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Inspired by the theory of social imitation (Weidlich 1970) and its adaptation to financial markets by the Coherent Market Hypothesis (Vaga 1990), we present a behavioral model of stock prices that supports the overreaction hypothesis. Using our dynamic stock price model, we develop a two factor...
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There is much discussion about derivatives at central banks. The main focus is on questions about the impact of the growing use of derivative instruments on the stability of the financial markets and the effectiveness ofmonetary policy measures. Irrespective ofthe answers, the information...
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) the statistical properties of the Korea's representative implied volatility index (VKOSPI) derived from the KOSPI 200 … options and (b) macroeconomic and financial variables that can predict the implied volatility process of the index, using … the VKOSPI. In addition, we find that the stock market return and implied volatility index of the US market (i.e., the S …
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We propose the option realized variance as an observable variable to summarize information from high-frequency option data. This variable aggregates intraday option returns from midquote prices to compute the option's total variability for a given day. Using the S&P 500 index time series and...
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In recent years there has been a remarkable growth of volatility options. In particular, VIX options are among the most … actively trading contracts at CBOE. These options exhibit upward sloping volatility skew and the shape of the skew is largely … independent of the volatility level. To take into account these stylized facts, this article introduces a novel two …
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return, such as volatility or skewness, and exploits her private information by trading a complete menu of options. The … exploit higher order moment information, such as the volatility straddle …
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