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A unified Framework for Robust Modelling of Financial Markets in discrete time

Mathematical Finance 2019-12-04 v2 Probability

Abstract

We unify and establish equivalence between the pathwise and the quasi-sure approaches to robust modelling of financial markets in discrete time. In particular, we prove a Fundamental Theorem of Asset Pricing and a Superhedging Theorem, which encompass the formulations of [Bouchard, B., & Nutz, M. (2015). Arbitrage and duality in nondominated discrete-time models. The Annals of Applied Probability, 25(2), 823-859] and [Burzoni, M., Frittelli, M., Hou, Z., Maggis, M., & Obloj, J. (2019). Pointwise arbitrage pricing theory in discrete time. Mathematics of Operations Research]. In bringing the two streams of literature together, we also examine and relate their many different notions of arbitrage. We also clarify the relation between robust and classical P\mathbb{P}-specific results. Furthermore, we prove when a superhedging property w.r.t. the set of martingale measures supported on a set of paths Ω\Omega may be extended to a pathwise superhedging on Ω\Omega without changing the superhedging price.

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@article{arxiv.1808.06430,
  title  = {A unified Framework for Robust Modelling of Financial Markets in discrete time},
  author = {Jan Obloj and Johannes Wiesel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.06430},
  year   = {2019}
}