Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/152800 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 366
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
Financial decision makers often consider the information in currency option valuations when making assessments about future exchange rates. The purpose of this paper is to systematically assess the quality of option based volatility, interval and density forecasts. We use a unique dataset consisting of over 10 years of daily data on over-the-counter currency option prices. We find that the OTC implied volatilities explain a much larger share of the variation in realized volatility than previously found using market-traded options. Finally, we find that wide-range interval and density forecasts are often misspecified whereas narrow-range interval forecasts are well specified.
Subjects: 
Density
forecasting
FX
Interval
Volatility
JEL: 
G13
G14
C22
C53
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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