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Xiaowei Chen
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Theory of Uncertain Finance
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School of Finance, Nankai University
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How to describe the future price?
Log-Return: r1 = ln
X1
X0
Xk
= r1 + r2 + · · · + rk
X0
Continuous Form: dXt = µXt dt + σXt dBt
Multi-period Log-Return: ln
µ is called the drift and σ is called the diffusion.
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Stochastic Finance Theory – Stock Price
dXt
= rXt
dt
⇓
dXt
= rXt + σXt · “noise”
dt
⇓
“noise” =
dWt
dt
⇓
dXt
dWt
= rXt + σXt
dt
dt
⇓
dXt = rXt dt + σXt dWt
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Ito’s stochastic Differential Equation
dXt = eXt dt + σXt dWt
Xt is the stock price, and Wt is a Wiener process
⇓
Wt =
ln Xt − ln X0 − (e − σ 2 /2)t
σ
⇓
∆Wt =
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ln Xt+∆t − ln Xt − (e − σ 2 /2)∆t
σ
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Paradox
ln Xt+∆t − ln Xt − (e − σ 2 /2)∆t
.
σ
During a fixed period, the stock price jumps 100 times. Divide the period
into 10000 equal intervals and obtain 10000 samples of increment ∆Wt :
∆Wt =
A, A, · · · , A, B, C , · · · , Z
|
{z
} |
{z
}
9900
100
Do you believe they follow a normal probability distribution?
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Who could believe a normal probability distribution (curve) is able to
approximate to the frequency (histogram) of increment of stock price?
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Fact: Some people think that the stock price does behave like a Wiener
process in macroscopy although they recognize the paradox in microscopy.
Question: However, as the very core of stochastic finance theory, Ito’s
calculus is just built on the microscopic structure of Wiener process rather
than macroscopic structure.
Conclusion: Ito’s calculus cannot play the essential tool of finance theory
because Ito’s stochastic differential equation is impossible to model stock
price.
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Liu Process
Definition
An uncertain process Ct is said to be a canonical Liu process if
(i) C0 = 0 and almost all sample paths are Lipschitz continuous,
(ii) Ct has stationary and independent increments,
(iii) every increment Cs+t − Cs is a normal uncertain variable with
expected value 0 and variance t 2 .
−1
πx
Φt (x) = 1 + exp − √
3t
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Wiener Process vs Liu Process
Wiener Process (Wiener, 1923)
A stochastic process Wt is said to be a standard Wiener process if
(i) W0 = 0 and almost all sample paths are continuous,
(ii) Wt has stationary and independent increments,
(iii) every increment Ws+t − Ws is a normal random variable with
expected value 0 and variance t.
Liu Process (Liu, 2009)
An uncertain process Ct is said to be a canonical Liu process if
(i) C0 = 0 and almost all sample paths are Lipschitz continuous,
(ii) Ct has stationary and independent increments,
(iii) every increment Cs+t − Cs is a normal uncertain variable with
expected value 0 and variance t 2 .
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Liu Integral (Liu1 , 2009)
Definition
Let Xt be an uncertain process and let Ct be a canonical Liu process.
Then Liu integral of Xt with respect to Ct is
Z
b
Xt dCt = lim
a
∆→0
k
X
Xti · (Cti+1 − Cti )
i=1
provided that the limit exists almost surely and is finite.
1
Liu B, Some research problems in uncertainty theory, Journal of Uncertain
Systems, Vol.3, No.1, 3-10, 2009.
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Fundamental Theorem of Uncertain Calculus (Liu2 , 2009)
Theorem
Let Ct be a canonical Liu process, and let h(t, c) be a continuously
differentiable function. Then Zt = h(t, Ct ) has an uncertain differential
dZt =
∂h
∂h
(t, Ct )dt +
(t, Ct )dCt .
∂t
∂c
Note that ∆t and ∆Ct are infinitesimals with the same order. The infinitesimal
increment of Zt has a first-order approximation
∂h
∂h
(t, Ct )∆t +
(t, Ct )∆Ct .
∂t
∂c
Hence we obtain the uncertain differential because it makes
Z s
Z s
∂h
∂h
Zs = Z0 +
(t, Ct )dt +
(t, Ct )dCt .
∂t
0
0 ∂c
∆Zt =
2
Liu B, Some research problems in uncertainty theory, Journal of Uncertain
Systems, Vol.3, No.1, 3-10, 2009.
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Uncertain Differential Equation (Liu3 , 2008)
Definition
Suppose Ct is a canonical Liu process, and f and g are two functions.
Then
dXt = f (t, Xt )dt + g (t, Xt )dCt
is called an uncertain differential equation.
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Liu B, Fuzzy process, hybrid process and uncertain process, Journal of
Uncertain Systems, Vol.2, No.1, 3-16, 2008.
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(Yao-Chen Formula, IJFS, 2013)
Let Xt and Xtα be the solution and α-path of the uncertain differential
equation
