Hedging in discrete time under transaction costs and continuous-time limit

1999 ◽  
Vol 36 (01) ◽  
pp. 163-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre-F. Koehl ◽  
Huyên Pham ◽  
Nizar Touzi

We consider a discrete-time financial market model with L 1 risky asset price process subject to proportional transaction costs. In this general setting, using a dual martingale representation we provide sufficient conditions for the super-replication cost to coincide with the replication cost. Next, we study the convergence problem in a stationary binomial model as the time step tends to zero, keeping the proportional transaction costs fixed. We derive lower and upper bounds for the limit of the super-replication cost. In the case of European call options and for a unit initial holding in the risky asset, the upper and lower bounds are equal. This result also holds for the replication cost of European call options. This is evidence (but not a proof) against the common opinion that the replication cost is infinite in a continuous-time model.

1999 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre-F. Koehl ◽  
Huyên Pham ◽  
Nizar Touzi

We consider a discrete-time financial market model with L1 risky asset price process subject to proportional transaction costs. In this general setting, using a dual martingale representation we provide sufficient conditions for the super-replication cost to coincide with the replication cost. Next, we study the convergence problem in a stationary binomial model as the time step tends to zero, keeping the proportional transaction costs fixed. We derive lower and upper bounds for the limit of the super-replication cost. In the case of European call options and for a unit initial holding in the risky asset, the upper and lower bounds are equal. This result also holds for the replication cost of European call options. This is evidence (but not a proof) against the common opinion that the replication cost is infinite in a continuous-time model.


2016 ◽  
Vol 06 (04) ◽  
pp. 1650018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Czerwonko ◽  
Stylianos Perrakis

We derive allocation rules under isoelastic utility for a mixed jump-diffusion process in a two-asset portfolio selection problem with finite horizon in the presence of proportional transaction costs. We adopt a discrete-time formulation, let the number of periods go to infinity, and show that it converges efficiently to the continuous-time solution for the cases where this solution is known. We then apply this discretization to derive numerically the boundaries of the region of no transactions. Our discrete-time numerical approach outperforms alternative continuous-time approximations of the problem.


2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (01) ◽  
pp. 289-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zenghu Li

We provide a simple set of sufficient conditions for the weak convergence of discrete-time, discrete-state Galton-Watson branching processes with immigration to continuous-time, continuous-state branching processes with immigration.


2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (03) ◽  
pp. 673-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Tamura

We study the problem of maximizing the long-run average growth of total wealth for a logarithmic utility function under the existence of fixed and proportional transaction costs. The market model consists of one riskless asset and d risky assets. Impulsive control theory is applied to this problem. We derive a quasivariational inequality (QVI) of ‘ergodic’ type and obtain a weak solution for the inequality. Using this solution, we obtain an optimal investment strategy to achieve the optimal growth.


1988 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Johnson ◽  
Dean Isaacson

Sufficient conditions for strong ergodicity of discrete-time non-homogeneous Markov chains have been given in several papers. Conditions have been given using the left eigenvectors ψn of Pn(ψ nPn = ψ n) and also using the limiting behavior of Pn. In this paper we consider the analogous results in the case of continuous-time Markov chains where one uses the intensity matrices Q(t) instead of P(s, t). A bound on the rate of convergence of certain strongly ergodic chains is also given.


2002 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mohamad ◽  
K. Gopalsamy

We consider the dynamical characteristics of a continuous-time isolated Hopfield-type neuron subjected to an almost periodic external stimulus. The model neuron is assumed to be dissipative having finite time delays in the process of encoding the external input stimulus and recalling the encoded pattern associated with the external stimulus. By using non-autonomous Halanay-type inequalities we obtain sufficient conditions for the hetero-associative stable encoding of temporally non-uniform stimuli. A brief study of a discrete-time model derived from the continuous-time system is given. It is shown that the discrete-time model preserves the stability conditions of the continuous-time system.


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