Search Results for author: Abootaleb Shirvani

Found 13 papers, 0 papers with code

Beyond the Bid-Ask: Strategic Insights into Spread Prediction and the Global Mid-Price Phenomenon

no code implementations17 Apr 2024 Yifan He, Abootaleb Shirvani, Barret Shao, Svetlozar Rachev, Frank Fabozzi

This study introduces novel concepts in the analysis of limit order books (LOBs) with a focus on unveiling strategic insights into spread prediction and understanding the global mid-price (GMP) phenomenon.

Navigate Novel Concepts

The Financial Market of Environmental Indices

no code implementations29 Aug 2023 Thisari K. Mahanama, Abootaleb Shirvani, Svetlozar Rachev, Frank J. Fabozzi

This paper introduces the concept of a global financial market for environmental indices, addressing sustainability concerns and aiming to attract institutional investors.

The Financial Market of Indices of Socioeconomic Wellbeing

no code implementations10 Mar 2023 Thilini V. Mahanama, Abootaleb Shirvani, Svetlozar Rachev

The financial industry should be involved in mitigating the risk of downturns in the financial wellbeing indices around the world by implementing well-developed financial tools such as insurance instruments on the underlying wellbeing indices.

Bitcoin Volatility and Intrinsic Time Using Double Subordinated Levy Processes

no code implementations25 Sep 2021 Abootaleb Shirvani, Stefan Mittnik, W. Brent Lindquist, Svetlozar T. Rachev

The first combines NDIG option pricing with the Cboe VIX model to compute an implied volatility; the second uses the volatility of the unit time increment of the NDIG model.

Time Series Time Series Analysis

Market Complete Option Valuation using a Jarrow-Rudd Pricing Tree with Skewness and Kurtosis

no code implementations16 Jun 2021 Yuan Hu, Abootaleb Shirvani, W. Brent Lindquist, Frank J. Fabozzi, Svetlozar T. Rachev

Applying the Cherny-Shiryaev-Yor invariance principle, we introduce a generalized Jarrow-Rudd (GJR) option pricing model with uncertainty driven by a skew random walk.

Global Index on Financial Losses due to Crime in the United States

no code implementations7 May 2021 Thilini Mahanama, Abootaleb Shirvani, Svetlozar Rachev

Despite the potential importance of crime rates in investments, there are no indices dedicated to evaluating the financial impact of crime in the United States.

Option Pricing Incorporating Factor Dynamics in Complete Markets

no code implementations16 Nov 2020 Yuan Hu, Abootaleb Shirvani, W. Brent Lindquist, Frank J. Fabozzi, Svetlozar T. Rachev

Using the Donsker-Prokhorov invariance principle we extend the Kim-Stoyanov-Rachev-Fabozzi option pricing model to allow for variably-spaced trading instances, an important consideration for short-sellers of options.

A Natural Disasters Index

no code implementations9 Aug 2020 Thilini V. Mahanama, Abootaleb Shirvani

Natural disasters, such as tornadoes, floods, and wildfire pose risks to life and property, requiring the intervention of insurance corporations.

Rational Finance Approach to Behavioral Option Pricing

no code implementations10 May 2020 Jiexin Dai, Abootaleb Shirvani, Frank J. Fabozzi

When pricing options, there may be different views on the instantaneous mean return of the underlying price process.

Choosing the Right Return Distribution and the Excess Volatility Puzzle

no code implementations24 Jan 2020 Abootaleb Shirvani, Frank J. Fabozzi

In this paper, we offer a resolution to the excess volatility puzzle within the context of rational finance.

Behavioral Finance -- Asset Prices Predictability, Equity Premium Puzzle, Volatility Puzzle: The Rational Finance Approach

no code implementations9 Oct 2017 Svetlozar Rachev, Stoyan Stoyanov, Stefan Mittnik, Frank J. Fabozzi, Abootaleb Shirvani

In this paper we address three main objections of behavioral finance to the theory of rational finance, considered as anomalies the theory of rational finance cannot explain: Predictability of asset returns, The Equity Premium, (The Volatility Puzzle.

Option Pricing with Greed and Fear Factor: The Rational Finance Approach

no code implementations24 Sep 2017 Svetlozar Rachev, Frank J. Fabozzi, Boryana Racheva-Iotova, Abootaleb Shirvani

We explain the main concepts of Prospect Theory and Cumulative Prospect Theory within the framework of rational dynamic asset pricing theory.

A New Set of Financial Instruments

no code implementations2 Dec 2016 Abootaleb Shirvani, Stoyan V. Stoyanov, Svetlozar T. Rachev, Frank J. Fabozzi

In this paper, we propose a new method for hedging derivatives assuming that a hedger should not always rely on trading existing assets that are used to form a linear portfolio comprised of the risky asset, the riskless asset, and standard derivatives, but rather should design a set of specific, most-suited financial instruments for the hedging problem.

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