Dual Attainment in Multi-Period Multi-Asset Martingale Optimal Transport and Its Computation

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Main Authors: Che, Charlie, Lim, Tongseok, Sun, Yue
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author Che, Charlie
Lim, Tongseok
Sun, Yue
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Lim, Tongseok
Sun, Yue
contents We establish dual attainment for the multimarginal, multi-asset martingale optimal transport (MOT) problem, a fundamental question in the mathematical theory of model-independent pricing and hedging in quantitative finance. Our main result proves the existence of dual optimizers under mild regularity and irreducibility conditions, extending previous duality and attainment results from the classical and two-marginal settings to arbitrary numbers of assets and time periods. This theoretical advance provides a rigorous foundation for robust pricing and hedging of complex, path-dependent financial derivatives. To support our analysis, we present numerical experiments that demonstrate the practical solvability of large-scale discrete MOT problems using the state-of-the-art primal-dual linear programming (PDLP) algorithm. In particular, we solve multi-dimensional (or vectorial) MOT instances arising from the robust pricing of worst-of autocallable options, confirming the accuracy and feasibility of our theoretical results. Our work advances the mathematical understanding of MOT and highlights its relevance for robust financial engineering in high-dimensional and model-uncertain environments.
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spellingShingle Dual Attainment in Multi-Period Multi-Asset Martingale Optimal Transport and Its Computation
Che, Charlie
Lim, Tongseok
Sun, Yue
Mathematical Finance
Theoretical Economics
Optimization and Control
Probability
Computational Finance
We establish dual attainment for the multimarginal, multi-asset martingale optimal transport (MOT) problem, a fundamental question in the mathematical theory of model-independent pricing and hedging in quantitative finance. Our main result proves the existence of dual optimizers under mild regularity and irreducibility conditions, extending previous duality and attainment results from the classical and two-marginal settings to arbitrary numbers of assets and time periods. This theoretical advance provides a rigorous foundation for robust pricing and hedging of complex, path-dependent financial derivatives. To support our analysis, we present numerical experiments that demonstrate the practical solvability of large-scale discrete MOT problems using the state-of-the-art primal-dual linear programming (PDLP) algorithm. In particular, we solve multi-dimensional (or vectorial) MOT instances arising from the robust pricing of worst-of autocallable options, confirming the accuracy and feasibility of our theoretical results. Our work advances the mathematical understanding of MOT and highlights its relevance for robust financial engineering in high-dimensional and model-uncertain environments.
title Dual Attainment in Multi-Period Multi-Asset Martingale Optimal Transport and Its Computation
topic Mathematical Finance
Theoretical Economics
Optimization and Control
Probability
Computational Finance
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02996