• Media type: Report; E-Book
  • Title: Forecasting stock market volatility and the informational efficiency of the DAX-index options market
  • Contributor: Claessen, Holger [Author]; Mittnik, Stefan [Author]
  • imprint: Frankfurt a. M.: Goethe University Frankfurt, Center for Financial Studies (CFS), 2002
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: implied volatility ; C53 ; GARCH ; market efficiency ; combined forecasting ; C22 ; G14
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  • Description: Alternative strategies for predicting stock market volatility are examined. In out-of-sample forecasting experiments implied-volatility information, derived from contemporaneously observed option prices or history-based volatility predictors, such as GARCH models, are investigated, to determine if they are more appropriate for predicting future return volatility. Employing German DAX-index return data it is found that past returns do not contain useful information beyond the volatility expectations already reflected in option prices. This supports the efficient market hypothesis for the DAX-index options market.
  • Access State: Open Access