Date Thesis Awarded
5-2009
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
Economics
Advisor
Carlisle E. Moody, Jr.
Committee Members
David Dessler
Alfredo Pereira
Abstract
This paper demonstrates that crude estimators can correctly identify statistically significant technical patterns in major index data. The introduction of intra-day prices significantly improves a crude estimators' ability to identify technical barriers. Double tops are associated with increases in the prices of puts which indicates that supply and demand dynamics may impact options prices in ways not previously examined. Moreover, this may be a step in the right direction of identifying the supply and demand identification in options markets. Following in line with other work, this is in no way negates the Black-Scholes-Merton delta hedging instantaneous replication argument. It simply demonstrates that the Black-Scholes-Merton approach offers a very powerful but incomplete theory of options pricing.
Recommended Citation
Byler, Daniel M., "Investigations into Alternative Sources of Disturbance and Bias in the Implied Volatility Surface" (2009). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 291.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/291
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Comments
Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.