Golez, Benjamin; Jackwerth, Jens Carsten - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2010
options on S&P 500 futures expire than on other days. The effect is driven by the interplay of market makers' rebalancing of …We document that S&P 500 futures finish in the proximity of the closest strike price more often on days when serial …-the-money options by individual investors. Consistent with limits to arbitrage, we find that the effect is asymmetric and stronger above …