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Where Should You Buy Your Options? : The Pricing of Exchange-Traded Certificates and OTC Derivatives in Germany
Muck, Matthias (2006): Where Should You Buy Your Options? : The Pricing of Exchange-Traded Certificates and OTC Derivatives in Germany, in: The Journal of Derivatives : the official publication of the International Association of Financial Engineers, New York, NY: Institutional Investor, Jg. 14, Nr. 1, S. 82–96, doi: 10.3905/jod.2006.650200.
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The Journal of Derivatives : the official publication of the International Association of Financial Engineers
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Year of publication:
2006
Volume:
14
Issue:
1
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Year of first publication:
2006
Language:
English
Abstract:
With the expansion of electronic exchanges and the nearly universal access to the Internet, it has become possible for retail investors to buy and sell exchange-traded derivative contracts from their desktops. In Europe this ability has even been extended to allow small investors to purchase over-the-counter exotic option contracts through the Internet. In this article, Muck analyzes the pricing of a variety of web-traded exotic instruments, available in this „market.” As one would expect, the contracts are overpriced on average, relative to theoretical valuations based on exchange-traded options on the same underlying DAX index. A second hypothesis, that overpricing diminishes as the contracts approach maturity receives a little less support.
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Article
Activation date:
November 15, 2012
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