Maximal inequalities for a continuous semimartingale

Let X =( X t ) t S 0 be a continuous semimartingale given by d X t = f ( t ) w ( X t )d d M ¢ t + f ( t ) σ ( X t )d M t , X 0 =0, where M =( M t , F t ) t S 0 is a continuous local martingale starting at zero with quadratic variation d M ¢ and f ( t ) is a positive, bounded continuous function on 0, X ), and w , σ both are continuous on R and σ ( x )>0 if x p 0. Denote X 𝜏 * =sup 0 h t h 𝜏 | X t | and J t = Z 0 t f ( s ) } ( X s )d d M ¢ s ( t S 0) for a nonnegative continuous function } . If w ( x ) h 0 ( x S 0) and K 1 | x | n σ 2 ( x ) h | w ( x )| h K 2 | x | n σ 2 ( x ) ( x ] R , n >0) with two fixed constants K 2 S K 1 >0, then under suitable conditions for } we show that the maximal inequalities c p , n log 1 n +1 (1+ J 𝜏 ) p h Á X 𝜏 * Á p h C p , n log 1 n +1 (1+ J 𝜏 ) p (0< p < n +1) hold for all stopping times 𝜏 .