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q-fin.RM2026

Hawkes-Driven OTC Market Making: Volterra-Riccati Approximation

Alexander Barzykin

We formulate an over-the-counter (OTC) market-making problem in which request-for-quote (RFQ) arrivals are modelled by general Hawkes kernels and fills are controlled thinnings of…

q-fin.TR2026

Optimal Execution with Passive Market Impact

Alexander Barzykin, Robert Boyce, Eyal Neuman +1

We derive a mesoscopic model for optimal execution with limit orders that incorporates microstructural features of passive price impact. Our framework is based on two empirical obs…

q-fin.MF2026

Strategic OTC market making with reputation feedback

Alexander Barzykin

Electronic over-the-counter (OTC) liquidity provision is increasingly shaped not only by the price of the next quote, but also by a dealer's accumulated standing with clients and p…

q-fin.RM2026

Bond Market Making with a Hit-Ratio Target

Alexander Barzykin, Axel Ciceri

We study OTC bond market making on a size ladder with quadratic inventory penalty and a running target on the dealer's size-weighted hit ratio within a stochastic optimal control a…

q-fin.RM2026

Win-score promotion gates in aggregator-routed RFQ markets: A two-tier stochastic control model

Alexander Barzykin

We study market making in aggregator-routed RFQ markets where platform routing depends on slowly varying dealer performance scores. We propose a two-tier stochastic control model t…

q-fin.RM2026

Dynamic slippage control and rejection feedback in spot FX market making

Alexander Barzykin

We study an OTC FX market-making problem, built on the Avellaneda-Stoikov tradition, in which a dealer streams size-dependent quotes on a discrete ladder and manages inventory risk…

q-fin.TR2026

Market Making and Transient Impact in Spot FX

Alexander Barzykin

Dealers in foreign exchange markets provide bid and ask prices to their clients at which they are happy to buy and sell, respectively. To manage risk, dealers can skew their quotes…

q-fin.TR2025

FX Market Making with Internal Liquidity

Alexander Barzykin, Robert Boyce, Eyal Neuman

As the FX markets continue to evolve, many institutions have started offering passive access to their internal liquidity pools. Market makers act as principal and have the opportun…

q-fin.TR2025

Optimal Quoting under Adverse Selection and Price Reading

Alexander Barzykin, Philippe Bergault, Olivier Guéant +1

Over the past decade, many dealers have implemented algorithmic models to automatically respond to RFQs and manage flows originating from electronic platforms. In parallel, buildin…

q-fin.TR2024

Unwinding Toxic Flow with Partial Information

Alexander Barzykin, Robert Boyce, Eyal Neuman

We consider a central trading desk which aggregates the inflow of clients' orders with unobserved toxicity, i.e. persistent adverse directionality. The desk chooses either to inter…

q-fin.TR2024★ 1 cited

Market Making in Spot Precious Metals

Alexander Barzykin, Philippe Bergault, Olivier Guéant

The primary challenge of market making in spot precious metals is navigating the liquidity that is mainly provided by futures contracts. The Exchange for Physical (EFP) spread, whi…