In this paper we introduce the expectile order, defined by X \leq_e Y if e_\alpha(X) \leq e_\alpha(Y) for each \alpha \in (0,1), where e_\alpha denotes the \alpha-expectile. We show that the expectile order is equivalent to the pointwise ordering of the Omega ratios, and we derive several...

We show how to compute the expectiles of the risk neutral distribution from the prices of European call and put options. Empirical properties of these implicit expectiles are studied on a dataset of closing daily prices of FTSE MIB index options. We introduce the interexpectile difference Δ<sub>τ...

We study conditional expectiles, defined as a natural generalisation of conditional expectations by means of the minimisation of an asymmetric quadratic loss function. We show that conditional expectiles can be equivalently characterised by a conditional first order condition and we derive their...

A statistical functional is elicitable if it can be defined as the minimizer of a suitable expected scoring function (see Gneiting (2011), Ziegel (2013) and the references therein). With financial applications in view, we suggest a slightly more restrictive definition than Gneiting (2011), and...