The trading volume of currency options and the spot exchange rate

Yaffa Machnes

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Abstract

This paper estimates the interrelation between the spot exchange rate of the Israeli currency, the new Israeli shekel, to the U.S. dollar, and the trading volumes of put and call options on the U.S. dollar in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. An increase in the trading volume of calls is positively correlated with an increase in the spot exchange rate of the dollar on the same day and the following day, but with a lower coefficient. Similarly, an increase in the trading volume of puts is related to a decrease in the spot price of the dollar on the same day of trade, with a smaller effect on the following day.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)91-97
Number of pages7
JournalEmerging Markets Finance and Trade
Volume42
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2006

Keywords

  • Currency options
  • Exchange rate
  • Trade volume

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