Implied Volatility of Leveraged ETF Options

Abstract

This paper studies the problem of understanding implied volatilities from options written on leveraged exchanged-traded funds (LETFs), with an emphasis on the relations between LETF options with different leverage ratios. We first examine from empirical data the implied volatility skews for LETF options based on the S&P 500. In order to enhance their comparison with non-leveraged ETFs, we introduce the concept of moneyness scaling and provide a new formula that links option implied volatilities between leveraged and unleveraged ETFs. Under a multiscale stochastic volatility framework, we apply asymptotic techniques to derive an approximation for both the LETF option price and implied volatility. The approximation formula reflects the role of the leverage ratio, and thus allows us to link implied volatilities of options on an ETF and its leveraged counterparts. We apply our result to quantify matches and mismatches in the level and slope of the implied volatility skews for various LETF options using data from the underlying ETF option prices. This reveals some apparent biases in the leverage implied by the market prices of different products, long and short with leverage ratios two times and three times.     

一直在努力?——基金管理者买卖行为的有效性分析

通过构建收益缺口-基金的净资产收益与投资组合收益之差,探讨了我国证券市场中开放式基金管理者的买卖行为及其对基金业绩的影响.研究结果表明,在2004至2007年中,基金月收益缺口的均值显著大于零,表明基金管理者的努力总体上能增加基金的价值;投资者若模拟基金的股票构成进行投资,在熊市中,其平均回报小于基金的收益,但在牛市中,却显著地大于基金的收益,这一差异对配置型基金更明显.同时,基金收益缺口的大小与基金的类型和规模显著相关.     

Volatility Targeting Using Delayed Diffusions

ABSTRACT

A target volatility strategy (TVS) is a risky asset-riskless bond dynamic portfolio allocation which makes use of the risky asset historical volatility as an allocation rule with the aim of maintaining the instantaneous volatility of the investment constant at a target level. In a market with stochastic volatility, we consider a diffusion model for the value of a target volatility fund (TVF) which employs a system of stochastic delayed differential equations (SDDEs) involving the asset realized variance. First we prove that under some technical assumptions, contingent claim valuation on a TVF is approximately of Black-Scholes type, which is consistent with and supports the standing market practice. In second place, we develop a computational framework using recent results on Markovian approximations of SDDEs systems, which we then implement in the Heston variance model using an ad hoc Euler scheme. Our framework allows for efficient numerical valuation of derivatives on TVFs, whose typical purpose is the assessment of the guarantee costs of such funds for insurers.     

沪深股市收益分布尾部特征研究

本文运用跳跃扩散模型和极值理论方法对沪深股指收益分布特征进行了研究。跳跃扩散模型定量化地给出沪深股市股票收益分布产生的原因,沪深股市收益分布为具有胖尾的非正态分布,股票收益变动主要是由离散信息作用引起,一般帕累托分布较好地拟合股票收益左尾分布。     

基于DEA的基金绩效评价研究

用数据包络分析(DEA)方法对天天基金网中最新银河评级一年期表现优秀的三大类共39只基金绩效进行了进一步的评价研究,选取能充分体现基金风险与收益的统计指标,均值与方差,运用DEA有效性原理比较并分析了39只基金的技术有效性与规模有效性,给出了无效基金仿效的标杆.     

Equilibrium investment strategy for DC pension plan with default risk and return of premiums clauses under CEV model

This paper considers an optimal investment problem for a defined contribution (DC) pension plan with default risk in a mean–variance framework. In the DC plan, contributions are supposed to be a predetermined amount of money as premiums and the pension funds are allowed to be invested in a financial market which consists of a risk-free asset, a defaultable bond and a risky asset satisfied a constant elasticity of variance (CEV) model. Notice that a part of pension members could die during the accumulation phase, and their premiums should be withdrawn. Thus, we consider the return of premiums clauses by an actuarial method and assume that the surviving members will share the difference between the return and the accumulation equally. Taking account of the pension fund size and the volatility of the accumulation, a mean–variance criterion as the investment objective for the DC plan can be formulated, and the original optimization problem can be decomposed into two sub-problems: a post-default case and a pre-default case. By applying a game theoretic framework, the equilibrium investment strategies and the corresponding equilibrium value functions can be obtained explicitly. Economic interpretations are given in the numerical simulation, which is presented to illustrate our results.     

On minimizing drawdown risks of lifetime investments

Drawdown measures the decline of portfolio value from its historic high-water mark. In this paper, we study a lifetime investment problem aiming at minimizing the risk of drawdown occurrences. Under the Black–Scholes framework, we examine two financial market models: a market with two risky assets, and a market with a risk-free asset and a risky asset. Closed-form optimal trading strategies are derived under both models by utilizing a decomposition technique on the associated Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman (HJB) equation. We show that it is optimal to minimize the portfolio variance when the fund value is at its historic high-water mark. Moreover, when the fund value drops, the proportion of wealth invested in the asset with a higher instantaneous rate of return should be increased. We find that the instantaneous return rate of the minimum lifetime drawdown probability (MLDP) portfolio is never less than the return rate of the minimum variance (MV) portfolio. This supports the practical use of drawdown-based performance measures in which the role of volatility is replaced by drawdown.     

