. The construction of these measures is based on the theory of comonotonicity. Both types of herd behavior indices are model …

. The construction of these measures is based on the theory of comonotonicity. Both types of herd behavior indices are model …

The aim of this paper is twofold: to investigate how the information content of implied volatility varies according to … moneyness and option type and to compare option-based forecasts with historical volatility. The different information content of … implied volatility is examined for the most liquid at-the-money and out-of-the-money options: put (call) options for strikes …

An anchoring-adjusted option pricing model is developed in which the volatility of the underlying stock return is used … as a starting point that gets adjusted upwards to form expectations about call option volatility. I show that the …

influence of different investor types' net options demand on the KOSPI200 options-implied volatility dynamics. We extend Bollen … impacts of net buying pressure on implied volatility, and the effect of regulatory reform in the options market. Our empirical … institutions' net demand is the most informative about the underlying market volatility independent of the market reform, while …

) index call and put options with different volatility forecasting approaches. Since the volatility is the key parameter in … pricing options, GARCH (Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity), implied volatility, historical volatility …, and implied volatility index (VBI) are used to determine the best volatility approach for pricing options according to …

) the statistical properties of the Korea's representative implied volatility index (VKOSPI) derived from the KOSPI 200 … options and (b) macroeconomic and financial variables that can predict the implied volatility process of the index, using … the VKOSPI. In addition, we find that the stock market return and implied volatility index of the US market (i.e., the S …

Equity option markets exhibit intense trading activity. We use the variability of option implied volatility spread as a …. Over the 2006 – 2016 period, we find that the predictive power of option implied volatility spread for future stock returns … is significantly greater when implied volatility spread has been more variable in the past. Our results are statistically …