dXt = f (t, Xt )dt + g (t, Xt )dCt ,
(1)
respectively. Then
M{Xt ≤ Xtα , ∀t} = α;
M{Xt >
Xtα , ∀t}
= 1 − α.
(2)
(3)
M{Xt ≤ Xtα } = Φt (Xtα ) = α
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(Yao and Chen, IJFS, 2013)
Let Xt and Xtα be the solution and α-path of the uncertain differential
equation
dXt = f (t, Xt )dt + g (t, Xt )dCt ,
(4)
respectively. Then for any monotone (increasing or decreasing) function J,
we have
Z 1
E [J(Xt )] =
J(Xtα )dα.
(5)
0
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Table: Stochastic Assets Pricing vs Uncertain Assets Pricing
Stochastic Calculus
Uncertain Calculus
Wiener Process (Wt )
Liu process (Ct )
Ito
R s Integral
0 Xt dWt
Liu
R s Integral
0 Xt dCt
Ito Formula
1 ∂2f
df (t, Wt ) = ( ∂f
∂t + 2 ∂x 2 )dt +
∂f
∂x dWt
Stochastic Differential Equation
dXt = eXt dt + σXt dWt
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Liu Formula
df (t, Ct ) = ∂f
∂t dt +
∂f
∂x dCt
Uncertain Differential Equation
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Uncertain Finance
1. Uncertain Stock Models
2. Uncertain Foreign Exchange Models
3. Uncertain Term Structure Models
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1. Liu’s Stock Models
Two assets in the market, Xt is the price of riskless asset and Yt is the
price of risk asset. Liu’s Stock Model(Liu, JUS, 2009))
dXt = rXt dt
dYt = eYt dt + σYt dCt
r : riskless interest rate
e: the drift
σ: the diffusion.
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European Call Option Pricing
A European option is a contract that gives the holder the right to buy a
stock only at an expiration time s for a strike price K .
European call option price is
fc = exp(−rs)E [(Ys − K )+ ]
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(Yao and Chen, IJFS, 2013)
Let Xt and Xtα be the solution and α-path of the uncertain differential
equation
dXt = f (t, Xt )dt + g (t, Xt )dCt ,
(6)
respectively. Then for any monotone (increasing or decreasing) function J,
we have
Z 1
E [J(Xt )] =
J(Xtα )dα.
(7)
0
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European Call Option Pricing
A European option is a contract that gives the holder the right to buy a
stock only at an expiration time s for a strike price K .
European call option price is
fc = exp(−rs)E [(Ys − K )+ ](Yao-Chen Formula)
Z 1
+
= exp(−rs)
Φ−1
dα.
s (α) − K
0
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European Put Option Pricing
A European option is a contract that gives the holder the right to sell a
stock only at an expiration time s for a strike price K .
European put option price is
fc = exp(−rs)E [(K − Ys )+ ](Yao-Chen Formula)
Z 1
+
= exp(−rs)
K − Φ−1
dα.
s (α)
0
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American Call Option Pricing(Chen, International Journal
of Operations Research, 2010)
An American option is a contract that gives the holder the right to buy a
stock at any time prior to an expiration time s for a strike price K .
American call option price is
+
fc = E max exp(−rs)(Ys − K )
0≤t≤s
Z
= exp(−rs)
1
max Φ−1
t (α) − K
0 0≤t≤s
+
dα.
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American Put Option Pricing (Chen, International Journal
of Operations Research, 2010)
An American option is a contract that gives the holder the right to sell a
stock at any time prior to an expiration time s for a strike price K .
American put option price is
+
fp = E max exp(−rt)(K − Yt )
0≤t≤s
Z
= exp(−rs)
1
+
dα.
max K − Φ−1
t (α)
0 0≤t≤s
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Asian Option Pricing(Sun and Chen, JUAA, 2015)
An
R s Asian option is a contract whose payoff at the expiration time s is
( 0 Yt /sdt − K ) where K is a strike price.
Asian call option:
«+ –
»„ Z s
1
Yt dt − K
fc = exp(−rs)E
s 0
«+
Z 1„ Z s
1
Φ−1
(α)dt
−
K
= exp(−rs)
dα.
t
s 0
0
Asian put option:
»„
K−
fc = exp(−rs)E
Z
= exp(−rs)
0
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1
s
Z
«+ –
s
Yt dt
0
„
«+
Z
1 s −1
K−
Φt (α)dt
dα.
s 0
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Other Stock Models
Peng-Yao’s Stock Model(Peng and Yao, IJOR, 2011))
dXt = rXt dt
dYt = (a − mYt )dt + σdCt
Periodic Dividends Model(Chen, Liu and Ralescu, FODM, 2013)
Xt = X0 exp(rt)
Yt = Y0 (1 − δ)n[t] exp(at + σCt )
Uncertain Stock Model with Jumps(Yu, IJUFKS, 2012)
Xt = X0 exp(rt)
dYt = eYt dt + σYt dCt + δYt dNt
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Other Papers
1. Ji XY, and Zhou J, Option pricing for an uncertain stock model with
jumps, Soft Computing, to be published.
2. Yao K, A no-arbitrage theorem for uncertain stock model, Fuzzy
Optimization and Decision Making, Vol.14, No.2, 227-242, 2015.
3. Yao K, Uncertain contour process and its application in stock model
with floating interest rate, Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making, to be
published.
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2. Uncertain Currency Model
Liu, Chen and Ralescu’s (IJIS, 2013)

