Different Types of Structure Conditions of Semimartingale with Jacod Decomposition ()
1. Introduction
According to [1], the fundamental theorem of asset pricing (FTAP) gives an economic meaning to the no-arbitrage condition: the no-free lunch with vanishing risk (NFLVR). This theorem guarantees that (NFLVR) is necessary and sufficient for the presence of a particular pricing operator, an equivalent σ-martingale measure. The weaker requirements that make up (NFLVR) are the no-arbitrage condition (NA) and the no unbounded profit with bounded risk condition (NUPBR).
Several researchers have proposed reformulations of the (NUPBR) condition that are similar. For example, [2] recently demonstrated the equivalence of (NUPBR) and the existence of a rigorous sigma-martingale density for one-dimensional but in general semimartingale. The (NUPBR) condition is also equivalent to the existence of a strictly positive σ-martingale density for the underlying semimartingale, as [3] demonstrated. The fundamental benefit of these equivalent reformulations is that they all guarantee the existence of a fair pricing operator to price the terminal wealth of all 1-admissible trading strategies.
However, how can we identify a natural candidate for a strictly positive σ-martingale density for an arbitrary, locally square-integrable semimartingale
, where M denotes the local martingale part and A denotes a predictable variation part? A weak structure condition (SC’) that leads to a structure condition (SC) for a continuous semimartingale was proposed by [4] [5]. Structure condition (SC) is a useful tool that leads to the minimal martingale density, which is a natural candidate for a strictly positive σ-martingale density.
Although (SC) and its related structure theorem are stable for a large class of semimartingales, they have some flaws. This is because they’re only useful for finding σ-martingale densities for a continuous semimartingale that are strictly positive. Furthermore, under the (proper) measure, the structure condition (SC) is not invariant. To address these flaws, [6] chose to take a fresh look at the special semimartingale and its unique decomposition, resulting in the creation of more than one new type of structure condition: minimal structure condition (MSC) and natural structure condition (NSC).
The goal of this paper is to use Jacod decomposition to establish the concept of several types of semimartingale structure conditions. We’ll start by deriving the minimal martingale density from a positive exponential sigma martingale density, which is stated using Jacod decomposition when a continuous semimartingale S meets the structure condition. For the circumstances when P-minimal martingale density and Q-minimal martingale density exist, we will additionally show a predictable variation part of a continuous semimartingale. Finally, when a special semimartingale meets the minimal and natural structure conditions, we will derive Radon-Nikodym decomposition and natural Kunita-Watanabe decomposition from sigma martingale density.
The following is how the rest of the article is structured: Important definitions, theorems, assertions, and Lemmas are discussed in Section 2. In Section 3, we show that a continuous semimartingale has minimal martingale density and drift part. We derive Radon-Nikodym decomposition from a given sigma martingale density and prove a drift variation part of minimal structure condition in Section 4. We derive natural Kunita-Watanabe decomposition (NKWD) and prove the existence of sigma martingale from (NKWD) in Section 5. Finally, conclusions and suggestions are in Section 6.
2. Important Definitions, Notations, Theorems and Propositions
i) According to [7]
(resp
) is the set of all d-dimensional predictable processes B such that the increasing process
is integrable, where
is predictable taking values in the set of all symmetric nonnegatives
matrices and A is an increasing predictable process and X is a continuous local martingale.
ii)
is the set of all locally square-integrable martingale.
iii) According to ( [7], Proposition 1.14) the random measure
associated with its jumps is defined by
where
denotes the Dirac measure at point a.
iv) According to ( [7], Definition 1.27a)
is the set of all
-measurable real-valued function W on
such that the process
satisfies
. Therefore the set
is given by
v) According to [8]
is given by
vi) According to ( [7], Definition 1.27b) if
then the stochastic integral
of W with respect to
is the unique element of
where
is in
.
vii) According to ( [9], Lemma 3.72) if
then the stochastic integral
of V with respect to
is the unique element of
.
Definition 2.1 (σ-martingale density)
According to [5] a σ-martingale density (or local martingale density) for S is a local P-martingale
with the following properties
1)
2)
up to indistinguishability
3)
is a P-σ-martingale (a local P-martingale) for each
where
is a semimartingale.
Also in addition Z is called in addition strictly positive-σ martingale density if
.
