Paper proposes SA-VAE for generating stylized Chinese characters.
problem Automatic generation of stylized Chinese characters is challenging.
method Proposes Style-Aware Variational Auto-Encoder (SA-VAE) to capture content and style components.
result Shows powerful one-shot/low-shot generalization ability.
This paper introduces stylized facts and agent-based modeling in finance.
problem Replicating stylized facts in financial markets.
method Agent-based computational economic market models.
result Introduction of universal building blocks for agent-based models.
Firms delay write-downs for adverse macroeconomic and industry outcomes but not for firm-specific issues.
problem Timeliness of write-downs for adverse macroeconomic and industry outcomes versus firm-specific issues.
method Comparative analysis of write-downs driven by macroeconomic and industry outcomes versus firm-specific outcomes.
result Firms delay write-downs for adverse macroeconomic and industry outcomes but not for firm-specific issues.
Analyzed writing style changes in Danish high school students.
problem Detecting global development trends and identifying at-risk students in high school writing.
method Used a Siamese neural network to compute essay similarity and clustered student profiles.
result High school students' writing styles become less similar as they progress, with some students showing significant improvement and others limited development or setbacks.
Examines financial market patterns across 150 years and regions.
problem Evaluating stylized facts in financial markets.
method Testing 11 stylized facts across 150 years and multiple regions.
result Robustness and generalizability of stylized facts confirmed.
Analyzed Indian stock market data to find stylized facts with deviations.
problem Identifying stylized facts in the Indian stock market.
method Historical daily data analysis of NIFTY index stocks over 11 years.
result Significant deviations in leverage, asymmetry, and autocorrelation observed.
Study tests 11 stylized facts for modern stock markets, finding support for 8.
problem Whether stylized facts from 2001 still hold for modern markets.
method Replicated 11 stylized facts for intraday returns of Dow 30 stocks using authoritative data.
result 8 of 11 stylized facts supported, 3 not supported.
New game model improves financial stylized facts reproduction.
problem Difficulty in reproducing financial stylized facts.
method Agent-based speculation game with unique features.
result Successfully reproduces 10 out of 11 stylized facts.
Study stylized facts in ABCEM models using a new simulator.
problem Understanding stylized facts in economic market models.
method Used SABCEMM tool to simulate and recombine existing ABCEM models.
result Identified and recombined stylized facts in ABCEM models.
Study reveals stylized facts in German bond futures markets.
problem Understanding market dynamics in German bond futures.
method Analyzed tick-by-tick data of four German bond futures contracts.
result Uncovered commonalities and unique characteristics across different futures.
FAMOS combines parametric and non-parametric methods for efficient image stylization.
problem Efficiently stylize images with limited data and compute resources.
method Fully Adversarial Mosaics (FAMOS) that integrates parametric and non-parametric approaches.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of FAMOS in stylizing images with minimal data and compute resources.
The Minority Game is a generic model of competing adaptive agents, which is often believed to be a model of financial markets. We discuss to which extend this is a reasonable statement, and present minimal modifications that make this model reproduce stylized facts. The resulting model shows that without speculators, p…
Study of common financial data patterns across stocks.
problem Understanding common patterns in financial data.
method Analysis of stock price data from multiple exchanges.
result Identification of various stylized empirical facts in financial data.
Generates financial time series with stylized facts using diffusion models.
problem Generating realistic synthetic financial time series with statistical properties like fat tails, volatility clustering, and seasonality.
method Utilizes denoising diffusion probabilistic models (DDPMs) with wavelet transformation to convert and generate financial time series.
result Demonstrates that the proposed approach satisfies stylized financial time series properties.
Model shows how traders' interactions can create market patterns.
problem Explaining stylized facts in high-frequency trading markets.
method Agent-based model of limit order book trading with zero-intelligence agents.
result Scale-free connectivity between traders reproduces market patterns, while no interaction does not.
Survival analysis models predict loan write-off risk under IFRS 9.
problem Estimating loan write-off probabilities in credit risk modeling.
method Discrete-time hazard model and conditional inference survival tree compared to cross-sectional logistic regression.
result Discrete-time hazard model outperforms other two-stage LGD-models.
