The Economic Value of Using Realized Volatility in Forecasting Future Implied Volatility

42 Pages Posted: 19 Nov 2006 Last revised: 26 Dec 2008

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Wing H. Chan

Wilfrid Laurier University - School of Business & Economics; City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Economics & Finance

Ranjini Jha

University of Waterloo - School of Accounting and Finance

Madhu Kalimipalli

Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University

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Date Written: November 1, 2008

Abstract

We examine the economic benefits of using realized volatility to forecast future implied volatility for pricing, trading, and hedging in the S&P 500 index options market. We propose an encompassing regression approach to forecast future implied volatility and hence future option prices by combining historical realized volatility and current implied volatility. An analysis of delta-neutral straddles and naked and delta-hedged option positions shows that the statistical superiority of historical realized volatility demonstrated in the encompassing regressions and option pricing errors does not translate into economic gains, when trading and hedging in the options markets, after considering trading costs.

Keywords: realized volatility, implied volatility, combination forecasts, volatility timing, option strategie

JEL Classification: G10, G14

Suggested Citation

Chan, Wing H. and Jha, Ranjini and Kalimipalli, Madhu, The Economic Value of Using Realized Volatility in Forecasting Future Implied Volatility (November 1, 2008). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=943317 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.943317

Wing H. Chan

Wilfrid Laurier University - School of Business & Economics ( email )

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City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Economics & Finance ( email )

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Ranjini Jha

University of Waterloo - School of Accounting and Finance ( email )

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Canada

Madhu Kalimipalli (Contact Author)

Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University ( email )

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Canada
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