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The information content of the S&P 500 index and VIX options on the dynamics of the S&P 500 index
Author(s) -
Chung SanLin,
Tsai WeiChe,
Wang YawHuei,
Weng PeiShih
Publication year - 2011
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.20532
Subject(s) - index (typography) , volatility (finance) , economics , econometrics , set (abstract data type) , implied volatility , financial economics , computer science , world wide web , programming language
Given that both S&P 500 index and VIX options essentially contain information about the future dynamics of the S&P 500 index, in this study, we set out to empirically investigate the informational roles played by these two option markets with regard to the prediction of returns, volatility, and density in the S&P 500 index. Our results reveal that the information content implied from these two option markets is not identical. In addition to the information extracted from the S&P 500 index options, all of the predictions for the S&P 500 index are significantly improved by the information recovered from the VIX options. Our findings are robust to various measures of realized volatility and methods of density evaluation. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Jrl Fut Mark