Optimal stopping times for solutions of nonlinear stochastic differential equations and their application to one problem of financial mathematics

Abstract

We solve the problem of finding the optimal switching time for two alternative strategies at the financial market in the case where a random processX _t ,t ∈ [0, T], describing an investor's assets satisfies a nonlinear stochastic differential equation. We determine this switching time τ∈[0,T] as the optimal stopping time for a certain processY _t generated by the processX _t so that the average investor's assets are maximized at the final time, i.e.,EX _T