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Deep Hedging

Learn hedging policies under frictions and non-quadratic objectives.

Reviewed 2026-08-10TheQuantBateman ResearchReading note
01Intuition

Build the mental model first.

Optimise the trading policy directly when transaction costs and constraints break textbook replication.

ONE-LINE DEFINITION

Learn hedging policies under frictions and non-quadratic objectives.

02Mathematics

Now make it exact.

\min_\pi \; \rho(\text{hedging P&L}_\pi)
Notation and units

Decimal rates and volatilities, year-fraction time and continuous compounding unless stated otherwise.

03Assumptions

Every model has a price.

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Educational conventions are stated explicitly and may simplify market quotation or settlement details.

02

Rates are continuously compounded unless the section says otherwise.

03

Inputs are deterministic in the base model.

“An unstated convention is a future reconciliation break.”— THEQUANTBATEMAN
04Market use

Why a quant cares.

Active research and selective experimentation, not a universal replacement for desk risk systems.

IntuitionMathematicsImplementationDesk risk
05Desk view
FRONT OFFICE VIEW

The hedge has opinions.

Start with the quote convention, then ask which Frontier risk survives the hedge. A number without its convention is merely well-dressed ambiguity.

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06Related

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