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Trading Electrons: Predicting DART Spread Spikes in ISO Electricity Markets

We study the problem of forecasting and optimally trading day-ahead versus real-time (DART) price spreads in U.S. wholesale electricity markets. Building on the framework of Galarneau-Vincent et al., we extend spike prediction from a single zone to a multi-zone setting and treat both positive and ne

Holy Grail Math 7.5 Rigor 8 ·  January 8, 2026

AI for AI: Optimizing Additional Infrastructure Build-out to Power Artificial Intelligence Data Centers

The twenty-first century’s transformative technology, artificial intelligence, is increasingly constrained by the twentieth century’s transformative technology, the electricity grid. Rapid growth in electricity demand from data centers is leading to higher electricity prices, without a compensating

Holy Grail Math 8.5 Rigor 6 ·  September 8, 2026

Negative Oil & Nickel Squeeze: A Feedback Model for Extreme Commodity Futures Prices

On April 20, 2020, the May front-month WTI oil futures contract, one day before its expiration date, opened near $$17/$barrel and dropped far below zero in a single trading day, reaching an intraday low of $-$40.32$ and settling at $-$37.63$. Such market behavior was unforeseen at the time. This

Holy Grail Math 8 Rigor 6 ·  October 1, 2026

Optimal Trading under Instantaneous and Persistent Price Impact, Predictable Returns and Multiscale Stochastic Volatility

We consider a dynamic portfolio optimization problem that incorporates predictable returns, instantaneous transaction costs, price impact, and stochastic volatility, extending the classical results of Garleanu and Pedersen (2013), which assume constant volatility. Constructing the optimal portfolio

Lab Rats Math 9 Rigor 3 ·  July 23, 2025

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