Example of a sequence of r.v.'s with constant stopping time that is not a Martingale

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Could anybody give me a simple example of a sequence of random variables $(X_{n})_{n \geq 0}$ that has constant expectation, but is not a martingale?

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If $(S_n)$ is a simple symmetric random walk on the integers, then $X_n:=S_n^3$ is a mean zero process that is not a martingale.