A strictly positive σ-martingale density is in general only a local martingale but not a true P-martingale. But if Z happens to be a true P-martingale (on
or equivalently if
) we can define a probability measure Q equivalent to P via
. This Q if it exists is called an equivalent σ-martingale measure (equivalent local martingale measure) for a semimartingale S.
Definition 2.2. (Weak structure condition/Structure condition)
According to [5] if
is an
valued-continuous semimartingale with canonical decomposition
where the processes
and
are both
valued, continuous and null at 0. Then a semimartingale S satisfies the weak structure condition (
) if A is absolutely continuous with respect to
in the sense that there exists an
-valued predictable process
such that
. i.e.
is called the (instantaneous) market price of risk for S.
Definition 2.3. (Mean-variance tradeoff)
According to [5] if semimartingale S satisfies the weak structure condition (
), we define
is called the mean-variance tradeoff process of semimartingale S. Because
is positive semidefinite, the process
is increasing and null at 0, but note that it may take the value
in general.
Therefore we say that a semimartingale S satisfies the structure condition (SC) if S satisfies (
) and
P-a.s.
Proposition 2.4. ( [10], Proposition 5a). If Z satisfies
on
for some
orthogonal to
. Then Z is a martingale density and locally square-integrable, when
. The equation is then reduced to
whose solution
is given by the stochastic exponential
. We call
the minimal martingale density for S. Since it is in a sense the simplest martingale density. Therefore, the perceptive
is minimal because it is obtained from the simplest choice,
.
Theorem 2.5. ( [11], Theorem 1). If S admits a strict martingale density
and that either S is continuous or S is a special semimartingale satisfying
and
. Then S satisfies the structure condition (SC). Further
can be written as
where
is strongly orthogonal to M. If S is continuous we can simplify
, where
where
is minimal martingale density which is obtained for the simplest choice
.
Definition 2.6. (Local martingale)
According to [7] [12], a stochastic process
is called a local martingale if there exists a localising sequence
such that the stopped process
is martingale for every
.
According to [7] [12] any local martingale M admits a unique decomposition
where
,
is a continuous local martingale and
is a purely discontinuous local martingale.
Definition 2.7. (Semimartingale)
According to [7] [12], a cadlag, adapted stochastic process
is called a semimartingale for a given filtration
if it decomposed as
where
is a local martingale and
is an adapted cadlag process with a finite variation.
A special semimartingale is a semimartingale
that admits a decomposition
with a process
that is predictable.
The presence of arbitrage is not allowed in modelling asset prices. Therefore it is important that the underlying asset price process be arbitrage-free. The arbitrage possibilities can be eliminated if and only if the underlying asset price process is a semimartingale.
Theorem 2.8. ( [12], Lemma 9.6). Let M be a continuous martingale and H be an optional process. Then there exists a
such that
holds for all
if and only if
. In this case, there exist a predictable process
such as that
. We say that H is integrable with respect to M and L is called the stochastic integral of H with respect to M denoted by
.
Lemma 2.1. ( [6], Key lemma 2.11). Let S to be an
-valued P-semimartingale and
. Further, if we let S to be a special Q-semimartingale and denote its canonical decomposition (under Q) by
. Moreover, if we let
be a strictly positive local Q-martingale. Then Z is a strictly positive Q-σ-martingale (local Q-martingale) density for S if and only if
is a Q-σ-martingale (local Q-martingale)
.
Lemma 2.2. According to [6] if we let
,
and H be an optional process, such the path-wise Lebesgue-Stieltjes Integral
exists. Moreover let
be compensable and denote its compensator by C. There exists
-a.s unique predictable process
under Q such that
Jacod Decomposition
Jacod decomposition was introduced by [8] and has four parameters
that belong to the local martingale sets.
Theorem 2.9. ( [9], Theorem 3.75).
If we let
-valued semimartingale S to be fixed. Then every (real-valued) local P-martingale M null at 0 can be written as
Then if you apply the Kunita-Watanabe decomposition under P to
and the continuous local martingale part of
of S to write
, where B is a predictable
-integrable process and M a local P-martingale null at 0 and strongly P-orthogonal to
. We are going to have the following theorem:
Theorem 2.10. ( [13] [14], Theorem 2.4). If we recall the
-valued semimartingale S is fixed. Then every (real-valued) local P-martingale M null at 0 can be written as
(1)
where
1)
is a predictable
-integrable process.
