Proxy-Reliance Control in Conformal Recalibration of One-Sided Value-at-Risk

We introduce a proxy-reliance-controlled conformal recalibration framework for one-sided Value-at-Risk (VaR), and study a question that existing state-aware methods do not usually isolate: how strongly should the recalibration adjustment depend on an imperfect volatility proxy? We formalize this thr

March 23, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Approximate Dynamic Programming for Degradation-aware Market Participation of Battery Energy Storage Systems: Bridging Market and Degradation Timescales

We present an approximate dynamic programming framework for designing degradation-aware market participation policies for battery energy storage systems. The approach employs a tailored value function approximation that reduces the state space to state of charge and battery health, while performing

March 22, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

FinRL-X: An AI-Native Modular Infrastructure for Quantitative Trading

We present FinRL-X, a modular and deployment-consistent trading architecture that unifies data processing, strategy construction, backtesting, and broker execution under a weight-centric interface. While existing open-source platforms are often backtesting- or model-centric, they rarely provide syst

March 22, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Generative Diffusion Model for Risk-Neutral Derivative Pricing

Denoising diffusion probabilistic models (DDPMs) have emerged as powerful generative models for complex distributions, yet their use in arbitrage-free derivative pricing remains largely unexplored. Financial asset prices are naturally modeled by stochastic differential equations (SDEs), whose forwar

March 21, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Learning to Aggregate Zero-Shot LLM Agents for Corporate Disclosure Classification

This paper studies whether a lightweight supervised aggregator can combine diverse zero-shot large language model outputs into a stronger downstream signal for corporate disclosure classification. Zero-shot LLMs can read disclosures without task-specific fine-tuning, but their predictions often vary

March 21, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Outperforming a Benchmark with $α$-Bregman Wasserstein divergence

We consider the problem of active portfolio management, where an investor seeks the portfolio with maximal expected utility of the difference between the terminal wealth of their strategy and a proportion of the benchmark’s, subject to a budget and a deviation constraint from the benchmark portfolio

March 21, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Decomposable Reward Modeling and Realistic Environment Design for Reinforcement Learning-Based Forex Trading

Applying reinforcement learning (RL) to foreign exchange (Forex) trading remains challenging because realistic environments, well-defined reward functions, and expressive action spaces must be satisfied simultaneously, yet many prior studies rely on simplified simulators, single scalar rewards, and

March 20, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

If Not Now, Then When? Model Risk in the Optimal Exercise of American Options

Model risk arises from the misspecification of probabilistic models used for pricing and hedging derivatives. While model risk for European-style claims has been widely studied, much less attention has been given to American-style derivatives and the associated optimal stopping problems. This paper

March 20, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Large Language Models and Stock Investing: Is the Human Factor Required?

This paper investigates whether large language models (LLMs) can generate reliable stock market predictions. We evaluate four state-of-the-art models - ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Perplexity - across three prompting strategies: a naive query, a structured approach, and chain-of-thought reasoning.

March 20, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Neural Hidden Markov Model with Adaptive Granularity Attention for High-Frequency Order Flow Modeling

We propose a Neural Hidden Markov Model (HMM) with Adaptive Granularity Attention (AGA) for high-frequency order flow modeling. The model addresses the challenge of capturing multi-scale temporal dynamics in financial markets, where fine-grained microstructure signals and coarse-grained liquidity tr

March 20, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Optimal Hedge Ratio for Delta-Neutral Liquidity Provision under Liquidation Constraints

We study the problem of optimally hedging the price exposure of liquidity positions in constant-product automated market makers (AMMs) when the hedge is funded by collateralized borrowing. A liquidity provider (LP) who borrows tokens to construct a delta-neutral position faces a trade-off: higher he

March 20, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Adaptive Regime-Aware Stock Price Prediction Using Autoencoder-Gated Dual Node Transformers with Reinforcement Learning Control

Stock markets exhibit regime-dependent behavior where prediction models optimized for stable conditions often fail during volatile periods. Existing approaches typically treat all market states uniformly or require manual regime labeling, which is expensive and quickly becomes stale as market dynami

March 19, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Dynamic Pareto Optima in Multi-Period Pure-Exchange Economies

We study a problem of optimal allocation in a discrete-time multi-period pure-exchange economy, where agents have preferences over stochastic endowment processes that are represented by strongly time-consistent dynamic risk measures. We introduce the notion of dynamic Pareto-optimal allocation proce

March 19, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

FinTradeBench: A Financial Reasoning Benchmark for LLMs

Real-world financial decision-making is a challenging problem that requires reasoning over heterogeneous signals, including company fundamentals derived from regulatory filings and trading signals computed from price dynamics. Recently, with the advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs), financial

March 19, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Implementation Risk in Portfolio Backtesting: A Previously Unquantified Source of Error

Portfolio backtesting is the primary tool for evaluating investment strategies before deployment, yet practitioners implicitly assume that different engines produce identical results for the same strategy. we formalise implementation risk, the systematic divergence in backtested portfolio metrics ar

March 19, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Mapping the Midweek Mountain: The New Geography of Hybrid Work

This paper provides a behavioral analysis of the post-pandemic transformation of work, using a dataset of approximately 41 billion mobile geolocation records from 73.5 million individuals in the five largest U.S. metropolitan areas from the pre- to post- pandemic periods. By tracking movements betwe

March 19, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Robust Investment-Driven Insurance Pricing and Liquidity Management

This paper develops a dynamic equilibrium model of the insurance market that jointly characterizes insurers’ underwriting, investment, recapitalization, and dividend policies under model uncertainty and financial frictions. Competitive insurers maximize shareholder value under a subjective worst-cas

March 19, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

Robust Investment-Driven Insurance Pricing under Correlation Ambiguity

As insurers increasingly behave like financial intermediaries and actively participate in capital markets, understanding the dependence structure between insurance and financial risks becomes crucial for insurers’ operations. This paper studies dynamic equilibrium insurance pricing when insurers fac

March 19, 2026 · 1 min · thequant.space

Survivorship Bias in Emerging Market Small-Cap Indices: Evidence from India's NIFTY Smallcap 250

This study quantifies survivorship bias in India’s NIFTY Smallcap 250 index using a dataset of 1,437 stocks over nine years (2016-2025). By reconstructing historical index composition through market capitalization ranking and comparing equal-weight portfolios of current constituents versus all histo

March 19, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space

ARTEMIS: A Neuro Symbolic Framework for Economically Constrained Market Dynamics

Deep learning models in quantitative finance often operate as black boxes, lacking interpretability and failing to incorporate fundamental economic principles such as no-arbitrage constraints. This paper introduces ARTEMIS (Arbitrage-free Representation Through Economic Models and Interpretable Symb

March 18, 2026 · 2 min · thequant.space