This paper studies how relative performance concerns affect stock prices in a tree-like market model.
problem The impact of relative performance concerns on stock prices in a tree-like market model.
method Mean-field equilibrium analysis in a binomial tree framework with exponential utility.
result Existence and uniqueness of market-clearing mean-field equilibrium in both single- and multi-population settings.
Study uses deep learning to predict asset prices, finds complex target processes lead to meaningless predictions.
problem Complexity of successful price prediction models hinders understanding.
method Deep learning models for high-frequency price prediction, focusing on volatility and directional prediction.
result Inadequately defined target price process renders predictions meaningless.
New approach for pricing evaluation improves on existing methods.
problem Improving off-policy evaluation for personalized pricing.
method Balanced policy evaluation framework with worst-case optimization.
result Empirical advantage over existing methods in pricing applications.
New model fusion method improves Bitcoin price prediction accuracy.
problem Improving robustness in financial price prediction models.
method Combinatorial Fusion Analysis (CFA) combining score and rank combinations.
result Significantly improved MAPE performance of 0.19\%.
This paper presents the results of the Dynamic Pricing Challenge, held on the occasion of the 17th INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Conference on June 29-30, 2017 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. For this challenge, participants submitted algorithms for pricing and demand learning of which the numerical per…
EB improves asset pricing by mining large strategies without lookahead bias.
problem Lack of unbiased asset pricing models with out-of-sample performance.
method Empirical Bayes applied to 136,000 long-short strategies.
result EB provides unbiased predictions with transparent intuition.
Although the growth of share-based payments with performance conditions (hereafter, SPPC) is prominent today, the theoretical price of SPPC has not been sufficiently studied. Reflecting such a situation, the current accounting standards for share-based payments issued in 2004 have had many problems. This paper develops…
QLBS and RLOP methods improve option pricing and hedging performance.
problem Improving option pricing and hedging performance under market frictions.
method Incorporates risk aversion and trading costs into QLBS, proposes RLOP approach.
result RLOP outperforms in dynamic hedging by reducing shortfall probability.
Study finds dividend policy has no significant effect on IPO stock prices.
problem Impact of dividend policy on IPO price performance.
method Long-run performance statistics and GARCH model, dummy variable used.
result Dividend policy has no significant effect on IPO stock prices.
Study evaluates cryptocurrency option pricing models, finds Kou and Bates models perform best.
problem High volatility and low liquidity in cryptocurrency futures contracts make traditional option pricing models unreliable.
method Calibrated and evaluated the performance of six option pricing models (Black-Scholes, Merton Jump Diffusion, Variance Gamma, Kou, Heston, and Bates) on BTC and ETH futures options.
result Kou and Bates models achieve the lowest pricing errors, with Kou outperforming Bates for BTC and ETH options respectively.
The study approximates option prices using Hermite polynomials without assuming a specific distribution.
problem Approximating option prices without assuming a specific distribution of returns.
method Approximating the logarithmic return's density by a linear combination of rescaled Hermite polynomials.
result Empirical results suggest reasonable performance for options with moderate strike prices.
StonkBERT predicts stock price movements using company text data.
problem Can language models predict medium-run stock price movements?
method Fine-tuning transformer-based language models (BERT) on company text data (news articles, blogs, annual reports) for stock price performance classification.
result StonkBERT shows substantial improvement in predictive accuracy compared to traditional models, with news articles providing the best results.
New risk theory for 'Pay-for-Performance' models.
problem How to price and hedge operational and financial risks in new business models.
method Developed a new risk theory and calculation method for 'Pay-for-Performance' models.
result Presented a model for determining risk premiums including both financial and operational risks.
Hybrid approach improves crude oil price forecasting using multi-scale data.
problem Forecasting crude oil prices with multi-scale data.
method Hybrid approach combining K-means, KPCA, and KELM.
result Hybrid approach outperforms traditional methods in both level and directional forecasting accuracy.
Machine learning models outperform traditional CAPM in forecasting financial asset prices.
problem Predicting and forecasting financial asset prices and returns.
method Comparison of modern Machine Learning algorithms with the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) on U.S. equities data.
result Implemented Machine Learning models significantly outperform the CAPM on out-of-sample test data.
Physics-Informed Neural Network improves option pricing accuracy.
problem Improving option pricing accuracy using machine learning.
method Physics-Informed Neural Network (PINN) applied to Black-Scholes equation.
result PINN model accurately captures option pricing behavior on both simulated and real market data.
