Stylized facts in Web3

This paper presents a comprehensive statistical analysis of the Web3 ecosystem, comparing various Web3 tokens with traditional financial assets across multiple time scales. We examine probability distributions, tail behaviors, and other key stylized facts of the returns for a diverse range of tokens

August 14, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

The Concentration Risk Indicator: Raising the Bar for Financial Stability and Portfolio Performance Measurement

We have developed a novel risk management measure called the concentration risk indicator (CRI). The CRI has been created to address drawbacks with prevailing methodologies and to supplement existing methods. Modified and adapted from the Herfindahl-Hirschman (HH) index, the CRI can give a single nu

August 14, 2024 · 3 min · thequant.space

Case-based Explainability for Random Forest: Prototypes, Critics, Counter-factuals and Semi-factuals

The explainability of black-box machine learning algorithms, commonly known as Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), has become crucial for financial and other regulated industrial applications due to regulatory requirements and the need for transparency in business practices. Among the various

August 13, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Harnessing Earnings Reports for Stock Predictions: A QLoRA-Enhanced LLM Approach

Accurate stock market predictions following earnings reports are crucial for investors. Traditional methods, particularly classical machine learning models, struggle with these predictions because they cannot effectively process and interpret extensive textual data contained in earnings reports and

August 13, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

The Efficient Tail Hypothesis: An Extreme Value Perspective on Market Efficiency

In econometrics, the Efficient Market Hypothesis posits that asset prices reflect all available information in the market. Several empirical investigations show that market efficiency drops when it undergoes extreme events. Many models for multivariate extremes focus on positive dependence, making t

August 13, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Adaptive Multilevel Stochastic Approximation of the Value-at-Risk

Crépey, Frikha, and Louzi (2023) introduced a multilevel stochastic approximation scheme to compute the value-at-risk of a financial loss that is only simulatable by Monte Carlo. The optimal complexity of the scheme is in $O({"\varepsilon"}^{"-5/2"})$, ${"\varepsilon"} > 0$ being a prescribed accura

August 12, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Endogenous Crashes as Phase Transitions

This paper explores the mechanisms behind extreme financial events, specifically market crashes, by employing the theoretical framework of phase transitions. We focus on endogenous crashes, driven by internal market dynamics, and model these events as first-order phase transitions critical, stochast

August 12, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Impact of Climate transition on Credit portfolio's loss with stochastic collateral

The aim of this work is to propose an end-by-end modeling framework to evaluate the risk measures of a bank’s portfolio of collateralized loans in an economy subject to the climate transition. The economy, organized in sectors, is driven by a multidimensional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) productivity pro

August 12, 2024 · 3 min · thequant.space

Inefficiencies of Carbon Trading Markets

The European Union Emission Trading System is a prominent market-based mechanism to reduce emissions. While the theory is well understood, we are the first to study the whole cap-and-trade mechanism as a financial market. Analyzing the universe of transactions in 2005-2020 (more than one million rec

August 12, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Large Investment Model

Traditional quantitative investment research is encountering diminishing returns alongside rising labor and time costs. To overcome these challenges, we introduce the Large Investment Model (LIM), a novel research paradigm designed to enhance both performance and efficiency at scale. LIM employs end

August 12, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Optimal risk mitigation by deep reinsurance

We consider an insurance company which faces financial risk in the form of insurance claims and market-dependent surplus fluctuations. The company aims to simultaneously control its terminal wealth (e.g. at the end of an accounting period) and the ruin probability in a finite time interval by purcha

August 12, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

What Drives Crypto Asset Prices?

We investigate the factors influencing cryptocurrency returns using a structural vector auto-regressive model. The model uses asset price co-movements to identi

August 12, 2024 · 1 min · thequant.space

Stochastic Calculus for Option Pricing with Convex Duality, Logistic Model, and Numerical Examination

This thesis explores the historical progression and theoretical constructs of financial mathematics, with an in-depth exploration of Stochastic Calculus as showcased in the Binomial Asset Pricing Model and the Continuous-Time Models. A comprehensive survey of stochastic calculus principles applied t

August 11, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Strong denoising of financial time-series

In this paper we introduce a method for significantly improving the signal to noise ratio in financial data. The approach relies on combining a target variable with different context variables and use auto-encoders (AEs) to learn reconstructions of the combined inputs. The objective is to obtain agr

August 11, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Why Groups Matter: Necessity of Group Structures in Attributions

Explainable machine learning methods have been accompanied by substantial development. Despite their success, the existing approaches focus more on the general framework with no prior domain expertise. High-stakes financial sectors have extensive domain knowledge of the features. Hence, it is expect

August 11, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

A forward differential deep learning-based algorithm for solving high-dimensional nonlinear backward stochastic differential equations

In this work, we present a novel forward differential deep learning-based algorithm for solving high-dimensional nonlinear backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs). Motivated by the fact that differential deep learning can efficiently approximate the labels and their derivatives with respe

August 10, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

A GCN-LSTM Approach for ES-mini and VX Futures Forecasting

We propose a novel data-driven network framework for forecasting problems related to E-mini S&P 500 and CBOE Volatility Index futures, in which products with different expirations act as distinct nodes. We provide visual demonstrations of the correlation structures of these products in terms of thei

August 10, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

A new approach to the theory of optimal income tax

The Nobel-price winning Mirrlees’ theory of optimal taxation inspired a long sequence of research on its refinement and enhancement. However, an issue of concern has been always the fact that, as was shown in many publications, the optimal schedule in Mirrlees’ paradigm of maximising the total utili

August 10, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

HybridRAG: Integrating Knowledge Graphs and Vector Retrieval Augmented Generation for Efficient Information Extraction

Extraction and interpretation of intricate information from unstructured text data arising in financial applications, such as earnings call transcripts, present substantial challenges to large language models (LLMs) even using the current best practices to use Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) (r

August 9, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Optimizing Portfolio with Two-Sided Transactions and Lending: A Reinforcement Learning Framework

This study presents a Reinforcement Learning (RL)-based portfolio management model tailored for high-risk environments, addressing the limitations of traditional RL models and exploiting market opportunities through two-sided transactions and lending. Our approach integrates a new environmental form

August 9, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space