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Artificial market model based on deterministic agents and derivation of limit of GARCH type process

Statistical Mechanics 2008-12-10 v4 Physics and Society Trading and Market Microstructure

Abstract

We propose an artificial market model based on deterministic agents. The agents modify their ask/bid price depending on past price changes. The temporal development of market price fluctuations is calculated numerically. A probability density function of market price changes has power law tails. Autocorrelation coefficient of the changes has an anti-correlation, and autocorrelation coefficient of squared changes (volatility correlation function) has a long time correlation. A probability density function of intervals between successive trading follows a geometric distribution. GARCH type stochastic process is theoretically derived from this market model in a limit case. We discuss factors of the market price fluctuations and a relation between the volatility of the market prices and a demand-supply curve. We conclude that the power law tails and the long time volatility result from mechanism of the GARCH type stochastic process.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0109139,
  title  = {Artificial market model based on deterministic agents and derivation of limit of GARCH type process},
  author = {Aki-Hiro Sato and Hideki Takayasu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0109139},
  year   = {2008}
}

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25 pages, 1 table and 16 figures