2) A measurable function
in which
such that the following integral exists
.
3)
is an optional process and.
4)
is a local P-martingale null at 0 with
.
The difference between Jacod decomposition (1) and a known local martingale decomposition from [ [7], Definition 4.22] is the addition of the term
.
3. Structure Condition
In order to explain the importance of (SC) as a good tool for finding strictly positive σ-martingale densities in continuous paths cases, we recall its definition. A continuous semimartingale S satisfies the structure condition (SC) if
where
is an
-valued continuous predictable process and M is continuous local martingale. Due to this specific structure of the semimartingale, one can show that all strictly positive σ-martingale densities
for S feature a specific Kunita Watanabe decomposition
where L is a local martingale orthogonal to M. Therefore since S is continuous it ensures that the minimal martingale density
is a strictly positive σ-martingale density for S.
In this section first, we are going to prove the existence of minimal martingale density from a given sigma martingale density written in Jacod decomposition. Also since the existence of structure condition rely on the existence of the predictable process of quadratic variation of the local martingale part, we are going to prove in the second part the existence of a continuous predictable process
for a continuous semimartingale.
3.1. Minimal Martingale Density
Proposition 3.1. If we let a sigma martingale density
where M is a Jacod decomposition then
where
is a minimal martingale density if and only if a continuous semimartingale S satisfies a structure condition.
Proof
Given S is a continuous semimartingale and it satisfies the structure condition (SC). We have
where
. We can define
by
which is well defined since Z is strictly positive. In order to get a required minimal martingale density we are going to multiply by negative both sides of
then
.
Since any local martingale admits a unique decomposition of two parts: a continuous part and a discontinuous part, we can decompose M as
with
and
such that
is strongly orthogonal to each
. In this case, we can set
and
as the continuous and purely discontinuous local martingale part of M.
In fact we can choose
(discontinuous part of local martingale part), if
holds and when S is continuous respectively.
By the Galtchouk-Kunita Watanabe decomposition theorem, the continuous part of the local martingale part
can be written as
where
and
null at 0 is strongly orthogonal to
, where
and
. Since S is continuous, we can simplify
(2)
Let
from Equation (2), then we can call
a minimal martingale density obtained for the simplest choice when
Theorem (2.5).
Let
be a semimartingale with representation
(3)
where
is a continuous local martingale part and A is a finite variation process. Then the stochastic integral:
(4)
The representation (3) is not unique therefore the stochastic integral (4) is also not unique. If
(5)
is another presentation, then we can have also another stochastic integral
(6)
Then:
(7)
So that
is a local martingale of finite variation. Since the difference between the two local martingales is also a local martingale then
Since S is continuous with integrable quadratic variation then
means there is no difference between the sharp and square brackets according to [15]. We are going to have
Therefore,
is a minimal martingale density.
This means our strictly positive σ martingale density is equal to minimal martingale density when a semimartingale S is continuous.
3.2. A Predictable Variation Part When P-Minimal Martingale Density Exists
Structure condition which is defined with continuous semimartingale S of the form
has two aspects:
i) It requires a predictable variation component A to be absolutely continuous with
of martingale component
with density function Z.
ii) It imposes the square integrability condition on
and a specific integrability condition on the density function Z.
All two conditions are reinterpretations under square integrability conditions of the equation
. That is between the a predictable variation part A, the local martingale part
and a strict
martingale density Z.
Therefore first we are going to prove the equation
when P-minimal martingale density
exists.
Proof
(8)
(9)
(10)
Substitute Equations (9) and (10) into Equation (8). Then we are going to have the following equation
(11)
From Proposition (2.4) if Z satisfies
on
for
orthogonal to
. Then Z is a martingale density and locally square integrable when
. The equation then reduced to
whose solution
is given by the stochastic exponential
where
is known as minimal density for a semimartingale S. If we let
we are going to have
Therefore from equation (11) since a semimartingale S is decomposed into local martingale part and finite variation part then we are going to have
(12)
From Equation (12) we have a local martingale part
and a finite variation part is
.
From Equation (12) we are going to have
(13)
Due to Yoeurps Lemma [12], the first bracket term on the R.H.S is a P-local martingale, and L.H.S is a (differential of) a P-σ-martingale (a local-P-martingale) if and only if Z is a strictly positive P-σ-martingale (a local P-martingale) density for a semimartingale S.
