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Neural networks and arbitrage in the VIX

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  • Joerg Osterrieder

    (Zurich University of Applied Sciences)

  • Daniel Kucharczyk

    (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology)

  • Silas Rudolf

    (Nexoya Ltd.)

  • Daniel Wittwer

    (AGCO International GmbH)

Abstract

The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX) is considered by many market participants as a common measure of market risk and investors’ sentiment, representing the market’s expectation of the 30-day-ahead looking implied volatility obtained from real-time prices of options on the S&P 500 index. While smaller deviations between implied and realized volatility are a well-known stylized fact of financial markets, large, time-varying differences are also frequently observed throughout the day. Furthermore, substantial deviations between the VIX and its futures might lead to arbitrage opportunities on the VIX market. Arbitrage is hard to exploit as the potential strategy to exploit it requires buying several hundred, mostly illiquid, out-of-the-money (put and call) options on the S&P 500 index. This paper discusses a novel approach to predicting the VIX on an intraday scale by using just a subset of the most liquid options. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this the first paper, that describes a new methodology on how to predict the VIX (to potentially exploit arbitrage opportunities using VIX futures) using most recently developed machine learning models to intraday data of S&P 500 options and the VIX. The presented results are supposed to shed more light on the underlying dynamics in the options markets, help other investors to better understand the market and support regulators to investigate market inefficiencies.

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  • Joerg Osterrieder & Daniel Kucharczyk & Silas Rudolf & Daniel Wittwer, 2020. "Neural networks and arbitrage in the VIX," Digital Finance, Springer, vol. 2(1), pages 97-115, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:digfin:v:2:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1007_s42521-020-00026-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s42521-020-00026-y
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    1. Hoang, Daniel & Wiegratz, Kevin, 2022. "Machine learning methods in finance: Recent applications and prospects," Working Paper Series in Economics 158, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Department of Economics and Management.
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    Keywords

    VIX; SPX; Neural network; LSTM; Deep learning; Arbitrage; Market manipulation; Random forests;
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    • A00 - General Economics and Teaching - - General - - - General
    • C00 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - General
    • G00 - Financial Economics - - General - - - General

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