dXt = uXt dt (Domestic Currency)





dYt = vYt dt (Foreign Currency)





dZt = eZt dt + σZt dCt (Exchange rate)
where u domestic interest rate, v foreign interest rate, e is the drift and σ
is the diffusion.
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Foreign Currency Option
European Currency Option
1
1
exp(−us)E [(Zs − K )+] + exp(−vs)Z0 E [(1 − K /Zs )+].
2
2
f =
American Currency Option
1
f = E
2
1
sup exp(−ut)(Zt − K )+ + Z0 E sup exp(−vt)(1 − K /Zt )+ .
2
0≤t≤s
0≤t≤s
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Other models
Shen and Yao (2013)

dXt = uXt dt (Domestic Currency)





dYt = vYt dt (Foreign Currency)




√

dZt = (a − eZt )dt + σ Zt dCt (Exchange rate)
Wang X, and Ning YF, The pricing of put options on uncertain currency
exchange, Technical Report, 2015.
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3. Uncertain Term Stucture
Chen and Gao (Soft Computing, 2013)
rt is the short interest rate, m is the mean reverting level, a is the rate of
mean reverting and σ is the diffusion.
drt = (m − art )dt + σdCt
Jiao and Yao (Soft Computing, 2014)
√
drt = (m − art )dt + σ rt dCt
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Uncertain Term Structure
Zero-coupon bond price (Chen and Gao, soft computing, 2013)
Z s
Z 1
α
P(s) =
exp −
rt dt dα
0
0
Interest rate floor (Zhang, Liu and Sheng, FODM, 2015) is
Z
T
[L − rt ]
f = E exp
+
dt − 1
0
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The Multi-Factor Model
Two risk factors.
C1t is the risk process of the short interest rate.
C2t is the risk process of the drift process.
(
drt = (θ(t) + µt − αrt )dt + σdC1t
(8)
dµt = −bµt dt + σ2 dC2t
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Theorem
Assume that f (t, r , µ) is a continuous function monotone increasing with
respect to µ and g (t, r ) is a continuous function monotone. Then the
α-path of the uncertain differential equation
drt = f (t, rt , µt )dt + g1 (t, rt )dCt
is rtα subject to
drtα = f (t, rtα , µαt )dt + |g (t, rtα )|Φ−1 (α)dt.
Then M{rs ≤ rsα } = α, i.e., rs has an inverse uncertainty distribution
Ψs−1 (α) = rsα ,
Then we get E [J(rt )] =
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0
J(rtα )dα.
0 < α < 1.
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The Multi-Factor Model
Two risk factors model.
(
drt = (θ(t) + µt − αrt )dt + σdC1t
(9)
dµt = −bµt dt + σ2 dC2t
Zero-coupon bond price (Chen and Gao, soft computing, 2013)
Z s
Z 1
α
P(s) =
exp −
rt dt dα
0
0
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Stochastic Finance
Uncertain Finance
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Stochastic Calculus
Uncertain Calculus
⇑
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Wiener Process
Liu Process
⇑
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Probability Theory
Uncertainty Theory
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Thank you very much!
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