Price discovery among SSE 50 Index-based spot, futures, and options markets

Kwangwon Ahn; Yingyao Bi; Sungbin Sohn

doi:10.1002/fut.21970

Price discovery among SSE 50 Index-based spot, futures, and options markets

Kwangwon Ahn, Yingyao Bi, Sungbin Sohn

Department of Industrial Engineering

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Abstract

This paper studies the contribution of newly launched SSE 50 Index-based options and futures to price discovery. We find that the derivatives markets quickly begin exhibiting price leadership over the corresponding spot market, despite their short history; the information share from both derivatives markets rose from 59.84% in mid-2015 to 84.6% in mid-2017. Using substantial regulation changes during the sample period, we test the trading cost hypothesis. The increases in derivatives transaction costs do not immediately impede their roles in price discovery. Findings suggest that in nascent and immature markets, investors’ trading experience matters more than trading costs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	238-259
Number of pages	22
Journal	Journal of Futures Markets
Volume	39
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/fut.21970
Publication status	Published - 2019 Feb 1

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Funding Information:
We thank the Editor (Robert I. Webb) and the session participants at the 14th Annual Conference of the Asia-Pacific Association of Derivatives in Busan, Korea for their valuable comments and suggestions.

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© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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