Options trading profits from correlation forecasts

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1075-1085

  Chong, James ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY MARKET; PROFITABILITY; TRADE RELATIONS;

EID: 8644248278     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0960310042000281194     Document Type: Article

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