SPEC Model Selection Algorithm for ARCH Models: An Options Pricing Evaluation Framework
(2008). Applied Financial Economics Letters, 4(6), 419-423
Posted: 5 Jul 2016
Date Written: 2008
Abstract
A number of single ARCH model-based methods of predicting volatility are compared to Degiannakis and Xekalaki’s (2005) poly-model standardized prediction error criterion (SPEC) algorithm method in terms of profits from trading actual options of the S&P500 index returns. The results show that traders using the SPEC for deciding which model’s forecasts to use at any given point in time achieve the highest profits.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Degiannakis, Stavros Antonios and Xekalaki, Evdokia, SPEC Model Selection Algorithm for ARCH Models: An Options Pricing Evaluation Framework (2008). (2008). Applied Financial Economics Letters, 4(6), 419-423, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2804592
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