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…
The paper studies the continuous-time dynamics of VIX with stochastic volatility and jumps in VIX and volatility. Built on the general parametric affine model with stochastic volatility and jump in logarithm of VIX, we derive a linear relation between the stochastic volatility factor and VVIX index. We detect the exist…
The paper reviews recent statistical methods for financial markets, focusing on jumps, volatility, and microstructure noise.
problem Analyzing financial market data with statistical models.
method Review and development of statistical methods for financial markets, including jump tests, rough volatility, and microstructure noise.
result Established a minimax lower bound for volatility recovery and proposed new statistical methods for financial market analysis.
Identifying the instances of jumps in a discrete-time-series sample of a jump diffusion model is a challenging task. We have developed a novel statistical technique for jump detection and volatility estimation in a return time series data using a threshold method. The consistency of the volatility estimator has been ob…
Investigates JM for reducing downside risk in market regimes.
problem Mitigating downside risk during market downturns.
method Statistical jump model for identifying market regimes, optimizing penalty for state transitions.
result JM-guided strategies outperform traditional models in reducing risk and enhancing returns.
We quantify how co-jumps impact correlations in currency markets. To disentangle the continuous part of quadratic covariation from co-jumps, and study the influence of co-jumps on correlations, we propose a new wavelet-based estimator. The proposed estimation framework is able to localize the co-jumps very precisely th…
The paper predicts cryptocurrency prices using a path-dependent Monte Carlo simulation.
problem Forecasting cryptocurrency prices with volatility and jumps.
method Merton's jump diffusion model with machine learning, traditional, and statistical methods.
result Introduced a path-dependent Monte Carlo simulation for cryptocurrency price prediction.
We investigate the statistics of records in a random sequence {xB(0)=0,xB(1),⋯,xB(n)=xB(0)=0} of n time steps. The sequence xB(k)'s represents the position at step k of a random walk `bridge' of n steps that starts and ends at the origin. At each step, the increment of the position is a random ju…
We study the role of co-jumps in the interest rate futures markets. To disentangle continuous part of quadratic covariation from co-jumps, we localize the co-jumps precisely through wavelet coefficients and identify statistically significant ones. Using high frequency data about U.S. and European yield curves we quanti…
New model clusters mixed-type data with missing values, improving air quality analysis.
problem Clustering mixed-type data with missing values and regime persistence.
method Statistical jump model incorporating regime persistence and handling missing data.
result Superior performance in inferring persistent air quality regimes compared to traditional methods.
Develops a statistical model for SOFR term structure in incomplete markets.
problem Incomplete liquidity and completeness in SOFR derivatives market.
method Statistical model incorporating macroeconomic factors and jumps in SOFR rates.
result Model is well-suited for risk management and derivatives pricing.
Method detects jumps in high-frequency order prices using local minima.
problem Detecting jumps in high-frequency order prices with noisy data.
method Developed methods to estimate, locate and test for jumps using local minima of best ask quotes.
result Consistently estimated jump sizes and times, established asymptotic properties of tests, and demonstrated faster convergence rates.
Robustly detects jumps in high-frequency CIR and CKLS models.
problem Jump detection in high-frequency jump-diffusion processes.
method MDPDE-based robust estimators for drift and diffusion coefficients.
result Maximum of normalized residuals converges to Gumbel distribution.
Modeling Bitcoin prices and media attention using jump-type processes.
problem Capturing the dynamics of Bitcoin prices and media attention.
method Lévy processes and semiparametric estimation.
result Effective modeling of Bitcoin prices and media attention using Lévy processes.
The main purpose of this work is to examine the behavior of the implied volatility smiles around jumps, contributing to the literature with a high-frequency analysis of the smile dynamics based on intra-day option data. From our high-frequency SPX S\&P500 index option dataset, we utilize the first three principal compo…
We consider the occurrence of record-breaking events in random walks with asymmetric jump distributions. The statistics of records in symmetric random walks was previously analyzed by Majumdar and Ziff and is well understood. Unlike the case of symmetric jump distributions, in the asymmetric case the statistics of reco…
Framework uses deep learning and statistical models to solve PDEs with discontinuous coefficients.
problem Solving PDEs with discontinuous coefficients.
method Two-stage physics-informed deep learning and statistical mixture models.
result Framework achieves adaptability and accurate parameter identification.
