Business Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-31-2017
Publication Title
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Mechanics
Keywords
Downside risk, Wavelet decomposition, Multi-scale hedge ratio
Disciplines
Business | Finance and Financial Management
Abstract
This paper considers a multi-scale future hedge strategy that minimizes lower partial moments (LPM). To do this, wavelet analysis is adopted to decompose time series data
into different components. Next, different parametric estimation methods with known distributions are applied to calculate the LPM of hedged portfolios, which is the key to
determining multi-scale hedge ratios over different time scales. Then these parametric methods are compared with the prevailing nonparametric kernel metric method. Empirical results indicate that in the China Securities Index 300 (CSI 300) index futures and spot markets, hedge ratios and hedge efficiency estimated by the nonparametric kernel metric method are inferior to those estimated by parametric hedging model based on the features
of sequence distributions. In addition, if minimum-LPM is selected as a hedge target, the hedging periods, degree of risk aversion, and target returns can affect the multi-scale hedge ratios and hedge efficiency, respectively.
Recommended Citation
Dai, Jun and Zhou, Haigang, "Determining the multi-scale hedge ratios of stock index futures using the lower partial moments method" (2017). Business Faculty Publications. 292.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/bus_facpub/292
DOI
10.1016/j.physa.2016.09.056
Version
Postprint
Publisher's Statement
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in . Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 466, (2017), 10.1016/j.physa.2016.09.056
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Volume
466
