Alex Lipton

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Mount Scopus

Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91905

Israel

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

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Three Quant Lessons from COVID-19 (Presentation Slides)

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 31 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2021
Marcos Lopez de Prado, Marcos Lopez de Prado and Alex Lipton
Cornell University - Operations Research & Industrial EngineeringAbu Dhabi Investment Authority and Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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COVID-19, nowcasting, machine learning, Monte Carlo, backtesting, backtest overfitting

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A Closed-Form Solution for Optimal Mean-Reverting Trading Strategies

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 09 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2020
Alex Lipton, Marcos Lopez de Prado and Marcos Lopez de Prado
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Cornell University - Operations Research & Industrial EngineeringAbu Dhabi Investment Authority
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optimal trading strategy, Heat potentials, Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process, mean-reversion

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Exit Strategies for COVID-19: An Application of the K-SEIR Model (Presentation Slides)

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 22 Apr 2020
Alex Lipton, Marcos Lopez de Prado and Marcos Lopez de Prado
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Cornell University - Operations Research & Industrial EngineeringAbu Dhabi Investment Authority
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COVID-19, pandemic, SEIR, case fatality rate, reproductive numbers, lockdowns

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The Case for Causal Factor Investing

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 15 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2024
Marcos Lopez de Prado, Marcos Lopez de Prado, Alex Lipton and Vincent Zoonekynd
Cornell University - Operations Research & Industrial EngineeringAbu Dhabi Investment Authority, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
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Causal inference, causal discovery, confounder, collider, factor investing, p-hacking, underperformance, systematic losses

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Three Quant Lessons from COVID-19

Risk Magazine, April 2020.
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 21 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 01 May 2020
Alex Lipton, Marcos Lopez de Prado and Marcos Lopez de Prado
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Cornell University - Operations Research & Industrial EngineeringAbu Dhabi Investment Authority
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COVID-19, pandemic, SEIR, case fatality rate, reproductive numbers, lockdowns

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Overcoming Markowitz's Instability with the Help of the Hierarchical Risk Parity (HRP): Theoretical Evidence

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Mar 2024
Alexandre Antonov, Alex Lipton, Marcos Lopez de Prado and Marcos Lopez de Prado
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Cornell University - Operations Research & Industrial EngineeringAbu Dhabi Investment Authority
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Trading strategy, portfolio allocation, Markowitz optimisation, Hierarchical Risk Parity, Clustered Optimisation, optimisation weights noise

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SPX, VIX and Scale-Invariant LSV

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 15 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2023
Alex Lipton and Adil Reghai
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and ADIA
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VIX, LSV, Scale, Invariance, Barriers, Volatility swaps, Scenario generation

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Kelvin Waves, Klein-Kramers and Kolmogorov Equations, Path-Dependent Financial Instruments: Survey and New Results

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 09 Sep 2023
Alex Lipton
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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affine processes, Kelvin waves, Klein-Kramer equation, Kolmogorov equation, stochastic volatility, path-dependent options

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A Geometric Approach to Asset Allocation with Investor Views

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 29 May 2024
Alexandre Antonov, Koushik Balasubramanian, Alex Lipton, Marcos Lopez de Prado and Marcos Lopez de Prado
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Cornell University - Operations Research & Industrial EngineeringAbu Dhabi Investment Authority
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Black-Litterman, Portfolio Allocation, Generalized Wasserstein Barycenter, Optimal Transport

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Automated Market-Making for Fiat Currencies

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 11 Oct 2021
Alex Lipton and Artur Sepp
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and LGT Bank (Schweiz) AG
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Cryptocurrencies, Automated Market Making, Decentralized Finance, Blockchain, Decentralized Exchanges, Central Bank Digital Currencies

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Credit Value Adjustment for Credit Default Swaps via the Structural Default Model

The Journal of Credit Risk, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 127-150, 2009
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 22 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2013
Alex Lipton and Artur Sepp
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and LGT Bank (Schweiz) AG
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counterparty risk, jump-to-default

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Filling the Gaps

Risk Magazine, October 2011, 66-71
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Sep 2012
Alex Lipton and Artur Sepp
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and LGT Bank (Schweiz) AG
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local volatility, diffusion with tiled volatility

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Mitigation Strategies for COVID-19: Lessons from the K-SEIR Model

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 17 May 2022
Alex Lipton, Marcos Lopez de Prado and Marcos Lopez de Prado
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Cornell University - Operations Research & Industrial EngineeringAbu Dhabi Investment Authority
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COVID-19, pandemic, SEIR, K-SEIR, epidemiology, case fatality rate, reproductive numbers, lockdowns

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Toward an Efficient Hybrid Method for Pricing Barrier Options on Assets With Stochastic Volatility

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 Apr 2022
Alex Lipton and Artur Sepp
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and LGT Bank (Schweiz) AG
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barrier options, stochastic volatility, Heston model, heat potentials, semi-analytical solution, Volterra equation, Willards' formula

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Simulation in the Real World

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 31 Aug 2016
Russell Barker, Andrew Samuel Dickinson and Alex Lipton
Independent, Bank of America and Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Asset Pricing, Risk Management, Risk-Neutral Pricing, Term Structure of Interest Rates, Esscher Transform

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Unified Approach for Hedging Impermanent Loss of Liquidity Provision

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2025
Alex Lipton, Vladimir Lucic and Artur Sepp
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Imperial College London and LGT Bank (Schweiz) AG
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Automated Market Making, Liquidity Provision, Decentralized Finance, Uniswap, Cryptocurrencies, Impermanent Loss JEL Classifications: C02

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Stochastic Volatility Models and Kelvin Waves

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, Vol. 41, 2008
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 22 Sep 2012
Alex Lipton and Artur Sepp
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and LGT Bank (Schweiz) AG
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Stochastic volatility, Stein-Stein model, Heston model

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Asymptotics for Exponential Levy Processes and Their Volatility Smile: Survey and New Results

Number of pages: 92 Posted: 28 Jun 2012
Leif B. G. Andersen and Alex Lipton
Bank of America and Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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option pricing, Levy processes, local volatility processes, small-time asymptotics, large-time asymptotics, wing asymptotics

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(Preface) Credit Correlation: Life after Copulas

CREDIT CORRELATION: LIFE AFTER COPULAS, Alexander Lipton, Andrew Ronnie, eds., World Scientific Publishing Co., 2007, International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2007
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 07 Oct 2009
Alex Lipton and Andrew Rennie
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Merrill Lynch & Co. - Merrill Lynch, UK
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credit derivatives, Gaussian copulas, tranches, credit baskets, base correlations

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Toward a Public-Key Management Framework for Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers

Electronic version of an article published as [The Journal of FinTech, Volume 1, Number 1, 2021, 27 pages] [https://doi.org/10.1142/S2705109920500017] © [copyright World Scientific Publishing Company]
Posted: 08 Jul 2021
Thomas Hardjono, Alex Lipton and Alex Pentland
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Virtual asset, virtual asset service provider, blockchain, public-keycerticates, key management