Review of Finance Vol. 28 No. 3 2024
Common risk factors in cross-sectional FX options returns
open access
Abstract
We identify a comprehensive list of thirty-eight characteristics for predicting cross-sectional FX options returns. We find that three factors—long-term straddle momentum, implied volatility, and illiquidity—can generate economically and statistically significant risk premia not explained by other return predictors. Meanwhile, the predictability of the other characteristics becomes insignificant after accounting for the FX option three-factor model. The significance of the three factors is confirmed through a series of robustness tests covering different data sources, alternative options strategies, diversification effects, bootstrapping, and omitting crisis years.
- DOI
- 10.1093/rof/rfae002
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 897-944
- Language
- en
- Sources
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