Bitcoin shows similar stylized facts to traditional financial assets.
problem Testing Bitcoin for stylized facts of traditional financial assets.
method Testing Bitcoin for Gaussianity, fluctuation scaling, and persistence.
result Bitcoin exhibits similar statistical properties to traditional financial assets.
Cryptocurrencies evolve through survival of the fittest, modeled with evolutionary finance.
problem Understanding the dynamics of cryptocurrency markets.
method Evolutionary finance concepts applied to toy models of cryptocurrency data.
result Survival of the fittest in cryptofinance is explained through scaling laws.
GANs can learn stylized facts of financial time series, but performance varies by architecture.
problem Capturing stylized facts of financial time series using GANs.
method Examination of GANs' ability to learn stylized facts of financial time series, focusing on univariate and multivariate data.
result GANs can capture stylized facts of financial time series, but performance varies by architecture.
We present and study a Minority Game based model of a financial market where adaptive agents -- the speculators -- interact with deterministic agents -- called producers. Speculators trade only if they detect predictable patterns which grant them a positive gain. Indeed the average number of active speculators grows wi…
SFAG generates realistic financial data that passes trading tests.
problem Financial generative models often produce unrealistic and unstable trading outcomes.
method Introduces SFAG, a GAN variant that aligns stylized facts and optimizes with adversarial loss.
result SFAG generates synthetic data that preserves stylized facts and supports robust trading strategies.
We present some stylized facts exhibited by the time series of returns of the Mexican Stock Exchange Index (IPC) and compare them to a sample of both developed (USA, UK and Japan) and emerging markets (Brazil and India). The period of study is 1997-2011. The stylized facts are related mostly to the probability distribu…
The paper introduces a new σ-LSTM cell for volatility forecasting using stylized facts.
problem Lack of explainability and stylized knowledge in neural network volatility modeling.
method Introduces a new σ-LSTM cell with a stochastic processing layer, designed to incorporate stylized facts about volatility. result Shows good out-of-sample forecasting performance with the σ-LSTM cell. We propose a new method (implemented in an R-program) to simulate long-range daily stock-price data. The program reproduces various stylized facts much better than various parametric models from the extended GARCH-family. In particular, the empirically observed changes in unconditional variance are truthfully mirrored …
Model explains financial data patterns through investor misperceptions.
problem Understanding stylized facts in financial markets.
method Derives mean field limit of agent-based financial model.
result Kinetic model replicates fat-tails, uncorrelated returns, and volatility clustering.
Volatility clustering, long-range dependence, and non-Gaussian scaling are stylized facts of financial assets dynamics. They are ignored in the Black & Scholes framework, but have a relevant impact on the pricing of options written on financial assets. Using a recent model for market dynamics which adequately captures …
Study examines stylized facts in DEX markets vs. traditional exchanges.
problem Comparing stylized facts in decentralized exchanges (DEXs) vs. traditional markets.
method Empirical analysis of 24 most active Uniswap v3 pools.
result New statistical regularities in DEX markets, linked to market structure and activity.
Market opening affects bid-ask spread stability.
problem Understanding how market opening affects financial stability.
method Analyzing bid-ask spread data for NASDAQ stocks.
result Market opening affects the stability of bid-ask spread.
Cryptocurrencies show similarities to traditional markets but also have unique characteristics.
problem Understanding the investment potential and characteristics of cryptocurrencies.
method Organized stylized facts and analyzed through empirical asset pricing.
result Cryptocurrencies exhibit similarities to traditional markets but also have distinct characteristics.
Study macroscopic equity market properties affecting active strategies.
problem Lack of adequate models for active equity strategies.
method Empirical study using CRSP Database, focusing on market capitalizations and returns.
result Highlight stylized facts and open questions in equity markets.
Study finds nonlinear relationship between stock correlation and multiscaling indicator.
problem Understanding the relationship between stock correlation and multiscaling in financial markets.
method Investigated the relationship between an indicator of multiscaling and stock correlation, considering capitalization and kurtosis.
result Observed a robust stylized fact of nonlinear dependence between multiscaling indicator and stock correlation across different markets.
Synthetic social networks closely match real-world interactions.
problem Evaluating realism of synthetic social contact networks.
method Used multiple measures of graph complexity to compare synthetic networks with stylized models and empirical data.
result Synthetic networks are more realistic than stylized models.
