 Deep kernel hedgingJean-Loup Dupret, Donatien Hainaut and Edouard Motte Abstract: We introduce a deep kernel hedging framework that combines the flexibility of deep learning with the structural inductive bias of kernel methods. The hedging functional is restricted to a reproducing kernel Hilbert space whose kernel is parameterized through a neural network embedding of the input features. The framework minimizes a regularized empirical risk under convex loss functions and can accommodate path-dependent information through truncated time-augmented signature features. We derive a generalized representer theorem for the joint hedging problem, reducing the empirical optimization to a finite-dimensional problem. To further reduce the computational cost associated with large kernel matrices, we develop a scalable random Fourier feature approximation and establish convergence guarantees. The random Fourier parameters are sampled once and remain fixed throughout training, while the deep kernel adapts to market data through the learned neural representation. We evaluate the performance of the proposed deep kernel approach on both synthetic and real data and compare it with standard kernel methods and classical deep hedging architectures. Numerical results indicate competitive and robust hedging performance, particularly in low-data regimes, which highlights the benefits of combining expressive neural representations with the inductive bias of kernel methods. Date: 2026-09, Revised 2026-10 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:arx:papers:2609.34474 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Papers from arXiv.org |
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