Investment Strategies of the KOSPI200 Nighttime Futures

Myeonghoon Yeom (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
Jae-Seung Baek (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
Doojin Ryu (Chung-Ang University)

Journal of Derivatives and Quantitative Studies: 선물연구

ISSN: 1229-988X

Article publication date: 31 August 2013

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Abstract

This paper investigates investment and hedging strategies using the KOSPI200 nighttime futures product which was launched at November 16th, 2009. To examine the performance of the investment strategies, we analyze one-minute transaction data of KOSPI200 daytime and nighttime futures from November 17th, 2009 to December 6th, 2012.

Our empirical results are as follows: First, the investment strategies using the nighttime futures significantly outperform the investment strategies based only on the daytime futures. Second, the investment and hedging strategies using the KOSPI200 nighttime futures are quite effective when investors have positions in the ETFs. Third, the empirical performance of the investment strategies using the nighttime futures is significantly related to volatility shocks. The strategies are more effective when the market is volatile.

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Citation

Yeom, M., Baek, J.-S. and Ryu, D. (2013), "Investment Strategies of the KOSPI200 Nighttime Futures", Journal of Derivatives and Quantitative Studies: 선물연구, Vol. 21 No. 3, pp. 307-330. https://doi.org/10.1108/JDQS-03-2013-B0003

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