Research
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Featured Research
The Delta–Gamma Risk Surface
The Delta–Gamma risk surface provides a structured framework for understanding the non-linear behaviour of derivative positions. By capturing how sensitivity evolves across different levels of the underlying asset, it reveals the geometry of risk embedded within options. At MorMag, this perspective informs a disciplined approach to derivative analysis, integrating mathematical insight with practical understanding.
Robust Portfolio Optimisation
Robust portfolio optimisation provides a framework for constructing portfolios that account for uncertainty and estimation error. By incorporating variability into the optimisation process, it reduces sensitivity to inputs and enhances stability. At MorMag, this perspective informs a disciplined approach to portfolio construction, emphasising resilience, adaptability, and clarity of thought.
Convex Portfolio Optimisation
Convex portfolio optimisation provides a powerful framework for structuring capital allocation in financial markets. At MorMag, this framework forms part of a disciplined approach to portfolio construction, integrating mathematical rigour with contextual understanding.
Latent Regime Discovery
Latent regime discovery provides a framework for understanding the evolving nature of financial markets. At MorMag, this perspective informs a disciplined approach to analysis, integrating quantitative methods with contextual interpretation.
Mean Reversion
Mean reversion describes the tendency of prices or returns to move toward a reference level following deviation. At MorMag, mean reversion is understood as a probabilistic phenomenon within a dynamic system. It is applied with attention to context, structure, and uncertainty.
The Kelly Criterion
The Kelly Criterion provides a rigorous framework for determining how much capital to allocate to uncertain opportunities. At MorMag, this framework informs a disciplined approach to capital allocation, integrating quantitative insight with an understanding of real-world constraints.
Swarmalators
Swarmalators provide a conceptual framework for understanding systems in which spatial organisation and temporal synchronisation are coupled. At MorMag, this perspective reinforces a broader approach to analysis in which markets are understood as evolving, interconnected systems.
Stochastic Volatility Models
Stochastic volatility models represent a significant advancement in the modelling of financial markets. By treating volatility as a dynamic and uncertain process, they capture key features of real-world behaviour. At MorMag, this perspective informs a disciplined approach to quantitative analysis.
Geometric vs Arithmetic Brownian Motion
Modern quantitative finance is built on stochastic models of price behaviour. Geometric and arithmetic Brownian motion represent two foundational approaches to modelling price dynamics. At MorMag, these frameworks are understood not as competing truths, but as complementary tools.
The Bachelier Model
The Bachelier model offers a foundational perspective on financial markets, based on arithmetic Brownian motion and normally distributed price changes. At MorMag, this perspective reinforces a disciplined approach to quantitative analysis, in which models are selected and interpreted within the context of real-world conditions.
The Options Greeks
The Options Greeks provide a fundamental framework for understanding how derivative positions respond to changes in market conditions. At MorMag, this framework is integrated within a broader approach that emphasises probabilistic thinking, behavioural awareness, and system-level understanding.
The Volatility Smile
The volatility smile is one of the most important empirical features of financial markets. It reflects the limitations of classical models, the presence of tail risk, and the influence of behaviour on pricing. At MorMag, this perspective supports a disciplined approach to interpreting markets, in which models are used as tools but not treated as complete representations of reality.
The Black–Scholes Model
The Black–Scholes model remains one of the most important frameworks in finance. It provides a structured approach to pricing derivatives, introduces key concepts such as dynamic hedging, and formalises the role of volatility in valuation. At MorMag, this perspective informs a disciplined approach to quantitative analysis.
The Black–Scholes Equation
The Black–Scholes equation represents a milestone in financial theory, providing a structured approach to pricing derivatives and understanding risk. At MorMag, this balance between structure and awareness informs a disciplined approach to quantitative analysis.
The Kuramoto Model and Financial Markets
Financial markets are often analysed through correlations. The Kuramoto model offers a powerful framework for understanding financial markets as systems in which synchronisation emerges from interaction. At MorMag, this perspective complements probabilistic modelling and regime analysis, supporting a more comprehensive understanding of market behaviour.
The Fisher Transformation in Financial Markets
Financial data is rarely well-behaved. The Fisher Transformation provides a mathematical framework for addressing this issue. At MorMag, this technique is applied within a broader framework that emphasises probabilistic reasoning, disciplined evaluation, and integration across multiple dimensions.
Fraction of Variance Unexplained
The Fraction of Variance Unexplained provides a valuable perspective on the limits of quantitative models. At MorMag, this perspective supports a disciplined approach to modelling in which the goal is not to eliminate unexplained variance, but to understand it.
Risk-Adjusted Performance Metrics in Financial Markets
Risk-adjusted performance metrics provide essential tools for evaluating opportunities in financial markets. By relating returns to different forms of risk, the Sharpe, Sortino, and Calmar ratios offer complementary perspectives on performance.
Markov Decision Processes and Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes
MDPs provide a formal structure for decision-making under uncertainty, aligning with probabilistic investment frameworks. POMDPs extend this into a more realistic domain, accounting for incomplete information and noisy observations.
Gibbs Sampling
Gibbs sampling provides a structured approach to sampling in multi-variable systems. This is done by by sampling each variable conditionally.

