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Probability for Finance
Patrick Roger
Strasbourg University, EM Strasbourg Business School
May 2010
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Probability for Finance
© 2010 Patrick Roger & Ventus Publishing ApS
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Probability for Finance
Contents
Introduction
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1.
1.1
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
1.2
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.3
1.3
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3
1.3.4
1.3.5
Probability spaces and random variables
Measurable spaces and probability measures
σ algebra (or tribe) on a set Ω
Sub-tribes of A
Probability measures
Conditional probability and Bayes theorem
Independant events and independant tribes
Conditional probability measures
Bayes theorem
Random variables and probability distributions
Random variables and generated tribes
Independant random variables
Probability distributions and cumulative distributions
Discrete and continuous random variables
Transformations of random variables
2.
2.1
Moments of a random variable
Mathematical expectation
360°
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2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.2
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.3
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.4
2.4
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.5
2.5.1
2.5.2
Expectations of discrete and continous random variables
Expectation: the general case
Illustration: Jensen’s inequality and Saint-Peterburg paradox
Variance and higher moments
Second-order moments
Skewness and kurtosis
The vector space of random variables
Almost surely equal random variables
The space L1 (Ω, A, P)
The space L2 (Ω, A, P)
Covariance and correlation
Equivalent probabilities and Radon-Nikodym derivatives
Intuition
Radon Nikodym derivatives
Random vectors
Definitions
Application to portfolio choice
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3.
3.1
3.1.1
3.1.2
3.1.3
Usual probability distributions in financial models
Discrete distributions
Bernoulli distribution
Binomial distribution
Poisson distribution
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3.2
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.3
3.3.1
3.3.2
3.3.3
Continuous distributions
Uniform distribution
Gaussian (normal) distribution
Log-normal distribution
Some other useful distributions
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The X distribution
The Student-t distribution
The Fisher-Snedecor distribution
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4.
4.1
4.1.1
4.1.2
4.1.3
4.1.4
4.1.5
4.2
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.3
4.3.1
4.4
4.4.1
Conditional expectations and Limit theorems
Conditional expectations
Introductive example
Conditional distributions
Conditional expectation with respect to an event
Conditional expectation with respect to a random variable
Conditional expectation with respect to a substribe
Geometric interpretation in L2 (Ω, A, P)
Introductive example
Conditional expectation as a projection in L2
Properties of conditional expectations
The Gaussian vector case
The law of large numbers and the central limit theorem
Stochastic Covergences
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4.4.2
4.4.3
Law of large numbers
Central limit theorem
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Introduction
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Introduction
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t = 0 T = 1.
.
T
P
P
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,
σ
σ
P()
σ A P()
∈ A
∀ B ∈ A, B c ∈ A B c B B c =
{ω ∈ /ω ∈
/ B} . A
(Bn , n ∈ N) A, +∞
n=1 Bn ∈ A.
A
(, A) A
T = 1 ω
A ω ∈ A A ω ∈
/ A.
, .
= {ω1 , ω 2 , ω 3 , ω 4 } ,
A = {∅, } A′ =
{∅, {ω 1 , ω 2 } , {ω 3 , ω 4 } , } A = P(),
A
(Bn , n ∈ N) A, ∩+∞
n=1 Bn ∈
A A
∅ ∈ A.
σ
σ
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Probability spaces and random variables
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Γ = {B1 , ..., BK }
Bi ∩ Bj = ∅ i = j
∪K
i=1 Bi = .
A
A.
A
Γ,
∅, Γ .
Bj
Bj ) Γ
Bj Γ Bj
∅
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Γ = {B1 , ..., BK }
Γ, BΓ ,
Γ.
BΓ
BΓ ∅, ,
Γ.
BΓ 2K
A
T > 1
T
P) t < T,
P).
A′ P) A A′
A A
A′ .
, A′ ) A′
= {ω 1 , ω 2 , ω 3 , ω 4 } ,
A′ = {∅, {ω 1 , ω 2 } , {ω 3 , ω 4 } , } P).
∈ A′ B A′ B c A′ {ω 1 , ω 2 } =
{ω 3 , ω 4 }c . A′ A′
{ω 1 , ω 2 } ∪ {ω 3 , ω 4 } = .
A
A′ A′ ⊂ A Γ Γ′
Card( Card(
Card( < Card(P(.
P(
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Γ Γ′
Γ′ Γ. Γ
Γ′ .
A′ A Γ A
Γ′ A′ .
2K
K K
A′ A;
u
d),
= {uu; ud; du; dd}
A′ = {∅; {uu; ud} ; {du; dd} ; }
P). {du; dd}
= {uu; ud}c
{uu; ud} {du; dd} = ∈ A.
1
ր
ց
ր
u
ց
d
ր
ց
uu = u2
ud
du
dd = d2
{uu; ud}
.
{uu; ud} .
ud du
ud
Γ′ Γ.
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du.
R,
BR .
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(, A)
A A [0; 1]
P () = 1
(Bn , n ∈ N) A
+∞ +∞
P
Bn =
P (Bn )
n=1
n=1
(, A, P )
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B B c ,
P (B) + P (B c ) = P () = 1
P (B c ) = 1−P (B).
