{"id":216320,"date":"2024-12-12T13:07:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T18:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?p=216320"},"modified":"2024-12-13T09:46:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T14:46:20","slug":"laying-the-groundwork-for-itos-lemma-and-financial-stochastic-models-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/ibkr-quant-news\/laying-the-groundwork-for-itos-lemma-and-financial-stochastic-models-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Laying the Groundwork for Ito&#8217;s Lemma and Financial Stochastic Models &#8211; Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a two-part blog where we\u2019ll explore how Ito\u2019s Lemma extends traditional calculus to model the randomness in financial markets. Using real-world examples and Python code, we\u2019ll break down concepts like drift, volatility, and geometric Brownian motion, showing how they help us understand and model financial data, and we\u2019ll also have a sneak peek into how to use the same for trading in the markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first part, we\u2019ll see how classical calculus cannot be used for modeling stock prices, and in the second part, we\u2019ll have an intuition of Ito\u2019s lemma and see how it can be used in the financial markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are already conversant with the chain rule in calculus, the concepts of deterministic and stochastic processes, drift and volatility components in asset prices, and Wiener processes, you can skip this blog and directly read this one:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.quantinsti.com\/itos-lemma-applied-stock-trading\/\">Ito&#8217;s Lemma Applied to Stock Trading<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has an involved discussion on Ito\u2019s lemma, and how it is harnessed for trading in the financial markets.<br><br>This blog covers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pre-requisites<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Etymology of Sorts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Chain Rule<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deterministic and Stochastic Processes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drift and Volatility Components on Python<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weiner Weiner Stochastic Dinner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"pre-requisites\">Pre-requisites<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You will be able to follow the article smoothly if you have elementary-level proficiency in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Calculus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Python coding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"etymology-of-sorts\">Etymology of Sorts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You would have learned theorems in high school math. Simply put, a lemma is like a milestone in attempting to prove a theorem. So what is Ito\u2019s lemma? Kiyoshi Ito came up with his own ways of calculus (as if the existing ones weren\u2019t hard to learn already) Why did he do that? Were there any problems with the existing methods? Let\u2019s understand this with an example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-chain-rule\">The Chain Rule<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Suppose we have the following function:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"64\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-1-1100x64.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216322 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-1-1100x64.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-1-700x41.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-1-300x17.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-1-768x45.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-1.jpg 1461w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/64;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This function can also be written as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"86\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-2-1100x86.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216324 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-2-1100x86.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-2-700x55.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-2-300x23.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-2-768x60.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-2.jpg 1438w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/86;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, y is a function of z, which itself is a function of x. Such functions are known as composite functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that whatever value x takes, z would take thrice its value, and whatever value z takes, y would take its corresponding sine value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suppose x doubles, what would happen to z? It would also double. And when x halves, z would also halve. Thus, z would always bear the same ratio with x, i.e., 3. The ratio between the change in z, and the change in x would also be 3. We refer to this as the derivative of z with respect to x, also denoted by: dz\/dx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From elementary calculus, you would know that dz\/dx = 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, dy\/dz = cos(x), that is, the tangent to the slope of the sinusoidal curve sin(x) at every point on the curve would be cos(x).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about dy\/dx?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can solve this using the chain rule, shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"146\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-3-1100x146.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216325 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-3-1100x146.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-3-700x93.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-3-300x40.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-3-768x102.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-3.jpg 1429w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/146;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Substituting the above values for dy\/dz and dz\/dx,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"109\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-4-1100x109.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216327 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-4-1100x109.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-4-700x69.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-4-300x30.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-4-768x76.