Option-Implied Risk Measures: An Empirical Examination on the S&P500 Index
46 Pages Posted: 16 Apr 2018 Last revised: 3 Apr 2020
Date Written: April 12, 2018
Abstract
The forward-looking nature of option market data allows one to derive economically-based and model-free risk measures. This article proposes an extensive analysis of the performances of option-implied VaR and CVaR, and compare them with classical risk measures for the S&P500 Index. Delivering good results both at short and long time horizons, the proposed option-implied risk metrics emerge as a convenient alternative to the existing risk measures.
Keywords: Option Prices, VaR and CVaR, Long and Short-term Risk Measures, S&P 500 Index
JEL Classification: G13, G32, D81
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Barone-Adesi, Giovanni and Legnazzi, Chiara and Sala, Carlo, Option-Implied Risk Measures: An Empirical Examination on the S&P500 Index (April 12, 2018). International Journal of Finance and Economics, Forthcoming
, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3162037 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3162037
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