Options trading driven by volatility directional accuracy

Applied Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-260

  Maris, K ^a   Nikolopoulos, K ^b   Giannelos, K ^a   Assimakopoulos, V ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Economy and Finance   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FORECASTING METHOD; INVESTMENT; PRICE DETERMINATION;

EID: 33845522452     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500427999     Document Type: Article

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