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Strassen's theorem for biased convex order

Probability 2025-09-17 v1 Mathematical Finance

Abstract

Strassen's theorem asserts that for given marginal probabilities μ,ν\mu,\nu there exists a martingale starting in μ\mu and terminating in ν\nu if and only if μ,ν\mu,\nu are in convex order. From a financial perspective, it guarantees the existence of market-consistent martingale pricing measures for arbitrage-free prices of European call options and thus plays a fundamental role in robust finance. Arbitrage-free prices of American options demand a stronger version of martingales which are 'biased' in a specific sense. In this paper, we derive an extension of Strassen's theorem that links them to an appropriate strengthening of the convex order. Moreover, we provide a characterization of this order through integrals with respect to compensated Poisson processes.

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@article{arxiv.2509.13041,
  title  = {Strassen's theorem for biased convex order},
  author = {Beatrice Acciaio and Mathias Beiglböck and Evgeny Kolosov and Gudmund Pammer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.13041},
  year   = {2025}
}

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28 pages, 7 figures

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