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Deviations from Triangular Arbitrage Parity in Foreign Exchange and Bitcoin Markets

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  • Reynolds, Julia

    (Institute of Finance, Universita della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano)

  • Soegner, Leopold

    (Department of Economics and Finance, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria, Vienna Graduate School of Finance and NYU Abu Dhabi)

  • Wagner, Martin

    (Department of Economics, University of Klagenfurt, Bank of Slovenia, Ljubljana and Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria)

Abstract

This paper applies recently developed procedures to monitor and date so-called “financial market dislocations”, defined as periods in which substantial deviations from arbitrage parities take place. In particular, we focus on deviations from the triangular arbitrage parity for exchange rate triplets from a cointegration perspective. Due to increasing attention on and importance of mispricing in the market for cryptocurrencies, we include the cryptocurrency Bitcoin in addition to fiat currencies. We do not find evidence for substantial deviations from the triangular arbitrage parity when only traditional fiat currencies are concerned, but document significant deviations from triangular arbitrage parities in the newer markets for Bitcoin. We confirm the importance of our results for portfolio strategies by showing that a currency portfolio that trades based on our detected break-points outperforms a simple buy-and-hold strategy.

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  • Reynolds, Julia & Soegner, Leopold & Wagner, Martin, 2020. "Deviations from Triangular Arbitrage Parity in Foreign Exchange and Bitcoin Markets," IHS Working Paper Series 17, Institute for Advanced Studies.
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    Keywords

    Triangular Arbitrage Parity; Foreign Exchange Markets; Cryptocurrencies; Cointegration; Monitoring;
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    JEL classification:

    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models

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