Testing the martingale restriction for option implied densities
β Scribed by Thomas Busch
- Book ID
- 106514056
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 250 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1380-6645
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## Abstract A hidden martingale restriction is developed for option pricing models based on GramβCharlier expansions of the normal density function. The restriction is hidden behind a reduction in parameter space for the GramβCharlier expansion coefficients. The resulting restriction is invisible i
The study tests Longstaff 's martingale restriction on S&P 500 index options over the period 1990-1994. Assuming the S&P index follows a lognormal distribution results in systematic violations of the martingale restriction, the implied index value from options consistently overestimating the market