Modelling and measuring the irrational behaviour of agents in financial markets: discovering the psychological soliton

DOI10.1016/J.CHAOS.2015.12.015zbMATH Open1415.91327arXiv1601.01553OpenAlexW2223261727MaRDI QIDQ508295FDOQ508295

Authors: Gurjeet S. Dhesi, Marcel R. Ausloos 

Publication date: 10 February 2017

Published in: Chaos, Solitons and Fractals (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Following a Geometrical Brownian Motion extension into an Irrational Fractional Brownian Motion model, we re-examine agent behaviour reacting to time dependent news on the log-returns thereby modifying a financial market evolution. We specifically discuss the role of financial news or economic information positive or negative feedback of such irrational (or contrarian) agents upon the price evolution. We observe a kink-like effect reminiscent of soliton behaviour, suggesting how analysts' forecasts errors induce stock prices to adjust accordingly, thereby proposing a measure of the irrational force in a market.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.01553

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zbMATH Keywords

geometric Brownian motionsolitonirrational behaviourirrational fractional Brownian motion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Brownian motions and diffusion theory (population genetics, absorption problems, etc.) (60J70) Fractional processes, including fractional Brownian motion (60G22) Dynamical systems in optimization and economics (37N40) Financial applications of other theories (91G80)

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