Arithmetic returns for investment performance measurement

This paper introduces new money-weighted metrics for investment performance analysis, based on arithmetic means of holding period rates weighted by the investment’s market values. This approach generates rates of return which measure a fund’s or portfolio’s performance and a fund manager’s performance. It also enables to show that the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is a weighted mean of holding period rates associated with interim values which differ from market values, so that value additivity is violated. The manager’s Arithmetic Internal Rate of Return (AIRR) is shown to be the true period equivalent of the cumulative Time Weighted Rate of Return (TWRR), whereas the period TWRR (a geometric return) provides a different ranking. The method is easily generalized for coping with varying benchmark rates. We also cope with the practical problem of estimating interim values whenever they are not available.     

Bayesian modeling and forecasting of Value‐at‐Risk via threshold realized volatility

This study proposes a threshold realized generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedastic (GARCH) model that jointly models daily returns and realized volatility, thereby taking into account the bias and asymmetry of realized volatility. We incorporate this threshold realized GARCH model with skew Student‐t innovations as the observation equation, view this model as a sharp transition model, and treat the realized volatility as a proxy for volatility under this nonlinear structure. Through the Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo method, the model can jointly estimate the parameters in the return equation, the volatility equation, and the measurement equation. As an illustration, we conduct a simulation study and apply the proposed method to the US and Japan stock markets. Based on quantile forecasting and volatility estimation, we find that the threshold heteroskedastic framework with realized volatility successfully models the asymmetric dynamic structure. We also investigate the predictive ability of volatility by comparing the proposed model with the traditional GARCH model as well as some popular asymmetric GARCH and realized GARCH models. This threshold realized GARCH model with skew Student‐t innovations outperforms the competing risk models in out‐of‐sample volatility and Value‐at‐Risk forecasting.     

基于实际波动率的组合选择实证研究

本文对证券组合三因素的7种预测方法进行了实证研究和敏感性检验,得出结论:若以周作为组合持有期,则不论何种收益预测方法,基于实际波率的ARFIMA方法在组合持有期上均取得了正的超额收益;基于实际波动率的ARFIMA法在组合选择的各种方法中是最优的.     

Pricing Exotic Discrete Variance Swaps under the 3/2-Stochastic Volatility Models

Abstract

We consider pricing of various types of exotic discrete variance swaps, like the gamma swaps and corridor variance swaps, under the 3/2-stochastic volatility models (SVMs) with jumps in asset price. The class of SVMs that use a constant-elasticity-of-variance (CEV) process for the instantaneous variance exhibits good analytical tractability only when the CEV parameter takes just a few special values (namely 0, 1/2, 1 and 3/2). The popular Heston model corresponds to the choice of the CEV parameter to be 1/2. However, the stochastic volatility dynamics implied by the Heston model fails to capture some important empirical features of the market data. The choice of 3/2 for the CEV parameter in the SVM shows better agreement with empirical studies while it maintains a good level of analytical tractability. Using the partial integro-differential equation (PIDE) formulation, we manage to derive quasi-closed-form pricing formulas for the fair strike prices of various types of exotic discrete variance swaps with various weight processes and different return specifications under the 3/2-model. Pricing properties of these exotic discrete variance swaps with respect to various model parameters are explored.     

Seasonality and idiosyncratic risk in mutual fund performance

This paper examines the relationship between seasonality, idiosyncratic risk and mutual fund returns using multifactor models. We use a large sample containing the return histories of 728 UK mutual funds over a 23-year period to measure fund performance. We present evidence that idiosyncratic risk cannot be eliminated, we also find evidence of seasonality in all fund categories. Specifically, we find a close relation between the seasonality and the end of the tax-year. We document that the idiosyncratic risk puzzle cannot explain seasonality in fund performance in the UK. Although, we do find that idiosyncratic risk can account for the seasonality in the month of April. Thus, the results show a link between the tax-loss selling hypothesis in April and idiosyncratic risk in that month. Finally, we report evidence that idiosyncratic risk is negatively related to expected returns for most fund classes.     

上海股市收益率序列簇生特征局部线性平滑分析

本文从分析上海股票市场收益率序列的基本特征入手,重点利用非参数方法分析收益率序列波动性的簇生特征.首先通过一系列描述指标说明股市收益率序列具有的基本特点,利用非参数方法估计收益率序列的密度函数.进一步利用非参数回归分析的方法,分析股票市场的波动性,说明股市收益率序列的簇生特征是一个一般规律,在防范股市风险的时候应该注意到这一特点.     