B B c
σ
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(, A, P )
P (∅) = 0
∀ (B1 , B2 ) ∈ A × A, B1 ⊆ B2 ⇒ P (B1 ) ≤ P (B2 )
(Bn , n ∈ N) Bn ⊂ Bn+1
A
lim P (Bn ) = P
Bn
n→+∞
n∈N
(Bn , n ∈ N) Bn ⊃ Bn+1
A
Bn
lim P (Bn ) = P
n→+∞
n∈N
∀ B ∈ A, P (B c ) = 1 − P (B)
∅ P ( ∅) = P () + P (∅) =
P () = 1. P (∅) = 0
B1 ⊆ B2 ⇒ P (B2 ) = P (B1 (B2 B1c )) = P (B1 ) + P (B2 B1c ) ≥
P (B1 )
n
(Bn , n ∈ N) un = P
p=1 Bp
P () = 1
(Bn , n ∈N)
P
n∈N Bn .
n
(Bn , n ∈ N) vn = P
B
p
p=1
P (∅) = 0
(Bn , n ∈N)
P
n∈N Bn .
P (B B c ) = P (B)
+ P (B c ) B
B c B B c = , P (B B c ) = P () = 1
P (B c ) = 1 − P (B)
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Card() = N A = P() ;
A
1
∀ω ∈ , P (ω) =
N
[0; 1] × [0; 1]
R2 ; σ
A
, P (A) A P P () = 1;
P
[0; 1] × [0; 1]
B = [a; b] × [c; d] (d − c)(b − a) ≤ 1.
B (d − c)(b − a).
(, A, P )
B ⊂
A
P (ω)
P ({ω})
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Probability spaces and random variables
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B1 , B2 A P (B1
P (B1 ) × P (B2 ).
B2 ) =
B2 ∈ A P (B2 ) = 0 B1
B2 P (B1 |B2 ),
P (B1 B2 )
P (B1 |B2 ) =
P (B2 )
B2
B2 . B1
B2 ,
. B1 B2 = ∅, B1
B1
B1 B2
B2 B1 .
B1 B2
P (B1 B2 )
P (B1 ) × P (B2 )
P (B1 |B2 ) =
=
= P (B1 )
P (B2 )
P (B2 )
= [0; 1] × [0; 1]
(x, y) B1 = 0; 12 ×
1
; 1 B2 = 0; 13 × 0; 12 ;
3
1 2
1
× =
2 3
3
1 1
1
P (B2 ) =
× =
3 2
6
P (B1 ) =
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B2 (x, y) ∈ B1 x ∈ 0; 13 y
1/3 13 ; 12 . (x, y) ∈ B2
y ≤ 12 . (x, y)
B1 y ≥ 13,
1/3
y ∈ 13 ; 12 .
y ∈ 0; 12
P (B1 |B2 ) = 13 B1 B2 = 0; 13 × 13 ; 12 ,
1
1 1
1
P (B1 B2 ) =
−0 ×
−
=
3
2 3
18
P (B1 |B2 ) =
1
18
1
6
=
1
= P (B1 )
3
B1 B2 .
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B1 B2
B1 ,
B2 B1
σ
G G ′ A
∀B ∈ G, ∀B ′ ∈ G ′ , P (B ∩ B ′ ) = P (B) × P (B ′ )
G× G ′
P()
(, A).
∅.
B ∈ A AB
AB = A B A ∈ A ;
AB B. (B, AB )
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Probability spaces and random variables
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B ∈ AB
B = B (Cn , n ∈ N)
Cn = An B
Cn =
An
An B =
B
n∈N
n∈N
n∈N
B ∈ AB
An ∈ A
n∈N An
C = A B ∈ AB CBc C B.
c
B = Ac B
Bc B
CBc = A B
= Ac B ∈ AB
A
n∈N
B ∈ P (B) = 0
P (. |B ), P (B1 |B ) B1 ,
(B, AB ) .
P (B |B ) = 1. (Cn , n ∈ N)
AB
P
P
B
B)
n∈N Cn
n∈N (Cn
P
Cn |B =
=
P (B)
P (B)
n∈N
n, Cn ⊂ B,
P
C
B)
n
n∈N
n∈N P (Cn )
n∈N P (Cn
=
=
=
P (Cn |B )
P (B)
P (B)
P (B)
n∈N
t B.
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(B1 , B2 , ..., Bn ) C ∈ A,
P (C |Bj )P (Bj )
P (Bj |C ) = n
i=1 P (C |Bi )P (Bi )
Bj
n
C=
C
Bi
i=1
P (C) =
n
i=1
n
P C
Bi =
P (C |Bi )P (Bi )
i=1
P C
Bj = P (C |Bj )P (Bj ) = P (Bj |C )P (C)
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P (C)
C
B1 B2 = B1c
P (B1 |C ) =
P (C |B1 )P (B1 )
P (C |B1 )P (B1 ) + P (C |B2 )P (B2 )
P (B1 ) = 10−4
P (C |B1 ) = 0.99
P (C |B2 ) = 0.01
P (B1 |C ) =
0.99 × 10−4
≃ 0.01
0.99 × 10−4 + 0.01 × (1 − 10−4 )
T = 1
R+
R
(S − S )/S ,
ln(S /S ), −∞.
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