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The present paper describes a practical example in which the probability distribution of the prices of a stock market blue chip is calculated as the wave function of a quantum particle confined in a potential well. This model may naturally…

General Finance · Quantitative Finance 2019-02-28 J. L. Subias

We extend variational quantum optimization algorithms for Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization problems to the class of Mixed Binary Optimization problems. This allows us to combine binary decision variables with continuous decision…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-13 Lee Braine , Daniel J. Egger , Jennifer Glick , Stefan Woerner

In a global derivatives market with notional values in the hundreds of trillions of dollars, the accuracy and efficiency of pricing models are of fundamental importance, with direct implications for risk management, capital allocation, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-23 Sebastian Zając , Rafał Pracht

Beginning with several basic hypotheses of quantum mechanics, we give a new quantum model in econophysics. In this model, we define wave functions and operators of the stock market to establish the Schr\"odinger equation for the stock…

Statistical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2010-10-19 Chao Zhang , Lu Huang

In this paper, we briefly discuss a mathematical concept that can be used in economics.

Physics and Society · Physics 2008-12-02 V. P. Maslov

Quantum computers are expected to surpass the computational capabilities of classical computers during this decade and have transformative impact on numerous industry sectors, particularly finance. In fact, finance is estimated to be the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-29 Dylan Herman , Cody Googin , Xiaoyuan Liu , Alexey Galda , Ilya Safro , Yue Sun , Marco Pistoia , Yuri Alexeev

This paper studies an equity market of stochastic dimension, where the number of assets fluctuates over time. In such a market, we develop the fundamental theorem of asset pricing, which provides the equivalence of the following statements:…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2023-09-06 Erhan Bayraktar , Donghan Kim , Abhishek Tilva

We discuss how quantum computation can be applied to financial problems, providing an overview of current approaches and potential prospects. We review quantum optimization algorithms, and expose how quantum annealers can be used to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-04 Roman Orus , Samuel Mugel , Enrique Lizaso

We present a quantum algorithm for European option pricing in finance, where the key idea is to work in the unary representation of the asset value. The algorithm needs novel circuitry and is divided in three parts: first, the amplitude…

Machine learning is a fascinating and exciting field within computer science. Recently, this excitement has been transferred to the quantum information realm. Currently, all proposals for the quantum version of machine learning utilize the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-28 Hoi-Kwan Lau , Raphael Pooser , George Siopsis , Christian Weedbrook

Collateralized debt obligation (CDO) has been one of the most commonly used structured financial products and is intensively studied in quantitative finance. By setting the asset pool into different tranches, it effectively works out and…

Risk Management · Quantitative Finance 2021-04-15 Hao Tang , Anurag Pal , Lu-Feng Qiao , Tian-Yu Wang , Jun Gao , Xian-Min Jin

We continue the analysis of quantum-like description of markets and economics. The approach has roots in the recently developed quantum game theory and quantum computing. The present paper is devoted to quantum bargaining games which are a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 E. W. Piotrowski , J. Sladkowski

In a market with transaction costs, the price of a derivative can be expressed in terms of (preconsistent) price systems (after Kusuoka (1995)). In this paper, we consider a market with binomial model for stock price and discuss how to…

Probability · Mathematics 2008-12-10 Tzuu-Shuh Chiang , Shang-Yuan Shiu , Shuenn-Jyi Sheu

Quantization algorithms have been successfully adopted to option pricing in finance thanks to the high convergence rate of the numerical approximation. In particular, very recently, recursive marginal quantization has been proven to be a…

Pricing of Securities · Quantitative Finance 2019-12-04 Giorgia Callegaro , Lucio Fiorin , Andrea Pallavicini

The ongoing progress in quantum technologies has fueled a sustained exploration of their potential applications across various domains. One particularly promising field is quantitative finance, where a central challenge is the pricing of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-23 Fernando Alonso , Álvaro Leitao , Carlos Vázquez

Applications of Quantum Tunneling effect have long gone beyond the traditional physical meaning. Initially created by Gamow to explain {\alpha}-decay of nuclear particles, along the time, quantum tunneling found fertile domain of research…

Pricing of Securities · Quantitative Finance 2013-07-26 Ovidiu Racorean

Quantum computers are expected to surpass the computational capabilities of classical computers during this decade, and achieve disruptive impact on numerous industry sectors, particularly finance. In fact, finance is estimated to be the…

We derive an extremal fractional Gaussian by employing the L\'evy-Khintchine theorem and L\'evian noise. With the fractional Gaussian we then generalize the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing formula. We obtain an easily applicable and…

Pricing of Securities · Quantitative Finance 2019-12-04 Alexander Jurisch

Financial models based on the Wick product, and White Noise formalism have previously been suggested in order to incorporate integrals with respect to fractional Brownian motion. It has also been pointed out that this leads naturally to a…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2021-04-07 Will Hicks

We develop two alternate approaches to arbitrage-free, market-complete, option pricing. The first approach requires no riskless asset. We develop the general framework for this approach and illustrate it with two specific examples. The…

Pricing of Securities · Quantitative Finance 2024-03-27 W. Brent Lindquist , Svetlozar T. Rachev