Essays about: "VIX trading"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words VIX trading.

  1. 1. The Predictive Power of Implied Volatility in Option Pricing

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Lovisa Berglund; [2023]
    Keywords : Option Pricing; Black-Scholes; Finance; Implied Volatility; Applied Mathematics; Machine Learning; Optionsprissättning; Black-Scholes; Finans; Implicit Volatilitet; Tillämpad Matematik; Maskininlärning;

    Abstract : During the last few years, financial derivatives have been growing in trading volume. There seem to be a high demand and supply of derivatives on the market and one common derivative is the option contract. The option contract is frequently the subject of studies and many different pricing models have been created for options. READ MORE

  3. 2. Volatility Timing using Machine Learning - An Application to a Signal Based Portfolio

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Filippa Lövgren; Julian Marvin Ulmer; [2022]
    Keywords : Machine Learning; Support Vector Machines; VIX; Volatility Timing; Portfolio Construction; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Recent events such as the covid-19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian war have led to a tremendous increase in volatility, making financial markets riskier for investors. To see whether investors can counteract or profit from such risk, we develop a volatility timed trading strategy. READ MORE

  4. 3. Trading Volatility : Trading strategies based on the VIX term structure.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Oskar Fransson; Henrik Mark Almqvist; [2020]
    Keywords : Volatility; VIX futures; VIX ETP; VIX ETF; VIX ETN; VIX index; VIX term structure; VIX trading; Volatility trading; Contango; Backwardation; Roll yield; Options; Futures;

    Abstract : This study investigates how term structure dynamics of VIX futures can be exploited forabnormal returns. To be able to access volatility as a tradeable asset, the trading strategiesonly trades ETFs which are designed to replicate the movements of VIX futures index. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Uncertainty Influence on Earnings Announcement Returns

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Gustav Kölby; Johan Widén; [2019]
    Keywords : Market Uncertainty; VIX; Unexpected Earnings; Contrast Effects; Earnings Announcements;

    Abstract : We present evidence that market uncertainty influences the magnitude of the stock return response to earnings announcements. In this paper, we find that investors react more strongly to good news when released in a market of high uncertainty, compared with the same news in a market of low uncertainty. READ MORE

  6. 5. Chasing Sustainable Stocks: A Superior Investment Decision? - An ESG Investment Study

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Sebastian Johansson; Gustav Nilsson; [2019]
    Keywords : ESG; Socially Responsible Investing; Trading Strategy; Portfolio Performance;

    Abstract : Sustainable investing is trending, amounting to $30 trillion in assets under management world-wide in 2018 and it is predicted to grow even larger in the years to come. This thesis studies ESG portfolio performance of three comparable portfolios, a Sustainable, a Good Enough and an Unsustainable portfolio constructed using ESG-score in relation to their Global Industrial Classification Standard (GICS), between 2004 - 2018 in the U. READ MORE