Formulas for the Laplace Transform of Stopping Times based on Drawdowns and Drawups

arXiv0911.1575MaRDI QIDQ6216248FDOQ6216248

Authors: Hongzhong Zhang, Olympia Hadjiliadis 

Publication date: 8 November 2009

Abstract: In this work we study drawdowns and drawups of general diffusion processes. The drawdown process is defined as the current drop of the process from its running maximum, while the drawup process is defined as the current increase over its running minimum. The drawdown and the drawup are the first hitting times of the drawdown and the drawup processes respectively. In particular, we derive a closed-form formula for the Laplace transform of the probability density of the drawdown of a units when it precedes the drawup of b units. We then separately consider the special case of drifted Brownian motion, for which we derive a closed form formula for the above-mentioned density by inverting the Laplace transform. Finally, we apply the results to a problem of interest in financial risk-management and to the problem of transient signal detection and identification of two-sided changes in the drift of general diffusion processes.

This page was built for publication: Formulas for the Laplace Transform of Stopping Times based on Drawdowns and Drawups

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q6216248)