Quadratic Utility Function
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.fincept.in/quantlib/economics/utility/quadratic \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"a": 1,
"b": 0.0001,
"wealth": 1000
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.fincept.in/quantlib/economics/utility/quadratic"
payload = {
"a": 1,
"b": 0.0001,
"wealth": 1000
}
headers = {
"X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({a: 1, b: 0.0001, wealth: 1000})
};
fetch('https://api.fincept.in/quantlib/economics/utility/quadratic', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.fincept.in/quantlib/economics/utility/quadratic",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'a' => 1,
'b' => 0.0001,
'wealth' => 1000
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.fincept.in/quantlib/economics/utility/quadratic"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"a\": 1,\n \"b\": 0.0001,\n \"wealth\": 1000\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.fincept.in/quantlib/economics/utility/quadratic")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"a\": 1,\n \"b\": 0.0001,\n \"wealth\": 1000\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.fincept.in/quantlib/economics/utility/quadratic")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"a\": 1,\n \"b\": 0.0001,\n \"wealth\": 1000\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"data": {
"utility": 900,
"marginal_utility": 0.8,
"absolute_risk_aversion": 0.00025,
"satiation_point": 5000
}
}{
"detail": "Invalid API key"
}{
"detail": "Endpoint requires Basic tier or higher"
}{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"body",
"a"
],
"msg": "field required",
"type": "value_error.missing"
}
]
}quantlib-economics
Quadratic Utility Function
Evaluate quadratic utility function: U(w) = aw - bw^2 where a, b > 0. Returns utility value, marginal utility (a - 2bw), absolute risk aversion (2b/(a-2bw)), and satiation point (a/2b where marginal utility = 0). Quadratic utility exhibits increasing absolute risk aversion (IARA). Has a bliss point beyond which more wealth decreases utility. Use for mean-variance analysis and portfolio theory. [Tier: STANDARD, Credits: 2]
POST
/
quantlib
/
economics
/
utility
/
quadratic
Quadratic Utility Function
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.fincept.in/quantlib/economics/utility/quadratic \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"a": 1,
"b": 0.0001,
"wealth": 1000
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.fincept.in/quantlib/economics/utility/quadratic"
payload = {
"a": 1,
"b": 0.0001,
"wealth": 1000
}
headers = {
"X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({a: 1, b: 0.0001, wealth: 1000})
};
fetch('https://api.fincept.in/quantlib/economics/utility/quadratic', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.fincept.in/quantlib/economics/utility/quadratic",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'a' => 1,
'b' => 0.0001,
'wealth' => 1000
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.fincept.in/quantlib/economics/utility/quadratic"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"a\": 1,\n \"b\": 0.0001,\n \"wealth\": 1000\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.fincept.in/quantlib/economics/utility/quadratic")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"a\": 1,\n \"b\": 0.0001,\n \"wealth\": 1000\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.fincept.in/quantlib/economics/utility/quadratic")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"a\": 1,\n \"b\": 0.0001,\n \"wealth\": 1000\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"data": {
"utility": 900,
"marginal_utility": 0.8,
"absolute_risk_aversion": 0.00025,
"satiation_point": 5000
}
}{
"detail": "Invalid API key"
}{
"detail": "Endpoint requires Basic tier or higher"
}{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"body",
"a"
],
"msg": "field required",
"type": "value_error.missing"
}
]
}Authorizations
API key for authentication. Get your key at https://api.fincept.in/auth/register
Body
application/json
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