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The Information in Hedge Fund Option Holdings

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  • Amber Anand

    (Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244)

  • Jian Hua

    (Baruch College-CUNY, New York, New York 10010)

  • Andy Puckett

    (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996)

Abstract

We provide new insights on how hedge funds use options and short-selling channels to trade on their negative information. Bearish information in hedge fund option positions is economically large, distinct from information in short interest, and it is the combination of option positions and short interest that provides the strongest information signal. A portfolio of stocks with high short interest and bearish hedge fund option positions predicts negative abnormal returns that are more than four times as large as the portfolio with high short interest and bullish options positions. The information in hedge fund option positions increases during periods of market stress, whereas that in short interest does not. This increase is concentrated in capital-constrained hedge funds, suggesting that options provide a channel for capital-constrained hedge funds to exploit their information advantage.

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  • Amber Anand & Jian Hua & Andy Puckett, 2024. "The Information in Hedge Fund Option Holdings," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 70(3), pages 1832-1854, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:70:y:2024:i:3:p:1832-1854
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2023.4785
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