This paper investigates the impact of heterogeneous beliefs of professional investors on the currency options market. Using a unique data set with detailed information on the foreign-exchange forecasts of about 50 market participants over more than ten years, we construct an empirical proxy for...

We build on a growing literature that studies the impact of market frictions on the dynamics of stock markets, such as momentum, price spirals, excess volatility, and investigate the potential feedback effects of delta-hedging in derivative markets on the underlying market. We document a link...