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-4.jpg 1453w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/109;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Straightforward, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure, but only when we deal with \u2018functions\u2019. The problem is, when it comes to finance, we deal with processes. What kind of processes? Well, we can have deterministic processes and stochastic processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"deterministic-and-stochastic-processes\">Deterministic and Stochastic Processes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A deterministic process is one whose realized path, and value after certain intervals of time is known beforehand with certainty. &nbsp;Examples would be the returns on a fixed deposit or the payouts of an annuity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about a stochastic process then? Can you think of something whose value can never be predicted with certainty, even for the next second? The path traversed by a stock! Can you imagine a world where the stock prices follow a deterministic path? No, right? But hey, we\u2019ll discuss this too in a while now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming back, in financial literature, stock prices are assumed to follow a Geometric Brownian motion. What\u2019s that? Keep reading!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suppose you ignite an incense stick. What variables contribute to the path that a single particle of fumes from the stick would follow? The wind speed in the surroundings, the direction of the wind, the density of the surrounding air, the absolute and relative proportion of other particles already present in the air, the size of the particles of the incense stick, the gap between each particle, the molecular orientation of the particles, their inflammability, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if you can create an elegant model that factors in the effect of all these variables, would you be able to predict with certainty the exact path that a single fume particle would traverse? No! Same is the case with asset prices. Suppose you know the fundamentals of the underlying, values of all technical indicators, the drift (we\u2019ll come to this in a while), the volatility, the risk-free rate, macro-economic metrics, market sentiments, and everything else. Can you predict the exact path the price will take tomorrow?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If yes, well, you don\u2019t need to read any further. Keep your secrets and make a ton of money. Realistically, we cannot predict it with certainty. Stock returns follow a path similar to the incense stick fumes. We call it \u00a0\u201cBrownian motion\u201d or \u201cWiener process\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do we characterise them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly, the value of the random variable at time t = 0, is 0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondly, the value of the random variable at one time instant would be independent of its value in any previous time instant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirdly, the random variable would have a normal distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, the random variable would follow a continuous path, not a discrete one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, stock prices don\u2019t have values = 0, at time t =0 (when they get listed). Stock prices are also known to have autocorrelations; i.e., the price at any given instant depends on one or more of the prices in previous instances. Stock prices also don\u2019t follow a normal distribution. Still, how can it be that they follow a Brownian motion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a minor tweak that we need to do here. We shall use the daily returns of the adjusted close prices as a proxy for the increments in the stock prices. And since the price returns follow a Brownian motion, the prices themselves follow what is known as a geometric Brownian motion (GBM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s explore the GBM further using math notation. Suppose we have a stochastic process S. We say that it follows a GBM if it can be written in the following form:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"136\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-5-1100x136.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216328 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-5-1100x136.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-5-700x87.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-5-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-5-768x95.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/quantinsti-itos-lemma-trading-concepts-5.jpg 1460w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/136;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s treat S as the stock price here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>dSt simply refers to the change in the stock price over time t. Suppose the current price is $200, and it becomes $203 the next day. In this case, dSt = $3, and t = 1 day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Greek alphabet \u03bc (written as mu, and pronounced as \u2018mew\u2019) represents the drift. Let\u2019s take the Microsoft stock to understand this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Stay tuned for the next installment to learn about drift and volatility components on Python.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Originally posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.quantinsti.com\/itos-lemma-trading-concepts-guide\/\">QuantInsti<\/a> blog.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A deterministic process is one whose realized path, and value after certain intervals of time is known beforehand with certainty. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1553,"featured_media":208131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[339,338,341],"tags":[4922,18168,1006,18167],"contributors-categories":[13654],"class_list":{"0":"post-216320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-data-science","8":"category-ibkr-quant-news","9":"category-quant-development","10":"tag-econometrics","11":"tag-financial-stochastic-models","12":"tag-fintech","13":"tag-itos-lemma","14":"contributors-categories-quantinsti"},"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Laying the Groundwork for Ito&#8217;s Lemma and Financial Stochastic Models &#8211; Part I<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A deterministic process is one whose realized path, and value after certain intervals of time is known beforehand with certainty.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216320\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Laying the Groundwork for Ito\u2019s Lemma and Financial Stochastic Models \u2013 Part I\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A deterministic process is one whose realized path, and value after certain intervals of time is known beforehand with certainty.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/ibkr-quant-news\/laying-the-groundwork-for-itos-lemma-and-financial-stochastic-models-part-i\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IBKR Campus US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-12T18:07:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-13T14:46:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/framework-modeling.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"563\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mahavir A. 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