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Optimal trading under non-negativity constraints using approximate dynamic programming

Optimal trading under non-negativity constraints using approximate dynamic programming
Optimal trading under non-negativity constraints using approximate dynamic programming
In this paper, we develop an extended dynamic programming (DP) approach to solve the problem of minimising execution cost in block trading of securities. To make the problem more practical, we add non-negativity constraints to the model and propose a novel approach to solve the resulting DP problem to near-optimal results. We also include time lags in the problem state to account for the autoregressive behaviour of most financial securities as a way of increasing problem sensitivity to variability of prices and information. The computation times achieved for the proposed algorithm are fast and allow for the possibility of live implementation. We demonstrate the benefits offered by the new approach through numerical analysis and simulation runs in comparison to the classic model without the non-negativity constraints.
0160-5682
1406-1422
Abbaszadeh, Shahin
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Nguyen, Tri-Dung
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Yue, Wu
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Abbaszadeh, Shahin
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Nguyen, Tri-Dung
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Yue, Wu
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Abbaszadeh, Shahin, Nguyen, Tri-Dung and Yue, Wu (2018) Optimal trading under non-negativity constraints using approximate dynamic programming. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 69 (9), 1406-1422. (doi:10.1080/01605682.2017.1398201).

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In this paper, we develop an extended dynamic programming (DP) approach to solve the problem of minimising execution cost in block trading of securities. To make the problem more practical, we add non-negativity constraints to the model and propose a novel approach to solve the resulting DP problem to near-optimal results. We also include time lags in the problem state to account for the autoregressive behaviour of most financial securities as a way of increasing problem sensitivity to variability of prices and information. The computation times achieved for the proposed algorithm are fast and allow for the possibility of live implementation. We demonstrate the benefits offered by the new approach through numerical analysis and simulation runs in comparison to the classic model without the non-negativity constraints.

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Accepted/In Press date: 23 October 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 5 January 2018
Organisations: Centre of Excellence for International Banking, Finance & Accounting, Operational Research

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Local EPrints ID: 369720
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/369720
ISSN: 0160-5682
PURE UUID: 08634dd8-daf0-415b-ad04-ba8292e2aeae
ORCID for Tri-Dung Nguyen: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4158-9099
ORCID for Wu Yue: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1881-6003

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Date deposited: 08 Oct 2014 14:29
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:08

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Author: Shahin Abbaszadeh
Author: Tri-Dung Nguyen ORCID iD
Author: Wu Yue ORCID iD

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