Stock market forecasting using DRAGAN and feature matching

Applying machine learning methods to forecast stock prices has been one of the research topics of interest in recent years. Almost few studies have been reported based on generative adversarial networks (GANs) in this area, but their results are promising. GANs are powerful generative models success

January 6, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Cryptocurrency co-investment network: token returns reflect investment patterns

Since the introduction of Bitcoin in 2009, the dramatic and unsteady evolution of the cryptocurrency market has also been driven by large investments by traditional and cryptocurrency-focused hedge funds. Notwithstanding their critical role, our understanding of the relationship between institutiona

January 5, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

From Data to Trade: A Machine Learning Approach to Quantitative Trading

“Machine learning has revolutionized the field of quantitative trading, enabling traders to develop and implement sophisticated trading strategies that lev

January 5, 2023 · 1 min · thequant.space

A Quantum-Inspired Binary Optimization Algorithm for Representative Selection

Advancements in quantum computing are fuelling emerging applications across disciplines, including finance, where quantum and quantum-inspired algorithms can now make market predictions, detect fraud, and optimize portfolios. Expanding this toolbox, we propose the selector algorithm: a method for se

January 4, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

fintech-kMC: Agent based simulations of financial platforms for design and testing of machine learning systems

We discuss our simulation tool, fintech-kMC, which is designed to generate synthetic data for machine learning model development and testing. fintech-kMC is an agent-based model driven by a kinetic Monte Carlo (a.k.a. continuous time Monte Carlo) engine which simulates the behaviour of customers usi

January 4, 2023 · 1 min · thequant.space

Optimal Liquidation with High Risk Aversion and Small Linear Price Impact

We consider the Bachelier model with linear price impact. Exponential utility indifference prices are studied for vanilla European options in the case where the investor is required to liquidate her position. Our main result is establishing a non-trivial scaling limit for a vanishing price impact wh

January 4, 2023 · 1 min · thequant.space

Analytic RFR Option Pricing with Smile and Skew

We extend the short rate model of Turfus and Romero-Bermúdez [2021] to facilitate accurate arbitrage-free analytic pricing of SOFR, SONIA or ESTR caplets, i.e. options on backward-looking compounded rates payments, in a manner consistent with the smile and skew levels observed in the market. These c

January 3, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Measuring tail risk at high-frequency: An $L_1$-regularized extreme value regression approach with unit-root predictors

We study tail risk dynamics in high-frequency financial markets and their connection with trading activity and market uncertainty. We introduce a dynamic extreme value regression model accommodating both stationary and local unit-root predictors to appropriately capture the time-varying behaviour of

January 3, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Asset Allocation: Reward Clipping

Recently, there are many trials to apply reinforcement learning in asset allocation for earning more stable profits. In this paper, we compare performance between several reinforcement learning algorithms - actor-only, actor-critic and PPO models. Furthermore, we analyze each models’ character and t

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Fast Barrier Option Pricing by the COS BEM Method in Heston Model

In this work, the Fourier-cosine series (COS) method has been combined with the Boundary Element Method (BEM) for a fast evaluation of barrier option prices. After a description of its use in the Black and Scholes (BS) model, the focus of the paper is on the application of the proposed methodology t

January 2, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Assessment of creditworthiness models privacy-preserving training with synthetic data

Credit scoring models are the primary instrument used by financial institutions to manage credit risk. The scarcity of research on behavioral scoring is due to the difficult data access. Financial institutions have to maintain the privacy and security of borrowers’ information refrain them from coll

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · thequant.space

Democratization of Retail Trading: Can Reddit's WallStreetBets Outperform Investment Bank Analysts?

The recent hype around Reddit’s WallStreetBets (WSB) community has inspired research on its impact on our economy and society. Still, one important question remains: Can WSB’s community of anonymous contributors actually provide valuable investment advice and possibly even outperform top financial i

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · thequant.space

Nowcasting Stock Implied Volatility with Twitter

In this study, we predict next-day movements of stock end-of-day implied volatility using random forests. Through an ablation study, we examine the usefulness of different sources of predictors and expose the value of attention and sentiment features extracted from Twitter. We study the approach on

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · thequant.space

Online learning techniques for prediction of temporal tabular datasets with regime changes

The application of deep learning to non-stationary temporal datasets can lead to overfitted models that underperform under regime changes. In this work, we propose a modular machine learning pipeline for ranking predictions on temporal panel datasets which is robust under regime changes. The modular

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · thequant.space

A Novel Experts Advice Aggregation Framework Using Deep Reinforcement Learning for Portfolio Management

Solving portfolio management problems using deep reinforcement learning has been getting much attention in finance for a few years. We have proposed a new method using experts signals and historical price data to feed into our reinforcement learning framework. Although experts signals have been used

December 29, 2022 · 2 min · thequant.space

A Stackelberg reinsurance-investment game under $α$-maxmin mean-variance criterion and stochastic volatility

This paper investigates a Stackelberg game between an insurer and a reinsurer under the $α$-maxmin mean-variance criterion. The insurer can purchase per-loss reinsurance from the reinsurer. With the insurer’s feedback reinsurance strategy, the reinsurer optimizes the reinsurance premium in the Stack

December 29, 2022 · 2 min · thequant.space

Bipolar Theorems for Sets of Non-negative Random Variables

This paper assumes a robust, in general not dominated, probabilistic framework and provides necessary and sufficient conditions for a bipolar representation of subsets of the set of all quasi-sure equivalence classes of non-negative random variables, without any further conditions on the underlying

December 29, 2022 · 1 min · thequant.space

Constrained monotone mean-variance problem with random coefficients

This paper studies the monotone mean-variance (MMV) problem and the classical mean-variance (MV) problem with convex cone trading constraints in a market with random coefficients. We provide semiclosed optimal strategies and optimal values for both problems via certain backward stochastic differenti

December 29, 2022 · 2 min · thequant.space

Deep Runge-Kutta schemes for BSDEs

We propose a new probabilistic scheme which combines deep learning techniques with high order schemes for backward stochastic differential equations belonging to the class of Runge-Kutta methods to solve high-dimensional semi-linear parabolic partial differential equations. Our approach notably exte

December 29, 2022 · 2 min · thequant.space

Supermartingale Brenier's Theorem with full-marginals constraint

We explicitly construct the supermartingale version of the Fr{é}chet-Hoeffding coupling in the setting with infinitely many marginal constraints. This extends the results of Henry-Labordere et al. obtained in the martingale setting. Our construction is based on the Markovian iteration of one-period

December 29, 2022 · 2 min · thequant.space