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Modelling financial markets by the multiplicative sequence of trades

Statistical Mechanics 2008-12-02 v1 Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science Spectral Theory Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Statistical Finance

Abstract

We introduce the stochastic multiplicative point process modelling trading activity of financial markets. Such a model system exhibits power-law spectral density S(f) ~ 1/f**beta, scaled as power of frequency for various values of beta between 0.5 and 2. Furthermore, we analyze the relation between the power-law autocorrelations and the origin of the power-law probability distribution of the trading activity. The model reproduces the spectral properties of trading activity and explains the mechanism of power-law distribution in real markets.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0412723,
  title  = {Modelling financial markets by the multiplicative sequence of trades},
  author = {Vygintas Gontis and Bronislovas Kaulakys},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0412723},
  year   = {2008}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures