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Speculation and hedging in the currency futures markets: Are they informative to the spot exchange rates
Author(s) -
Tornell Aaron,
Yuan Chunming
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of futures markets
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.88
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1096-9934
pISSN - 0270-7314
DOI - 10.1002/fut.20511
Subject(s) - speculation , futures contract , economics , position (finance) , spot contract , currency , financial economics , index (typography) , spot market , trough (economics) , econometrics , monetary economics , finance , computer science , keynesian economics , electricity , electrical engineering , world wide web , engineering
This study presents an empirical analysis investigating the relationship between the futures trading activities of speculators and hedgers and the potential movements of major spot exchange rates. A set of trader position measures are employed as regression predictors, including the level and change of net positions, an investor sentiment index, extremely bullish/bearish sentiments, and the peak/trough indicators. We find that the peaks and troughs of net positions are generally useful predictors to the evolution of spot exchange rates, but other trader position measures are less correlated with future market movements. In addition, speculative position measures usually forecast price‐continuations in spot rates while hedging position measures forecast price‐reversals in these markets. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Jrl Fut Mark