Does information drive trading in option strategies?

被引:22
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作者
Fahlenbrach, Ruediger [2 ]
Sandas, Patrik [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Virginia, McIntire Sch Commerce, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA
[2] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, UNIL Quartier Dorigny, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
关键词
Option strategies; Option spreads; Option combinations; Volatility trading;
D O I
10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.02.027
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
We study trading in option strategies in the FTSE-100 index market. Trades in option strategies represent around 37% of the total number of trades and over 75% of the total trading volume in our sample. We find some evidence that order flow in volatility-sensitive option strategies contains information about future realized volatility. We do not find evidence that order flow in directionally-sensitive option strategies contains information about future returns. Overall, our evidence suggests that option strategies are used both by traders who possess non-public information about future volatility and by uninformed speculators who appear to follow unprofitable trend chasing strategies. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:2370 / 2385
页数:16
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