Event-Related Exchange Rate Forecasts Combining Information from Betting Quotes and Option Prices

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 53(6), 2663-2683

Posted: 3 Dec 2016 Last revised: 9 Jun 2020

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Michael Hanke

University of Liechtenstein

Rolf Poulsen

University of Copenhagen - Department of Statistics and Operations Research

Alex Weissensteiner

Free University of Bolzano Bozen

Date Written: June 28, 2017

Abstract

Betting quotes provide valuable information on market-implied probabilities for outcomes of events like elections or referendums, which may have an impact on exchange rates. We generate exchange rate forecasts around such events based on a model that combines risk-neutral event probabilities implied from betting quotes with risk-neutral exchange rate densities extracted from currency option prices. Its application to predict exchange rates around the Brexit referendum and the U.S. presidential elections shows that these forecasts – conditional on the respective outcomes – were accurate, and markets were able to separate their views on the likelihood and the impact of these events.

Keywords: exchange rates, forecasting, risk-neutral densities, betting quotes

JEL Classification: F31, F37

Suggested Citation

Hanke, Michael and Poulsen, Rolf and Weissensteiner, Alex, Event-Related Exchange Rate Forecasts Combining Information from Betting Quotes and Option Prices (June 28, 2017). Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 53(6), 2663-2683, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2879466 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2879466

Michael Hanke (Contact Author)

University of Liechtenstein ( email )

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Liechtenstein

Rolf Poulsen

University of Copenhagen - Department of Statistics and Operations Research ( email )

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DK-2100
Denmark
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Alex Weissensteiner

Free University of Bolzano Bozen ( email )

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Bolzano, 39100
+39 0471 013496 (Phone)

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