Arbitrage conditions with no short selling

  1. Gerardo E. Oleaga 1
  1. 1 Departamento de Matemáticas Aplicadas Facultad de Ciencias Matemáticas Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Zeitschrift:
Boletín de matemáticas

ISSN: 2357-6529 0120-0380

Datum der Publikation: 2012

Ausgabe: 19

Nummer: 1

Seiten: 37-54

Art: Artikel

Andere Publikationen in: Boletín de matemáticas

Zusammenfassung

A key assumption to prove the Fundamental Theorem of Mathematical Finance is the possibility of short selling the risky assets of the market. In this article we exhibit a simple geometric condition to handle the arbitrage opportunities when short selling is not possible. Moreover, this approach provides a pedagogical tool to visualize the consistency of the model when shorting is allowed for only some of the assets. Some examples are presented, both in analytical and graphical ways.