Unified analytical tool for non-Markovian jump processes.
problem Analyzing history-dependent jump processes with non-Markovian behavior.
method Developed a standard form of master equations using Laplace-space embedding and asymptotic solution.
result Unified analytical toolset for general non-Markovian processes, leading to the GLE approximation.
This paper explores integration and contagion among US metropolitan housing markets. The analysis applies Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) house price repeat sales indexes from 384 metropolitan areas to estimate a multi-factor model of U.S. housing market integration. It then identifies statistical jumps in metrop…
A simple Hawkes model have been developed for the price tick structure dynamics incorporating market microstructure noise and trade clustering. In this paper, the model is extended with random mark to deal with more realistic price tick structures of equities. We examine the impact of jump in price dynamics to the futu…
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 …
New method estimates volatility for Lévy processes with unbounded jumps efficiently.
problem Efficient estimation of volatility for Lévy processes with unbounded jumps.
method Developed a new estimator based on high-order expansions of truncated moments.
result Method outperforms existing alternatives in estimating volatility.
This paper proposes an enhanced approach to modeling and forecasting volatility using high frequency data. Using a forecasting model based on Realized GARCH with multiple time-frequency decomposed realized volatility measures, we study the influence of different timescales on volatility forecasts. The decomposition of …
The study reveals unspanned risks in equity option risk premiums, explaining negative premiums for certain options.
problem Explaining negative risk premiums for certain equity option types.
method Developed a decomposition of equity option risk premiums, operationalized the pricing kernel process, and incorporated unspanned risks.
result Empirical evidence supports the presence of unspanned risks, explaining negative risk premiums for certain options.
The claim arrival process to an insurance company is modeled by a compound Poisson process whose intensity and/or jump size distribution changes at an unobservable time with a known distribution. It is in the insurance company's interest to detect the change time as soon as possible in order to re-evaluate a new fair v…
In informationally efficient financial markets, option prices and this implied volatility should immediately be adjusted to new information that arrives along with a jump in underlying's return, whereas gradual changes in implied volatility would indicate market inefficiency. Using minute-by-minute data on S&P 500 inde…
News might trigger jump arrivals in financial time series. The "bad" and "good" news seems to have distinct impact. In the research, a double exponential jump distribution is applied to model downward and upward jumps. Bayesian double exponential jump-diffusion model is proposed. Theorems stated in the paper enable est…
New method estimates volatility for processes with jumps of unbounded variation.
problem Estimating volatility of processes with jumps of unbounded variation.
method Developed a new volatility estimator using debiasing of truncated realized quadratic variation.
result Method outperforms existing alternatives in simulations.
Neural jump model improves option pricing accuracy.
problem Jump risk in option pricing.
method Neural jump stochastic differential equation model with Gumbel-Softmax gradient learning.
result Neural jump components significantly improve option pricing accuracy.
Study compares statistical properties and power of divergence measures for credit risk monitoring.
problem Detecting distributional shifts in credit risk models.
method Derives statistical properties and chi-square benchmark values for Jensen-Shannon Divergence and Kullback-Leibler Divergence, demonstrating their applicability in credit risk monitoring.
result Jensen-Shannon Divergence and Kullback-Leibler Divergence follow chi-square distributions and reveal practical trade-offs in minimizing false positives vs. detecting changes.
New method improves uncertainty quantification in latent variable models.
problem Uncertainty quantification in latent variable models with SGLD-Gibbs.
method Statistical scaling limit theory for SGLD-Gibbs, proposing hyperparameter tuning.
result Explicit guidance on hyperparameter tuning for SGLD-Gibbs ensures meaningful uncertainty quantification.
Hybrid model improves synthetic equity data generation.
problem Generating realistic synthetic financial time series.
method Discretized excess growth rates into states with Poisson jumps, estimating parameters directly.
result Framework achieved high pass rates for distributional and volatility clustering tests.
Develops a new model for pricing without arbitrage opportunities.
problem Arbitrage opportunities in standard jump-diffusion models.
method Introduces a multi-type jump-diffusion model with diffusion-dependent jumps.
result Derives no-arbitrage condition linking drift to model parameters.
