The paper defines the time function of stock prices using a mathematical model.
problem Understanding the movement and predictability of stock prices over time.
method Empirical evidence and mathematical modeling of white noise.
result Derives auto-correlation function, displacement formula, and power spectral density of stock price movement.
Derives option pricing formulas using Prospect Theory and rational finance.
problem Option pricing with behavioral finance concepts of greed and fear.
method Rational dynamic asset pricing theory, Prospect Theory, Cumulative Prospect Theory.
result New option pricing formulas derived for asset returns following diffusion or binomial trees.
New loss functions optimize pricing policies using transaction data, ensuring expected revenue guarantees.
problem Optimizing pricing policies with transaction data where valuation data is not directly observed.
method Introducing convex loss functions for contextual pricing, focusing on log-concave valuation distributions.
result Proved expected revenue bounds for generalized hinge and quantile pricing loss functions.
The paper shows how utility indifference prices approach superreplication prices in uncertain markets.
problem Modeling investor preferences under non-dominated uncertainty.
method Formulates and proves convergence of utility indifference prices to superreplication prices.
result Utility indifference prices converge to superreplication prices under certain conditions.
Improved pricing method for illiquid assets using Lambert function.
problem Inaccurate pricing of illiquid assets using traditional methods.
method Deterministic decomposition of reservation price using Lambert function; improved Monte Carlo method (LMC).
result Improved accuracy in pricing illiquid assets through LMC method.
In this paper we study dynamic pricing mechanisms of financial derivatives. A typical model of such pricing mechanism is the so-called g--expectation defined by solutions of a backward stochastic differential equation with g as its generating function. Black-Scholes pricing model is a special linear case of this pricin…
A new perspective on Call option pricing reveals identical prices for certain options.
problem Understanding and pricing exotic options like Call on Call.
method Analyzing the relative pricing function and deriving new formulas.
result Identical prices for certain exotic options under no arbitrage.
In an incomplete Brownian-motion market setting, we propose a convex monotonic pricing functional for nonattainable bounded contingent claims which is compatible with prices for attainable claims. The pricing functional is defined as the convex conjugate of a generalized entropy penalty functional and an interpretation…
The paper develops loss functions for pricing models using observational data.
problem Evaluating pricing policies directly from observational data with historical biases.
method Adapting machine learning techniques for corrupted labels to derive unbiased loss functions.
result Identifies minimum variance and robust estimators for contextual pricing.
Develops price dynamics equations with symmetric supply/demand functions, affecting tail behavior of price distributions.
problem Understanding the tail behavior of price distributions based on supply and demand functions.
method Created price dynamics equations using a symmetric function of demand/supply, analyzing linear and nonlinear cases.
result The exponent of the tail behavior of price distributions depends on the function of supply and demand, with exponents approaching -1 for large exponents in the function.
It is well known that in models with time-homogeneous local volatility functions and constant interest and dividend rates, the European Put prices are transformed into European Call prices by the simultaneous exchanges of the interest and dividend rates and of the strike and spot price of the underlying. This paper inv…
This note explores the consequences of nonlinear price impact functions on price dynamics within the chartist-fundamentalist framework. Price impact functions may be nonlinear with respect to trading volume. As indicated by recent empirical studies, a given transaction may cause a large (small) price change if market d…
We consider nonparametric estimation of the state price density encapsulated in option prices. Unlike usual density estimation problems, we only observe option prices and their corresponding strike prices rather than samples from the state price density. We propose to model the state price density directly with a nonpa…
Adaptive pricing framework for perpetual contracts using liquidity curves and oracles.
problem Ensuring stable and predictable pricing for perpetual contracts.
method Uses liquidity curves and on-chain oracles with parabolic and sigmoid functions to quote prices and fees.
result Ensures pricing stability and predictability through adaptive pricing framework.
Study analyzes price response and spread impact in foreign exchange markets.
problem Understanding deviations from Markovian behavior in foreign exchange markets.
method Detailed large-scale data analysis of price response functions for different years and time scales, using pip bid-ask spread definition.
result Large pip spreads significantly impact price response in foreign exchange markets.