The paper compares three option pricing models with varying volatility dynamics.
problem Comparing the accuracy and efficiency of different option pricing models with changing volatility.
method Used stochastic volatility models including Heston and MSV, and compared them with existing models on 15 index option datasets.
result Stochastic volatility models achieve comparable accuracy to existing models and are faster to calibrate.
We employ a 2x3 factorial experiment to study two central factors in the design of prediction markets (PMs) for idea evaluation: the overall design of the PM, and the elasticity of market prices set by a market maker. The results show that 'multi-market designs' on which each contract is traded on a separate PM lead to…
Randomized control methods improve asset pricing and performance analysis.
problem Challenges in drawing inferences from traditional random portfolios in performance evaluation.
method Geometric random walks and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods to construct flexible control groups.
result Captured premia associated with size, value, quality, and momentum in a constrained setting.
ANN improves option pricing models by calibrating parameters faster and more accurately.
problem Calibration of GARCH-type option pricing models is computationally intensive and model-dependent.
method Trained ANN models on Monte Carlo simulation data to calibrate GARCH parameters.
result ANN outperforms traditional methods in calibration speed and accuracy.
Study compares LSTM models with sentiment analysis for stock price prediction.
problem Efficient stock price prediction models using LSTM with sentiment analysis.
method Various types of LSTM models combined with sentiment analysis.
result Identifies the most effective model for short and long-term stock price prediction.
Model earnings call transcripts for better stock price prediction.
problem Predicting future stock price movements using earnings call transcripts.
method Deep learning framework with an attention mechanism to encode text data into vectors for predicting stock price movements.
result The proposed model outperforms traditional machine learning methods in stock price prediction.
Study evaluates stock price forecasting models during the pandemic.
problem Forecasting stock prices during the Covid-19 pandemic.
method Four models (Long-Short Term Memory, XGBoost, Autoregression, Last Value) were tested on stock prices of Facebook, Amazon, Tesla, Google, and Apple.
result Autoregression and Last Value models outperform other models due to strong correlation between prices.
This paper evaluates forecast quality in electricity markets beyond traditional accuracy measures.
problem Traditional accuracy measures fail to reflect the economic value of electricity price forecasts.
method Investigates four quality dimensions: accuracy, dispersion, association, and extremum identification.
result Dispersion- and association-based measures better capture forecast economic value.
Two new models for forward power prices capture clustering jumps.
problem Describing forward power prices with clustering jumps.
method Continuous branching processes with immigration and Hawkes processes with exponential kernel.
result Models adequately describe forward prices evolution in French power market.
XGBoost outperforms other models in predicting housing prices.
problem Accurate housing price prediction for socio-economic development.
method Employed XGBoost and other machine learning algorithms on housing price datasets.
result XGBoost outperformed other models in predicting housing prices.
Study improves electricity price forecasting accuracy using a hybrid model.
problem Accurate short-term electricity price forecasting is challenging due to social and natural factors.
method Hybrid model combining GARMA, G-GARCH, Wavelet, LLWNN, and optimization algorithms.
result The hybrid model outperforms other models in Nord Pool Electricity markets.
Generic model for commodity derivatives pricing.
problem Modeling forward curves in commodity derivatives.
method Theoretical demonstration of multiple components driving commodity prices; empirical validation.
result Model accurately prices commodity derivatives, close to market prices.
Paper presents a data-driven method for option pricing.
problem Option pricing accuracy under market volatility.
method Data-driven ensemble approach based on no-arbitrage theory.
result Model performance validated with real data.
Deep learning method for fair derivative pricing.
problem Fair pricing of financial derivatives with hedging.
method Deep reinforcement learning, modified equal risk pricing framework.
result Derivative prices are arbitrage-free and more tractable.
In this chapter, we consider volatility swap, variance swap and VIX future pricing under different stochastic volatility models and jump diffusion models which are commonly used in financial market. We use convexity correction approximation technique and Laplace transform method to evaluate volatility strikes and estim…
Transfer learning improves electricity price forecasting accuracy.
problem Accurate day-ahead electricity price prediction using available data.
method Pre-train a neural network on source markets and fine-tune for target market.
result Transfer learning significantly improves forecasting performance.
