Gaussian exponential martingale with deterministic variance

ID: gaussian-exponential-martingale-with-deterministic-variance

Let and let be a centered Gaussian process whose increments are independent of the past filtration, with deterministic variance . Its displayed exponential is a positive martingale. Indeed, is a centered Gaussian random variable with variance , so the Gaussian moment-generating function gives
The sign-reversed process has the same variance and the same conclusion. Continuity of paths is unnecessary for this conditional-expectation argument.

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