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Market Making in the Options Markets and the Costs of Discrete Hedge Rebalancing

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 Jameson, Mel
Wilhelm, William
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In this paper, the authors provide empirical evidence consistent with the hypothesis that options market makers face risks in managing inventory that are unique to the options market. In particular, they show that risks associated with the inability to rebalance an option position continuously and uncertainty about the return volatility of the underlying stock each account for a statistically and economically significant proportion of the bid-ask spreads quoted for a sample of Chicago Board Options Exchange options. Copyright 1992 by American Finance Association.

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Volume (Year): 47 (1992)
Issue (Month): 2 (June)
Pages: 765-79
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  1. Saikat Nandi, 1995. "Asymmetric information about volatility and option markets," Working Paper 95-19, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. [Downloadable!]
  2. John Kambhu, 1997. "Interest rate options dealers' hedging in the US dollar fixed income market," Research Paper 9719, Federal Reserve Bank of New York. [Downloadable!]
  3. John E. Kambhu, 1998. "Dealers' hedging of interest rate options in the U.S. dollar fixed-income market," Economic Policy Review, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, issue Jun, pages 35-58. [Downloadable!]
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