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An It^o integral of the form I_t = int_0^t H_s dW_s is always a martingale (under standard integrability conditions).

What is the primary reason for this?

  1. The quadratic variation of the integral equals t itself, guaranteeing the martingale result
  2. The integrand H_s is required to be a purely deterministic function of time
  3. The integrand H_s is adapted, and Brownian increments have zero conditional mean.
  4. Brownian motion paths are known to possess finite total variation everywhere

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