A major issue in recent years is the role that large, managed futures funds and pools play in futures markets. Many market participants argue that managed futures trading increases price volatility due to the size of managed futures trading and reliance on positive feedback trading systems. The purp
Cash trading and index futures price volatility
β Scribed by Jinliang Li
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-7314
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β¦ Synopsis
The author wishes to thank Robert I. Webb (the editor) and an anonymous referee for very helpful comments, as well as Charles Bartlett from SIFMA for providing part of the data. Financial support from Citi Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.
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