Linear reflected backward stochastic differential equations arising from vulnerable claims in markets with random horizon

This paper considers the setting governed by $(\mathbb{F},τ)$, where $\mathbb{F}$ is the “public” flow of information, and $τ$ is a random time which might not be $\mathbb{F}$-observable. This framework covers credit risk theory and life insurance. In this setting, we assume $\mathbb{F}$ being gener

August 8, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Consumer Transactions Simulation through Generative Adversarial Networks

In the rapidly evolving domain of large-scale retail data systems, envisioning and simulating future consumer transactions has become a crucial area of interest. It offers significant potential to fortify demand forecasting and fine-tune inventory management. This paper presents an innovative applic

August 7, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Forecasting High Frequency Order Flow Imbalance

Market information events are generated intermittently and disseminated at high speeds in real-time. Market participants consume this high-frequency data to build limit order books, representing the current bids and offers for a given asset. The arrival processes, or the order flow of bid and offer

August 7, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Comparative analysis of stationarity for Bitcoin and the S&P500

This paper compares and contrasts stationarity between the conventional stock market and cryptocurrency. The dataset used for the analysis is the intraday price indices of the S&P500 from 1996 to 2023 and the intraday Bitcoin indices from 2019 to 2023, both in USD. We adopt the definition of `wide s

August 6, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Correlation emergence in two coupled simulated limit order books

We use random walks to simulate the fluid limit of two coupled diffusive limit order books to model correlation emergence. The model implements the arrival, cancellation and diffusion of orders coupled by a pairs trader profiting from the mean-reversion between the two order books in the fluid limit

August 6, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Efficient Asymmetric Causality Tests

Asymmetric causality tests are increasingly gaining popularity in different scientific fields. This approach corresponds better to reality since logical reasons behind asymmetric behavior exist and need to be considered in empirical investigations. Hatemi-J (2012) introduced the asymmetric causality

August 6, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Existence and uniqueness of quadratic and linear mean-variance equilibria in general semimartingale markets

We revisit the classical topic of quadratic and linear mean-variance equilibria with both financial and real assets. The novelty of our results is that they are the first allowing for equilibrium prices driven by general semimartingales and hold in discrete as well as continuous time. For agents wit

August 6, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Hedge Fund Portfolio Construction Using PolyModel Theory and iTransformer

When constructing portfolios, a key problem is that a lot of financial time series data are sparse, making it challenging to apply machine learning methods. Polymodel theory can solve this issue and demonstrate superiority in portfolio construction from various aspects. To implement the PolyModel th

August 6, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Risk sharing with Lambda value at risk under heterogeneous beliefs

In this paper, we study the risk sharing problem among multiple agents using Lambda Value-at-Risk as their preference functional, under heterogeneous beliefs, where beliefs are represented by several probability measures. We obtain semi-explicit formulas for the inf-convolution of multiple Lambda Va

August 6, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

An Integrated Approach to Importance Sampling and Machine Learning for Efficient Monte Carlo Estimation of Distortion Risk Measures in Black Box Models

Distortion risk measures play a critical role in quantifying risks associated with uncertain outcomes. Accurately estimating these risk measures in the context of computationally expensive simulation models that lack analytical tractability is fundamental to effective risk management and decision ma

August 5, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Climate-Driven Doubling of U.S. Maize Loss Probability: Interactive Simulation with Neural Network Monte Carlo

Climate change not only threatens agricultural producers but also strains related public agencies and financial institutions. These important food system actors include government entities tasked with insuring grower livelihoods and supporting response to continued global warming. We examine future

August 5, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

CLVR Ordering of Transactions on AMMs

This paper introduces a trade ordering rule that aims to reduce intra-block price volatility in Automated Market Maker (AMM) powered decentralized exchanges. The ordering rule introduced here, Clever Look-ahead Volatility Reduction (CLVR), operates under the (common) framework in decentralized finan

August 5, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Consistent time travel for realistic interactions with historical data: reinforcement learning for market making

Reinforcement learning works best when the impact of the agent’s actions on its environment can be perfectly simulated or fully appraised from available data. Some systems are however both hard to simulate and very sensitive to small perturbations. An additional difficulty arises when a RL agent is

August 5, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Existence, uniqueness and positivity of solutions to the Guyon-Lekeufack path-dependent volatility model with general kernels

We show the existence and uniqueness of a continuous solution to a path-dependent volatility model introduced by Guyon and Lekeufack (2023) to model the price of an equity index and its spot volatility. The considered model for the trend and activity features can be written as a Stochastic Volterra

August 5, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Inferring firm-level supply chain networks with realistic systemic risk from industry sector-level data

Production networks constitute the backbone of every economic system. They are inherently fragile as several recent crises clearly highlighted. Estimating the system-wide consequences of local disruptions (systemic risk) requires detailed information on the supply chain networks (SCN) at the firm-le

August 5, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Machine Learning-based Relative Valuation of Municipal Bonds

The trading ecosystem of the Municipal (muni) bond is complex and unique. With nearly 2% of securities from over a million securities outstanding trading daily, determining the value or relative value of a bond among its peers is challenging. Traditionally, relative value calculation has been done u

August 5, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Modeling the impact of Climate transition on real estate prices

In this work, we propose a model to quantify the impact of the climate transition on a property in housing market. We begin by noting that property is an asset in an economy. That economy is organized in sectors, driven by its productivity which is a multidimensional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process, whil

August 5, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Peer-induced Fairness: A Causal Approach for Algorithmic Fairness Auditing

With the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act taking effect on 1 August 2024, high-risk AI applications must adhere to stringent transparency and fairness standards. This paper addresses a crucial question: how can we scientifically audit algorithmic fairness? Current methods typically remai

August 5, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

Quantile Regression using Random Forest Proximities

Due to the dynamic nature of financial markets, maintaining models that produce precise predictions over time is difficult. Often the goal isn’t just point prediction but determining uncertainty. Quantifying uncertainty, especially the aleatoric uncertainty due to the unpredictable nature of market

August 5, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space

A Path Integral Approach for Time-Dependent Hamiltonians with Applications to Derivatives Pricing

We generalize a semi-classical path integral approach originally introduced by Giachetti and Tognetti [“Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 912 (1985)”] and Feynman and Kleinert [“Phys. Rev. A 34, 5080 (1986)”] to time-dependent Hamiltonians, thus extending the scope of the method to the pricing of financial deriv

August 4, 2024 · 2 min · thequant.space