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  1. 1. Essays on VIX Futures and Options

    Författare :Bujar Huskaj; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NIG; Long memory; Futures; FIGARCH; FIAPARCH; Options; Realized volatility; VaR; VIX; Volume;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three essays on VIX futures and options, and deals with issues highly relevant to all financial markets, such as understanding the operation of markets and developing flexible and tractable pricing models for contracts traded in them. It consists of four chapters. LÄS MER

  3. 2. On the returns of trend-following trading strategies

    Författare :Christian Lundström; Tomas Sjögren; Jussi Nikkinen; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bootstrap; Commodity Trading Advisor funds; Contraction-Expansion principle; Crude oil futures; Futures trading; Opening Range Breakout strategies; S P 500 futures; Technical analysis; Time series momentum; Time-varying market inefficiency; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Sammanfattning : Paper [I] tests the success rate of trades and the returns of the Opening Range Breakout (ORB) strategy. A trader that trades on the ORB strategy seeks to identify large intraday price movements and trades only when the price moves beyond some predetermined threshold. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Essays on Financial Market Interdependence

    Författare :Lu Liu; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Stock markets; commodity futures; extreme downside risk; regime-switching; correlations; diversification; market linkages; heterogeneity; EMU stock markets; dynamic panel data;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims at investigating the risk spillover and correlations among national stock markets, and the structure of dependence between stocks and commodity futures. It consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 briefly reviews the literature background of financial market interdependence and summarizes the contribution of the thesis. LÄS MER

  5. 4. On the profitability of momentum strategies and optimal leverage rules

    Författare :Christian Lundström Tjurhufvud; Tomas Sjögren; Sami Vähämaa; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bootstrap; Exchange Traded Products; Kelly criterion; Money management; Opening Range Breakout Strategies; Optimal fraction criterion; Time series momentum; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introductory part and five self-contained papers related to the profitability of momentum strategies and optimal leverage rules.Paper [I] tests the success rate of trades and the returns of the Opening Range Breakout (ORB) day trading strategy. LÄS MER