Therefore by application of the product rule, this shows that ZS has a predictable variation part
which must vanish because ZS is P-σ-martingale.
From this finite variation part
(14)
3.3. A Predictable Variation Part When Q-Minimal Martingale Density Exists
For the case of Q-minimal martingale density
it depends on the
by Bayes Rule.
Then
.
Since we have seen that structure condition is satisfied in
it is also be satisfied on
because they depend on each other. According to [6] the predictable quadratic variation of a locally square-integrable martingale is not invariant under equivalent measure changing. Therefore, in this case under
we are going to have
.
4. Minimal Structure Condition
Although the SC theorem holds for every locally square-integrable semimartingale, it has several limitations in terms of working as an indication for a strictly positive sigma-martingale density. SC lacks the ability to be invariant under equivalent measure changes, and when it comes to arbitrary locally square integrable semimartingales, SC is neither required nor sufficient for the presence of a strictly positive sigma martingale density, as [6] pointed out.
We present a new structure condition in this part that solves the weakness of the structure condition (SC), which is the minimal structure condition (MSC). A MSC is equivalent to the SC for a continuous semimartingale, a property that the SC’ does not possess. The MSC definition is derived from the first structure theorem. A theorem that sheds light on the relationship between strictly positive sigma martingale densities, on the one hand, and the structure of locally square integrable semimartingale and potential decomposition of its predictable finite variation part on the other.
In the first part, we are going to prove the existence of Radon-Nikodym decomposition from sigma martingale density Z if we let this density be written under Jacod decomposition with the condition that a semimartingale satisfies minimal structure condition (Proposition 4.3). We are going to prove a predictable variation part of MSC in the second part.
Theorem 4.1 ( [6], Theorem 2.24, First Structure theorem). Let S to be P-semimartingale and
be a probability measure such that
. And we denote by canonical decomposition of
. Further, we denote by
and
the continuous and purely discontinuous local martingale part of M. Then, if we let
to be a positive local Q-martingale, we can denote a Radon-Nikodym decomposition of N with respect to M by equation
Definition 4.2. ( [6], Definition 2.27). Let S to be a P-semimartingale and
a probability measure. We say that S satisfies the Minimal Structure condition (MSC) under Q if the following properties hold.
i) S is a locally square-integrable Q-semimartingale with canonical decomposition
, where
and
are continuous and purely discontinuous local martingale parts of M.
ii) There exists a process
and
under Q such that
Proposition 4.3. If we let a sigma martingale density
where M is a Jacod decomposition then there is the existence of Radon-Nikodym decomposition
from M if a semimartingale S satisfies a minimal structure condition.
Proof
We are required to prove the existence of Radon-Nikodym decomposition
from a given Jacod decomposition if a semimartingale S satisfies a minimal structure condition.
If we recall that the
-valued semimartingale S is fixed. Then every (real-valued) local P-martingale
null at 0 can be written as
(15)
If we apply the Kunita-Watanabe decomposition under P to
and the continuous martingale part
of S to write
then every (real-valued) local P-martingale
null at 0 can be written as
(16)
We can modify Equation (15) if we apply the Radon-Nikodym-decomposition under P on
and if we let H to be Radon-Nikodym derivative of
with respect to
. We define
. Then
is a σ-martingale and the decomposition
is a Radon-Nikodym decomposition of
with respect to
where
is a local martingale and
is a discontinuous local martingale part of S. Then a local P-martingale null at 0 can be written as
(17)
now let’s add two Equations (16) and (17)
(18)
According to [16] [17] [18] [19] a sum of two local martingales is itself a local martingale. therefore we are going to have the following local martingales from Equation (18)
From above we are going to have the following equation
(19)
From Equation (19), let multiply both sides by negative sign then we are going to have
.
Our local martingale admits a unique decomposition of two parts: a compensated stochastic integral part and a discontinuous part, we can decompose M as
where
and
.
In fact, we can choose
if
then
exists and also when S satisfying the Radon-Nikodym decomposition on
. Then
which implies that
.
Therefore, there is the existence of Radon-Nikodym decomposition
from a sigma martingale density.
