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Regime-dependent smile-adjusted delta hedging

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posted on 2023-06-08, 12:22 authored by Carol AlexanderCarol Alexander, Alexander Rubinov, Markus Kalepky, Stamatis Leontsinis
We introduce several regime-dependent smile-adjusted deltas and compare their efficiency with the smile-adjusted deltas that are popular with option traders. Using years of daily option prices, out-of-sample hedging performance tests for options of all moneyness and maturities and daily, weekly, or fortnightly rebalancing show that even the simplest regime-dependent smile-adjustment consistently outperforms implied BSM delta hedging and local volatility and minimum variance smile-adjustments. Markov-switching deltas offer the best performance, with delta-hedging errors often half the size of implied BSM hedging errors. During volatile markets risk reduction from regime-dependent delta hedging is much greater than during tranquil periods.

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  • Published

Journal

Journal of Futures Markets

ISSN

0270-7314

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Issue

3

Volume

32

Page range

203-229

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  • Business and Management Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-09-11

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