基于双因子已实现GARCH模型的波动率预测研究

准确地预测金融市场的波动率对市场管理者和参与者而言都是至关重要的。本文在标准已实现GARCH模型基础上,将条件方差乘性分解为长期方差和短期方差两部分,分别构造包含杠杆函数的长期方差方程和短期方差方程,用以捕捉波动率的长记忆性和短期微观波动。运用上证综指和日经指数的日收盘价、已实现方差和已实现核波动此类高频数据进行实证分析,结果表明:与标准已实现GARCH模型相比,两指数的双因子已实现GARCH模型在样本内表现出更大的似然估计值;通过样本外误差函数分析和DM检验,双因子已实现GARCH模型也取得更好表现。     

Prices and Asymptotics for Discrete Variance Swaps

Abstract

We study the fair strike of a discrete variance swap for a general time-homogeneous stochastic volatility model. In the special cases of Heston, Hull–White and Schöbel–Zhu stochastic volatility models, we give simple explicit expressions (improving Broadie and Jain (2008a). The effect of jumps and discrete sampling on volatility and variance swaps. International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, 11(8), 761–797) in the case of the Heston model). We give conditions on parameters under which the fair strike of a discrete variance swap is higher or lower than that of the continuous variance swap. The interest rate and the correlation between the underlying price and its volatility are key elements in this analysis. We derive asymptotics for the discrete variance swaps and compare our results with those of Broadie and Jain (2008a. The effect of jumps and discrete sampling on volatility and variance swaps. International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, 11(8), 761–797), Jarrow et al. (2013. Discretely sampled variance and volatility swaps versus their continuous approximations. Finance and Stochastics, 17(2), 305–324) and Keller-Ressel and Griessler (2012. Convex order of discrete, continuous and predictable quadratic variation and applications to options on variance. Working paper. Retrieved from http://arxiv.org/abs/1103.2310).     

基金风险改变了投资者的业绩敏感程度吗？——基于基金业绩波动与资金净流量关系的实证研究

本文利用我国2005年至2011年期间开放式基金的面板数据,研究了基金业绩波动对投资者业绩敏感程度的影响。在验证了基金资金净流量与基金业绩的正相关关系后,实证研究发现:(1)基金业绩波动降低了投资者对基金业绩的敏感程度:基金业绩波动越大,相同业绩提升带来的资金净流量越少;(2)对于不同业绩类型的基金,业绩波动对基金“业绩—资金净流量”关系的反向影响程度也有所不同:这一影响主要体现在绩劣基金中,中等业绩基金次之,在明星基金中反而体现为正向影响。     

依赖时间参数的几种有固定执行价格的亚式期权定价

本文在假定标的资产模型依赖时间参数（即无风险利率,标的资产的期望收益率,波动率及红利率）,利用已建立的亚式期权定价模型,讨论了上限型期权、抵付型期权、双向型期权等,得到相应的期权定价解析公式．     

Three fuzzy goal programming models for index portfolios

Studies show that most actively managed mutual funds struggle to beat the market, driving an increase in the popularity of index investing. Index investing instruments, including index funds and Exchange-traded Funds, aim to track market performance. This study pursues both tracking error minimization and excess return maximization, two conflicting objectives, to construct an index portfolio. In the real-world financial environment, the desires and expectations of decision makers are generally imprecise. This study applies fuzzy theory to deal with imprecise objectives. This study represents minimizing tracking error and maximizing excess return as ‘fuzzy goals’ to improve traditional goal programming, which is suitable for handling multiple conflicting objectives, but subject to establishing crisp goals. Three fuzzy goal programming (FGP) models that track indexes are compared and discussed, and the results show that through certain membership functions and tracking models, an index tracking portfolio with a tracking error lower than the 0050 index fund, and a similar excess return to 0050 index fund can be constructed using additive type FGP. max-min type FGP underperforms the additive type FGP in index fund construction.     

高频金融数据中市场微观结构噪音误差估计

由于在波动率估计中高频数据的使用,市场微观结构噪音的干扰对无偏的和一致的估计波动率已经变成了一种障碍,为了更好地估计真实波动率,噪音方差估计显得日益重要,本文基于目前关于波动率估计研究成果,提出了在不同的假设情况下估计市场微观结构噪音误差的方法,并与常用的估计方法进行深入的比较,得到它们的渐近性质,并且进行广泛的模拟研究它们的有限样本性质,并得到较有意义的结果。     

股市波动性预测模型改进研究

本文从参数估计准则和收益率波动性的定量表达这两方面来探讨股市收益的波动性预测改进方法,并由此提出了以收益率偏差绝对值为代替偏差平方并利用非线性最小二乘法来估计参数的(A)GARCH-NLS模型。最后,我们以国泰君安指数、上证综指以及深证成指1998 1 5-2002 9 25的每日收盘价格为样本来考察各种合理替代所产生的模型对股市波动性的预测性能影响。结果发现,(A)GARCH-NLS模型对股市波动性的预测精确度有了较显著的提高。