A wrist-worn device system for user authentication using writing behavior analysis.
problem User authentication through writing behavior for wearable devices.
method Dynamic Time Wrapping and Savitzky-Golay filter for fine-grained writing metrics.
result The proposed system achieves high accuracy in user identification with low false-positive and false-negative rates.
Study compares Web3 tokens to traditional assets, finding similar statistical properties.
problem Understanding statistical properties of Web3 tokens compared to traditional financial assets.
method Statistical analysis of various Web3 tokens across multiple time scales, comparing with traditional financial assets.
result Most Web3 tokens exhibit similar stylized facts to traditional financial assets, including heavy tails and volatility clustering.
CoFinDiff generates synthetic financial data capturing stylized facts and meeting specified conditions.
problem Limited data availability and difficulty in controlling synthetic financial data generation.
method Conditional diffusion model with cross-attention to incorporate conditions derived from price data.
result Synthetic data generated by CoFinDiff accurately meets specified conditions for trends and volatility.
Continuous-time model shows insider trading constraints impact market dynamics.
problem Trading constraints faced by insiders in continuous-time models.
method Proved global existence of equilibrium with terminal trading constraint.
result Equilibrium model aligns with empirical market behaviors.
EagerPy simplifies writing code for multiple deep learning frameworks.
problem Code duplication and framework lock-in when using different deep learning libraries.
method Integrates multiple frameworks into a single Python framework.
result Automatic compatibility across PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, and NumPy.
Generative adversarial networks with attention improve financial time series simulation.
problem Limited real financial data for training and evaluation of trading strategies.
method Two generative adversarial networks (GANs) using convolutional networks with attention and transformers.
result Attention-based GANs better reproduce stylized facts and smooth returns autocorrelation.
We introduce a minimal Agent Based Model with two classes of agents, fundamentalists (stabilizing) and chartists (destabilizing) and we focus on the essential features which can generate the stylized facts. This leads to a detailed understanding of the origin of fat tails and volatility clustering and we propose a mech…
Stylized facts can be regarded as constraints for any modeling attempt of price dynamics on a financial market, in that an empirically reasonable model has to reproduce these stylized facts at least qualitatively. The dynamics of market prices is modeled on a macro-level as the result of the dynamic coupling of two dyn…
Study uses RL to simulate realistic market behavior.
problem Traditional market simulators lack realistic dynamic behavior.
method Agent-based simulation with reinforcement learning agents.
result RL agents simulate realistic stylized facts and market behavior.
We say that a knot k1 in the 3-sphere {\it 1-dominates} another k2 if there is a proper degree 1 map E(k1)→E(k2) between their exteriors, and write k1≥k2. When k1≥k2 but k1=k2 we write k1>k2. One expects in the latter eventuality that k1 is more {\it complicated}. In t…
We propose and document the evidence for an analogy between the dynamics of granular counter-flows in the presence of bottlenecks or restrictions and financial price formation processes. Using extensive simulations, we find that the counter-flows of simulated pedestrians through a door display many stylized facts obser…
This work presents the results of an empirical research with the target of modeling the stylized facts of the daily expost System Marginal Price (SMP) of the Greek wholesale electricity market, using data from January 2004 to December of 2011. SMP is considered here as the footprint of an underline stochastic and nonli…
Prices in financial markets exhibit extreme jumps far more often than can be accounted for by external news. Further, magnitudes of price changes are correlated over long times. These so called stylized facts are quantified by scaling laws similar to, for example, turbulent fluids. They are believed to reflect the comp…
Study evaluates three position sizing methods for put-writing on S&P 500 Index options.
problem Underdeveloped practical implementation of short-dated volatility-selling strategies.
method Kelly criterion, VIX-based volatility scaling, hybrid method.
result Ultra-short-dated, out-of-the-money options deliver superior risk-adjusted returns.
Study finds meme stocks have unique price and social media dynamics.
problem Exploring unique properties of meme stocks.
method Regime-switching cointegration model.
result Meme stocks exhibit a distinct 'mementum' compared to other high-volume stocks.
Study binary data classification with low costs.
problem Classifying data represented in binary form.
method Proposes a framework with low computation and resource costs.
result Illustrates and analyzes the utility of the proposed approach.