Self-financing conditions for smooth stock and bond holdings

ID: self-financing-conditions-for-smooth-stock-and-bond-holdings

For and deterministic , Itô formula shows that a self-financing portfolio must have . This is equivalent to . Differentiating it gives , so the remaining gain identity is . Conversely these two identities give . A value PDE alone does not verify arbitrary prescribed holdings.

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