On the finite horizon , strict positivity gives equivalence of the restricted probability measures: for , vanishes if and only if vanishes. The standard change-of-measure theorem gives semimartingale invariance under equivalent measures: a process is a semimartingale under on this horizon if and only if it is one under . The sample-path quadratic variation is unchanged, but the local-martingale and finite-variation parts generally change.
More explicitly, set , the zero-start stochastic logarithm of the density. For every continuous -local martingale , the Girsanov theorem states that
is a continuous -local martingale. Consequently, if the continuous semimartingale decomposition under is , its decomposition under is
The covariation correction is a continuous finite-variation process, locally well-defined because stays strictly positive. In the Brownian case, if , then
is a Brownian motion under . The inverse finite-horizon density is , giving the reverse change of measure. These assertions apply on each horizon on which the density is strictly positive; they do not assert equivalence on a larger terminal sigma-algebra where the full density may vanish.