disprove such claims. This research investigates the efficiency of corn and soybean options markets by directly computing …, risk adjusted returns indicate that no profits can be made by taking either side of the corn or soybean options markets …. However, when time effects are analyzed, corn calls appear to have provided excess returns during the 1998--2005 period. This …

of corn and soybean futures markets from 1986 to 2012. Results show significant differences between close-to-open return …

in 1977 compared to 1.6 billion bushels in 1974. Corn was the leading grain handled by the 18 regiona1s--totaling 695 … million bushels followed closely by wheat with 571 million bushels. Together corn and wheat comprised 68 percent of regionals …

corn and soybeans. The total possible decrease in risk through naïve diversification is small, mainly because advisory …