Date of Award
5-2013
Degree Type
Report
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Economics and Finance
Committee Chair(s)
Tyler Brough
Committee
Tyler Brough
Committee
Drew Dahl
Committee
Benjamin Blau
Abstract
I find no significant difference in the level of information share attributed to the option market when using put data as opposed to call data. In a 12-day sample of 14 S&P 500 stocks, trading volume in the options market increased significantly on the day of an earnings announcement, but, although some securities showed dramatic increases in option information share, no sample-wide consistently signed difference was found around earnings announcements. Companies with higher stock trading volume tend to exhibit higher information share in the options market. Implied price volatility is somewhat correlated with higher information share in options, but its significance shrinks when jointly evaluated with volume.
Recommended Citation
Harris, Lenaye, "Information Share in Options Markets: The Role of Volume, Volatility, and Earnings Announcements" (2013). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 250.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/250
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