We price financial models using optimization and probability theory.
problem Financial model pricing under risk-averse investors.
method Infinite dimensional optimization, probabilistic and functional analytic tools.
result Existence of optimal strategies and convergence of reservation prices.
Data-driven method for option pricing using historical asset prices.
problem Tackling the gap between historical asset prices and risk-neutral option pricing.
method Identifying a pricing kernel process, solving utility maximization and functional optimization problems using deep learning.
result Demonstrated the efficiency of the data-driven option pricing methodology.
Revisits SWIFT method for option pricing using Shannon wavelets.
problem Improving option pricing under known characteristic functions.
method SWIFT method based on Shannon wavelets.
result Exposes drawbacks and discusses improvements.
Paper establishes robust asset pricing theorems under uncertainty.
problem Tackles asset pricing in uncertain discrete time settings.
method Introduces a new topological framework for Lp spaces and functional analysis. result Equivalence of robust no arbitrage condition and robust pricing system existence.
New neural network approximates convex option prices.
problem Approximating prices of options with convex payoffs.
method Input Convex Neural Network (ICNN) architecture, with a scrambling phase.
result Validated convergence and effectiveness in estimating option prices.
New formula for efficient spread option pricing in copula markets.
problem Efficient pricing of spread options in markets with correlated assets.
method Unified approach using copula functions and numerical integration.
result Proposes a method requiring only one-dimensional integral evaluations.
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.
New theory predicts security prices through a physical law, not randomness.
problem Failed attempts to understand and predict stock price evolution.
method Developed a physicomathematical theory to describe price evolution.
result Security prices are governed by a deterministic physical law, not random.
Paper models and forecasts intra-day electricity price spreads.
problem Forecasting intra-day price spreads for electricity traders and operators.
method Dynamic density functions based on skewed-t distributions, conditional on exogenous drivers.
result Best fitting and forecasting specifications selected using Pinball Loss function.
The paper extends portfolio theory to include contingent claim functions for option pricing.
problem Developing a method to price options using portfolio generating functions.
method Extending portfolio theory to include contingent claim functions and applying partial differential equations.
result A method to price options using portfolio generating functions and replicable contingent claim functions.
We propose a new approach for analyzing price fluctuations in their strongly correlated regime ranging from minutes to months. This is done by employing a self-similarity assumption for the magnitude of coarse-grained price fluctuation or volatility. The existence of a Cramer function, the characteristic function for s…
In this paper, we obtain asymptotic formulas with error estimates for the implied volatility associated with a European call pricing function. We show that these formulas imply Lee's moment formulas for the implied volatility and the tail-wing formulas due to Benaim and Friz. In addition, we analyze Pareto-type tails o…
Derives FPDE for equity-linked insurance pricing.
problem Calculating prices for insurance policies with complex payment histories.
method Variational techniques in functional Itô calculus.
result Derives a functional partial differential equation.
Paper solves bond option pricing with credit risk using Black-Scholes equations.
problem Pricing options on bonds with credit risk.
method Solution representations of Black-Scholes equations for specific problems.
result Pricing formulae for puttable and callable bonds with credit risk.
Derives pricing formulae for power binary and normal distribution standard options.
problem Developing pricing models for binary and standard options.
method Incorporates Buchen's formulae into power binary options and derives a formula for normal distribution standard options.
result Derives pricing formulae for power binary and normal distribution standard options.
We consider a firm that sells products over T periods without knowing the demand function. The firm sequentially sets prices to earn revenue and to learn the underlying demand function simultaneously. A natural heuristic for this problem, commonly used in practice, is greedy iterative least squares (GILS). At each ti…
New method improves option pricing for non-smooth functions.
problem Inefficiency of Fourier techniques with non-smooth probability density functions.
method Singular Fourier-Padé (SFP) method
result Restores global spectral convergence rate and fast error convergence.
This paper develops a pricing model for data assets from the buyer's perspective.
problem Insufficient research on pricing data assets from the buyer's perspective.
method Develops a pricing model based on the informational value of data assets from the buyer's perspective, using an implicit function derived from value functions in investment-consumption problems under ambiguity markets.
result Derives general expressions and explicit pricing formulas for data assets under various conditions.
