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On stochastic calculus related to financial assets without semimartingales

Probability 2014-06-30 v1 Pricing of Securities

Abstract

This paper does not suppose a priori that the evolution of the price of a financial asset is a semimartingale. Since possible strategies of investors are self-financing, previous prices are forced to be finite quadratic variation processes. The non-arbitrage property is not excluded if the class A\mathcal{A} of admissible strategies is restricted. The classical notion of martingale is replaced with the notion of A\mathcal{A}-martingale. A calculus related to A\mathcal{A}-martingales with some examples is developed. Some applications to no-arbitrage, viability, hedging and the maximization of the utility of an insider are expanded. We finally revisit some no arbitrage conditions of Bender-Sottinen-Valkeila type.

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@article{arxiv.1102.2050,
  title  = {On stochastic calculus related to financial assets without semimartingales},
  author = {Rosanna Coviello and Cristina Di Girolami and Francesco Russo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.2050},
  year   = {2014}
}