In this study, we use the 'heterogeneous autoregressive' (HAR) model and replace all squared returns with a squared range to estimate realized range-based volatility (RRV) forecasts for oil futures prices. Our findings demonstrate that the HAR-RRV models, involving volatility measures with a...

This paper examines the expiration day effects of Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock Index (TAIEX) futures (TX), and Singapore Exchange (SGX) Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Taiwan stock index (MSCI-TW) futures, under different...

This paper sets out to estimate the dynamic relationship that exists between the prices of ADRs and their underlying stocks, in both the short run and the long run, using a number of recent developments of the threshold cointegration framework. The empirical results support the notion of...

<section xml:id="fut21655-sec-0001"> This study examines whether deviations from put–call parity are informative about future volatility in the underlying index. Using the difference in implied volatility between call and put options to measure these deviations, we find that deviations from put–call parity predict future...</section>

The impact of changes in trading costs, due to decimalization, on informed trading and speed of information transmission between exchange‐traded funds (ETFs) and their corresponding index futures is examined. ETFs began to trade in decimals on January 29, 2001, and index futures continued to...

This study investigates the impact of decimalization (penny pricing) on the arbitrage relationship between index exchange‐traded funds and E‐mini index futures. The empirical results reveal that subsequent to penny pricing, there is a significant fall in the mean ex ante arbitrage profit,...

This article sets out to investigate price clustering in both the open‐outcry (floor‐traded) and electronically traded (E‐mini) index futures markets of the DJIA, S&P 500, and NASDAQ‐100 indices. The results show that although price clustering is ubiquitous in both the floor‐traded and...

This paper explores how the fearful market-based sentiment indicators affect investor trading behavior and market liquidity. Our results show that a high degree of fearful market-based sentiment induces more sell orders along with a reduction in market liquidity, and vice versa. In addition,...