Local martingales in discrete time

Abstract

For any discrete-time $\mathsf{P} $–local martingale $S$ there exists a probability measure $\mathsf{Q} \sim \mathsf{P} $ such that $S$ is a $\mathsf{Q} $–martingale. A new proof for this result is provided. The core idea relies on an appropriate modification of an argument by Chris Rogers, used to prove a version of the fundamental theorem of asset pricing in discrete time. This proof also yields that, for any $\varepsilon >0$, the measure $\mathsf{Q} $ can be chosen so that $\frac{\mathrm {d} \mathsf {Q}} {\mathrm{d} \mathsf{P} } \leq 1+\varepsilon $.