighted Ricci curvature with N<0. result Generalizes gradient estimates for porous medium equations to manifolds with negative curvature.
This study examines investor sentiment's impact on stock market liquidity and volatility using deep learning and TVP-VAR models.
problem Investor sentiment's impact on stock market liquidity and volatility.
method Deep learning BERT model for sentiment extraction and TVP-VAR model for time-varying analysis.
result Investor sentiment has a stronger impact on stock market liquidity and volatility, with more pronounced effects in short-term shocks.