Some Notes about the Martingale Representation Theorem and their Applications

Abstract

An important theorem in stochastic finance field is the martingale representation theorem. It is useful in the stage of making hedging strategies (such as cross hedging and replicating hedge) in the presence of different assets with different stochastic dynamics models. In the current paper, some new theoretical results about this theorem including derivation of serial correlation function of a martingale process and its conditional expectations approximation are proposed. Applications in optimal hedge ratio and financial derivative pricing are presented and sensitivity analyses are studied. Throughout theoretical results, simulation-based results are also proposed. Two real data sets are analyzed and concluding remarks are given. Finally, a conclusion section is given