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Minimum Capital Requirement Calculations for UK Futures

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Key to the imposition of appropriate minimum capital requirements on a daily basis requires accurate volatility estimation. Here, measures are presented based on discrete estimation of aggregated high frequency UK futures realisations underpinned by a continuous time framework. Squared and absolute returns are incorporated into the measurement process so as to rely on the quadratic variation of a diffusion process and be robust in the presence of fat tails. The realized volatility estimates incorporate the long memory property. The dynamics of the volatility variable are adequately captured. Resulting rescaled returns are applied to minimum capital requirement calculations.

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  • John Cotter, 2011. "Minimum Capital Requirement Calculations for UK Futures," Papers 1103.5416, arXiv.org.
    • Handle: RePEc:arx:papers:1103.5416
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    2. Cotter, John, 2004. "Absolute Return Volatility," MPRA Paper 3529, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2005.
    3. John Cotter & Kevin Dowd, 2010. "Estimating financial risk measures for futures positions: A nonparametric approach," Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(7), pages 689-703, July.
    4. John Cotter & François Longin, 2004. "Margin requirements with intraday dynamics," Centre for Financial Markets Working Papers 10197/1162, Research Repository, University College Dublin.
    5. Cotter, John & Longin, Francois, 2004. "Margin setting with high-frequency data," MPRA Paper 3528, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2006.
    6. Don Bredin & John Cotter, 2008. "Volatility And Irish Exports," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 46(4), pages 540-560, October.

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    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G0 - Financial Economics - - General

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