Time-dependent volatility in futures contract options

On the realized volatility of the ECX CO 2 emissions 2008 futures contract : distribution ,

The recent implementation of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in January 2005 created new financial risks for emitting firms. To deal with these risks, options are traded since October 2006. Because the EU ETS is a new market, the relevant underlying model for option pricing is still a controversial issue. This article improves our understanding of this issue by characterizing the condi...

Stochastic Volatility and Seasonality in Commodity Futures and Options: The Case of Soybeans

This paper sets up and estimates a continuous-time stochastic volatility model using panel data of soybean futures and options in an integrated time-series study. The model of commodity price dynamics is within the class of affine asset pricing models, and option prices are determined using a standard inversion of characteristic functions approach. Our modeling acknowledges that commodities exh...

Comparative Nonlinear Modeling of FX Futures Options Volatility in Heterogeneous Markets

Volatility in the Gold Futures Market

Disclaimer Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and not those of the IIIS. All works posted here are owned and copyrighted by the author(s). Papers may only be downloaded for personal use only. Abstract: We investigate the volatility structure of gold, trading as a futures contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) using intraday (high frequency) data from January 1999 to D...

index derivatives, index futures, index options, stock portfolio futures, stock portfolio options

nowadays, the significant increase in the banks' non- performing loans is one of the main disturbances for authorities because of its bad effects on the macroeconomic index in our country such as increasing credit risk, liquidity risk and finally bankruptcy risk. social gap in welfare programs, deviation in monetary policies, etc. are the other bad results of this phenomenon. meanwhile, du...