Proposes a new decision rule for continuous treatments.
problem Developing personalized treatment recommendations for continuous treatments.
method Jump interval-learning method to estimate conditional mean of outcomes.
result Optimal interval-valued decision rule (I2DR) for continuous treatments.
Continuous time random walks (CTRWs) are used in physics to model anomalous diffusion, by incorporating a random waiting time between particle jumps. In finance, the particle jumps are log-returns and the waiting times measure delay between transactions. These two random variables (log-return and waiting time) are typi…
This paper extends subordinated models to include stochastic time changes, improving financial modeling.
problem Improving financial models to better capture market features like jump clustering and volatility persistence.
method Subordinated processes with Levy and stochastic arrival mechanisms.
result Strong consistency and asymptotic normality results for VG and VGSA processes under various stochastic arrival models.
Extends QHawkes to MQHawkes for analyzing financial co-jumps.
problem Capturing endogenous co-jumps in financial markets.
method Develops MQHawkes process with quadratic kernels, investigates stationarity, and derives Yule-Walker equations.
result Volatility distribution exhibits power-law behavior with computable exponents.
We set up a structural model to study credit risk for a portfolio containing several or many credit contracts. The model is based on a jump--diffusion process for the risk factors, i.e. for the company assets. We also include correlations between the companies. We discuss that models of this type have much in common wi…
Study proposes pricing mechanism for cryptocurrency options.
problem High speculation, volatility, and discontinuity in cryptocurrency markets.
method Proposes a pricing mechanism based on SVCJ model with co-jumps.
result Shows significant contemporaneous anti-correlation between jumps in price and volatility.
The paper models financial data with multivariate jump processes.
problem Capturing the dynamics of financial data with jumps.
method Defined multivariate point processes driven by stochastic jumps, providing stability conditions.
result Nonlinear models fit financial data best, showing jumps cluster during crises.
Simplifies pricing options in jump-diffusion models using gauge transformations.
problem Pricing European options in affine jump-diffusion models.
method Gauge transformation in the dual space to reduce to diffusion model pricing.
result A general procedure for calculating Φ and applications in pricing and estimation. Model predicts jump risk premia influencing cryptocurrency futures and option performance.
problem Capturing asymmetric and time-varying skewness in cryptocurrency returns.
method Bivariate Hawkes process with positive and negative jump premia.
result Inferred jump risk premia predict futures cost of carry and option performance.
Study short maturity Asian options in jump-diffusion models with local volatility.
problem Analyzing Asian options pricing in models with jumps and local volatility.
method Asymptotic analysis for short maturity, considering fixed and floating strike options.
result Explicit results for Asian option prices in several models, including Merton, double-exponential, and Variance Gamma models.
Study on stochastic volatility models with external shocks triggering jump cascades.
problem Analyzing the impact of external shocks on jump dynamics in stochastic volatility models.
method Establishing scaling limits for a class of stochastic volatility models with self-exciting jump dynamics.
result External shocks can trigger endogenous jump cascades in asset returns and volatility.
Study on short-term behavior of ATM-IV for jump-diffusion model.
problem Analyzing the short-time behavior of ATM-IV for a specific stochastic volatility model.
method Used Malliavin Calculus techniques to derive expressions for ATM-IV level and skew.
result Short-time behavior of ATM-IV level is consistent for all pure-jump Lévy processes.
Extends nonlinear filtering to predictable jump times.
problem Filtering with jumps in both signal and observation, especially when jump times are known.
method Derive Kushner-Stratonovich and Zakai equations for predictable discontinuities.
result Extends classical nonlinear filtering results to a setting with predictable discontinuities.
A machine learning method for short-maturity options with jumps and stochastic volatility.
problem Short-maturity options with jumps and stochastic volatility.
method Differential machine learning method combining supervision and PIDE-residual penalty.
result Improves jump-term approximation and reduces Greeks errors compared to baselines.
This paper solves the inversion problem for jump processes using Markovian projections.
problem Calibrating jump-diffusion models with both local and stochastic features.
method Inverting Markovian projections for pure jump processes.
result Constructs calibrated local stochastic intensity (LSI) models for credit risk applications.