We consider a defaultable asset whose risk-neutral pricing dynamics are described by an exponential Lévy-type martingale. This class of models allows for a local volatility, local default intensity and a locally dependent Lévy measure. We present a pricing method for Bermudan options based on an analytical approximatio…
A statistical generalization is made of microeconomics in the spirit of going from classical to statistical mechanics. The price and quantity of every commodity1 traded in the market, at each instant of time, is considered to be an independent random variable: all prices and quantities are considered to be stochastic p…
Study optimizes option pricing with robust strategies, ensuring consistency with vanilla option prices.
problem Optimizing exotic option pricing with robust strategies.
method Introduces semistatic strategies and robust convex integral functionals on bounded continuous functions.
result Consistent indifference prices with observed vanilla option prices.
Study harmonic function growth on curved spaces, proving inequalities.
problem Understanding growth rates of harmonic functions on curved manifolds.
method Applied a double-sided Price inequality to estimate growth rates.
result Effective estimates for harmonic function growth rates on curved manifolds.
The paper develops a new option pricing model with memory effects.
problem Developing a model for option pricing with historical stock price dependencies.
method The model uses nonlinear stochastic functional differential equations and Girsanov's Theorem to derive fair option prices.
result The models maintain market completeness and eliminate arbitrage opportunities.
We use Karhunen-Loève expansion for efficient pricing of exotic derivatives.
problem Efficient pricing of path-dependent options.
method Karhunen-Loève expansion and Monte Carlo simulation.
result Fast and accurate computation of exotic derivatives pricing.
High-order financial derivative pricing method using Radial Basis Functions.
problem Pricing financial derivatives with high accuracy and efficiency.
method Radial Basis Function generated Finite Differences for non-uniform node layouts.
result Fourth-order convergence in space with non-uniform node layouts.
Method determines asset prices in incomplete markets to optimize portfolios.
problem Optimizing portfolios in incomplete markets with price constraints.
method Maximum entropy in the mean to adjust distortion function from bid-ask data.
result Prices of assets comply with portfolio optimization constraints.
The paper prices energy spread options using a complex stochastic model.
problem Pricing energy spread options with specific stochastic dynamics.
method Uses an exponential Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process driven by variance gamma processes, applying the Esscher transform and FFT method.
result Derives an analytical formula for pricing forwards and spread options.
Model quantifies market price of trading liquidity risk and market depth.
problem Analyzing the market price of trading liquidity risk and market depth.
method Introduced a framework to analyze market price of liquidity risk, derived inhomogeneous Bernoulli ODE, obtained closed form solutions.
result Market depth encapsulates the market price of liquidity risk.
To any utility maximization problem under transaction costs one can assign a frictionless model with a price process S∗, lying in the bid/ask price interval [S,Sˉ]. Such process S∗ is called a \emph{shadow price} if it provides the same optimal utility value as in the original model with bid-as…
A new option pricing model handles non-constant risk aversion and transaction costs.
problem Deriving a pricing model for options with varying risk aversion.
method Developed a transformation method to solve the penalized nonlinear PDE and used finite difference discretization.
result Derived bounds on option prices and proposed a numerical scheme.
Dynamic pricing policy converges to Nash equilibrium with low regret.
problem Sequential price competition among sellers over multiple periods.
method Semi-parametric least-squares estimation of s-concave demand functions.
result Prices converge to Nash equilibrium with rate O(T−1/7) and sellers incur regret O(T5/7). Paper shows pricing rules affect insider's optimal strategy in Kyle-Back models.
problem Effect of pricing rules on insider's optimal strategy in Kyle-Back models.
method Analyzed a large class of pricing rules and derived necessary conditions for consistency with equilibrium.
result Pricing rules can lead to infinite value function for insiders when strategies are restricted, contradicting folk result.
Paper approximates first passage time for tempered stable process for option pricing.
problem Pricing perpetual American options and barrier options using first passage time.
method Approximates characteristic function using martingale approach.
result Provides explicit or indirect numerical method for characteristic function of first passage time.