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The Use of NYMEX Options to Forecast Crude Oil Prices

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James A. Overdahl
H. Lee Matthews
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The recent introduction of traded options on crude oil futures contracts at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) gives energy economists a new tool for forecasting the price of crude oil. Since the pricing of these options requires that market participants assess the probability distribution of future crude oil prices, a properly specified model of option pricing can be used to "back out" this assessment from observed option prices.

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Article provided by International Association for Energy Economics in its journal The Energy Journal.

Volume (Year): 9 (1988)
Issue (Month): 4 ()
Pages: 135-148
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  1. William R. Melick & Charles P. Thomas, 1996. "Using options prices to infer PDF'S for asset prices: an application to oil prices during the Gulf crisis," International Finance Discussion Papers 541, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). [Downloadable!]
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