In recent years, commodity markets have become increasingly popular among financial investors. In contrast to traditional markets such as equities or bonds for which many studies have identified various profitable investment strategies, less is known for commodity markets. In this paper, we...

In this study, we investigate the cross-section of option implied tail risks in commodity markets. In contrast to findings from equity markets, left and right tail risk implied by option markets are both large. Commodity specific variables exert the largest influence on tail risk, while there is...