A Predictable Variation Part of (MSC)
According to the 1st structure theorem and the minimal structure conditions Z is a strictly positive σ-martingale (local martingale) density for a semimartingale S under Q if there exists a process
and
under Q such that
.
Then from the key Lemma (2.1) Z is a strictly positive σ-martingale (local martingale) density for S if and only if
. Then we are going to adapt the proof as from [6]. Due to the Radon-Nikodym decomposition of
w.r.t S we are going to have
(20)
According to Lemma (2.2), we know there exists a
a.s unique predictable process
such that
(21)
Is a σ-martingale (local martingale).
If you conclude from Equations (20) and (21) then we are going to have
(22)
5. Natural Structure Condition
The fact that all strictly positive sigma-martingale semimartingale densities have a natural Kunita-Watanabe decomposition is essentially equal to the NSC. NSC addresses MSC’s flaw by demonstrating that if
is a version of MSC, we may be certain that
exists. However, we don’t know if
exists, and it’s a local martingale. As a result, NSC concentrates on those parts of MSC.
In this section, when a semimartingale meets the natural structure condition, we will prove the existence of natural Kunita-Watanabe decomposition of sigma martingale density Z stated in terms of Jacod decomposition. (Proposition 5.3). Also, we are going to prove the existence of strictly σ martingale density from (NKWD).
Definition 5.1. ( [6], Definition 2.35). Let a semimartingale S be a locally squire-integrable P-semimartingale with canonical decomposition
that satisfy minimal structure condition (MSC). We say S satisfies the natural structure condition (NSC) if there is exist a version
of (MSC) such that
. A pair
satisfying this condition is called a version (NSC).
Theorem 5.2. ( [6], Theorem 2.40, Second structure theorem). Let a semimartingale S satisfy (NSC) and denote its canonical decomposition by
. Moreover, if we let
be a version of strictly positive local martingale. Then Z is a strictly positive σ-martingale (local martingale) density for S if and only if N features a natural Kunita-Watanabe decomposition
where L is a local martingale and
is a σ-martingale (local martingale).
Proposition 5.3. If we let a sigma martingale density
where M is a Jacod decomposition then there is the existence of a natural Kunita-Watanabe decomposition
from M if a semimartingale S satisfies a natural structure condition.
Proof
From Jacod theorem (15) if we apply the natural Kunita-Watanabe decomposition under P to
where we have a continuous part
of S and the discontinuous part
of S then we write
then we are going to have the following decomposition
(23)
From Equation (23) let
where
and
. In order to satisfy the conditions of second structure theorem and natural structure conditions, a positive σ-martingale density
can be written in terms of
while
if
hold and when S satisfy the natural Kunita-Watanabe decomposition (NKWD) of
with respect to S. Therefore,
.
Therefore, there is the existence of Natural Kunita-Watanabe decomposition
from a given sigma martingale density
.
Existence of Strictly σ Martingale Density from (NKWD)
We are going to prove the existence of strictly σ martingale density if given (NKWD)
.
From the definition of σ-martingale: SZ is a σ-martingale if and only if
is a σ-martingale.
Therefore
(24)
From Equation (24) we are going to apply Lemma 2.2 and known properties of quadratic covariation
(25)
is a σ-martingale (local martingale). Due to natural structure condition (NSC), we can say
,
and
are local martingales. Therefore
is a strictly positive σ-martingale (local martingale) density for S if and only if
is a σ-martingale.
6. Conclusions and Suggestions
There have been no meaningful uses of Jacod decomposition since the introduction of structure condition (SC), which allows for the existence of minimal martingale measure until the introduction of new types of structure conditions (MSC and NSC) of special semimartingale. According to [20] [21] [22], the necessary results can be obtained by writing a sigma martingale density in terms of a Dolean-Dade exponential of Jacod decomposition.
We were able to prove the existence of minimal martingale density when a continuous semimartingale satisfies SC and derive a Radon-Nikodym decomposition and a Natural Kunita-Watanabe decomposition in our case, by writing a sigma martingale density in terms of Dolean-Dade exponential of Jacod decomposition.
We can suggest that, if the sigma martingale density is stated in a different way from the one we studied, the minimal martingale density can be derived. However, this will only be achievable if continuous semimartingale satisfies the structure conditions’ features.
Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the African Union through the Pan African University, Institute of Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation for its consideration and support.