This paper explores a new approach for pricing derivatives that aims at distinguishing exposure to implied volatility and exposure to future realized volatility, thus impacting hedging strategies with options. By construction, this approach diverts from standard pricing by pure arbitrage that...

The eigenproblem solution of the multi-domain efficient allocation is identified as a direct generalization of the classical Neyman-Tchuprov optimal allocation in stratified SRSWOR. This is achieved through analysis of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a suitable population-based matrix D. Such...