We study power exchange options written on zero-coupon bonds under a stochastic string term-structure framework. Closed-form expressions for pricing and hedging bond power exchange options are obtained and, as particular cases, the corresponding expressions for call power options and constant...

In this paper we explore opportunities for the post-trade industry to standardize and simplify in order to significantly increase efficiency and reduce costs. We start by summarizing relevant industry problems (inconsistent processes, inconsistent data and duplicated data) and then present the...

The primary objective of this paper is to provide small retail traders with a heuristic model in the form of a derivative trading strategy. It is an effort to design an easy and effective derivative trading strategy for retail traders who often lose money in the stock market as a result of...

This study examines the influence of derivative instruments, income diversification, and liquidity ratios on earnings management with IFRS 7 disclosure as a moderating variable. The sample used consists of 129 conventional commercial banks that are listed and 116 banks that are not listed on the...

We develop a model to study the impacts of speculative position limits in commodity futures market. In the spirit of Dodd-Frank Act, regulators believe that position limit on speculators would dampen futures price volatility and prevent market manipulation. We show that this is not true due to...

This study is the first to examine China’s crude oil options market. Using high-frequency data and three different price discovery measures, we conduct a rigorous analysis and find that after its first 8 months of operation, China’s crude oil options market has already played an important...

In this article, a possible impact of blockchains on OTC derivatives is examined. The distributed ledger technology (DLT), of which blockchains are an operationalisation, has indeed received extensive consideration over the last few years from market participants, financial market...

Deribit exchange offers about 90\% open interest in the recent cryptocurrency options market. The dominating type of options listed in Deribit is the inverse BTC option, which is settled in BTC and thus allows professional traders to avoid frequent convert between cryptocurrency and fiat...

This article compares traditional hedging that aims at covering spot price risk and selective hedging that also speculates by forecasting futures price changes. The selective hedges we consider use different forecasts that range from the historical average return to (V)AR model projections,...

We provide a first analysis of the inflation-hedging properties of Bitcoin and Ethereum futures contracts. Daily data on the futures markets of Bitcoin, starting in December 2017, and Ethereum, available since February 2021, reveal consistently positive responses to inflation expectations. We...