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Price Behavior of Stock Index Futures: Evidence from the FTSE Xinhua China A50 and H-Share Index Futures Markets

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  • Janchung Wang

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This study presents empirical evidence related to futures pricing for the SGX FTSE Xinhua China A50 and HKEx H-share index futures markets. First, whether the costof-carry model can describe the relationship between index futures prices and underlying stock indexes is examined. As anticipated, the cost of carry model cannot accurately predict the prices of these two index futures, because the two underlying Chinese stock markets display high price volatility. Furthermore, the empirical results indicate that different risk-free interest rate proxies have little effect on the mispricing of the cost-of-carry model. Next, this study compares the pricing performance of the cost-of-carry model and the Hemler-Longstaff (1991) model with stock market volatility. Empirical results demonstrate that incorporating stock market volatility into pricing models appears beneficial for estimating prices on these two index futures. Furthermore, the component GARCH model improves the pricing performance of the Hemler-Longstaff model. Finally, the autocorrelation and regression results suggest high persistence in mispricings.

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  • Janchung Wang, 2011. "Price Behavior of Stock Index Futures: Evidence from the FTSE Xinhua China A50 and H-Share Index Futures Markets," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(0), pages 61-77, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:47:y:2011:i:0:p:61-77
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    1. Boyue Fang & Yutong Feng, 2019. "Design of High-Frequency Trading Algorithm Based on Machine Learning," Papers 1912.10343, arXiv.org.
    2. Atilgan, Yigit & Demirtas, K. Ozgur & Simsek, Koray D., 2016. "Derivative markets in emerging economies: A survey," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 88-102.
    3. Rajesh Pathak & Thanos Verousis & Yogesh Chauhan, 2017. "Information Content of Implicit Spot Prices Embedded in Single Stock Future Prices: Evidence from Indian Market," Journal of Emerging Market Finance, Institute for Financial Management and Research, vol. 16(2), pages 169-187, August.
    4. Jieye Qin & Christopher J. Green & Kavita Sirichand, 2021. "Comment on “Determinants of Nikkei futures mispricing in international markets: Dividend clustering, currency risk and transaction costs” by Peter Miu and Meng‐Lan Yueh: Reply," Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 41(12), pages 2083-2084, December.

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