Warrants with stock price dependent threshold conditions give the right to buy specially issued stocks, if the performance of the stock price satisfies some requirements. Existence of these derivatives changes the price process of the underlying. We show that in the presence of such warrants one cannot assume that the …
Deep learning outperforms Black-Scholes in Brazilian Petrobras option pricing.
problem Improving option pricing accuracy for Petrobras stocks.
method Trained deep residual networks using a custom loss function with historical data.
result Deep learning achieved a 64.3% reduction in mean absolute error compared to Black-Scholes.
Paper uses neural networks to analyze oil price impact on Iranian stock and industry indices.
problem Impact of oil price volatility on Tehran stock and industry indices.
method Feed-forward neural networks analysis of two periods: sanctions and post-sanctions.
result Neural networks predict stock and industry indices well, showing significant oil price volatility impact.
Price of anarchy, the performance ratio, which could characterize the loss of efficiency of the distributed supply chain management compared with the integrated supply chain management is discussed by utilizing newsvendor problem in single period which is well-known. In particular, some of remarkable distributed polici…
In this paper, we develop a 4/2 stochastic volatility plus jumps model, namely, a new stochastic volatility model including the Heston model and 3/2 model as special cases. Our model is highly tractable by applying the Lie symmetries theory for PDEs, which means that the pricing procedure can be performed efficiently. …
Study compares various ANN models for SPX and NDX options pricing.
problem Approximating complex multivariate functions for accurate option pricing.
method Hybrid RNN models (LSTM-GRU, TDNN, MLP, KAN) with attention mechanisms.
result LSTM-GRU hybrid RNN with attention outperforms other models.
We investigate the effects of the social interactions of a finite set of agents on an equilibrium pricing mechanism. A derivative written on non-tradable underlyings is introduced to the market and priced in an equilibrium framework by agents who assess risk using convex dynamic risk measures expressed by Backward Stoc…
Study evaluates various regularization methods for electricity price forecasting.
problem Improving accuracy of electricity price predictions.
method Applied ten different penalty functions to two model structures in two electricity markets.
result LQ and elastic net consistently produce more accurate forecasts than other regularization types.
This paper uses alternative data to forecast Japanese real estate performance.
problem Accurate rent and price forecasting in Japanese real estate markets.
method Created a comprehensive house price index using over 5 million transactions and economic factors.
result Alternative data variables can forecast real estate performance effectively.
Paper proposes integrating wavelet transform, channel attention, and LSTM for better stock price prediction.
problem Inherently difficult stock price prediction due to low signal-to-noise ratio.
method Wavelet transform convolution, channel attention, and LSTM integration.
result Robust performance in post-pandemic market conditions.
Hybrid models forecast EPEC energy spot prices.
problem Forecasting energy spot prices in EPEC markets.
method Combining Naive, Fourier, ARMA/GARCH, mean-reversion, jump-diffusion, and RNN models.
result Improved accuracy in forecasting compared to individual models.
Proposes a neural network for efficient imbalance electricity price forecasting.
problem Accurate and efficient imbalance electricity price forecasting in industrial energy trading systems.
method Market-rule-informed neural network framework.
result The proposed model achieves competitive forecasting performance with fewer parameters and shorter training time.
Model for dynamic pricing across multiple RE groups to maximize revenue.
problem Maximizing revenue from multiple RE pricing groups.
method Mathematical model incorporating multiple pricing groups, revenue goals, and time value of money.
result Algorithm for constructing a pricing policy for multiple RE groups.
Integrates ESG factors into Bachelier's model for asset pricing.
problem Incorporating ESG factors into classical finance models.
method Defines ESG price process and integrates into Bachelier's model.
result Enables option pricing valuation with ESG factors.
ML models predict stock prices poorly during recessions.
problem Predicting stock prices during economic downturns.
method Examined S&P 500 index, analyzed performance during recessions and expansions.
result ML models perform better during expansions, not due to ML methods but effective monetary policies.
Study compares models for pricing multi-strike quanto call options with SV, SC, and SER.
problem Pricing multi-strike quanto call options with stochastic volatility, correlation, and exchange rates.
method Comparative analysis of SV, SC, and SER models; Monte Carlo simulation; Milstein scheme; antithetic variates; correlation risk parameters.
result GARCH-Jump SV, Weibull SC, and Ornstein Uhlenbeck (OU) SER model combination performs best.