Futures Hedging Under Mark-to-Market Risk

Journal of Futures Markets, Vol. 23, No. 4, 2003

16 Pages Posted: 17 Oct 2007

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Anlong Li

Hull Tactical Funds

Donald D. Lien

University of Texas at San Antonio - College of Business - Department of Economics

Abstract

This article introduces mark-to-market risk into the conventional futures hedging framework. It is shown that a hedger concerned with maximum daily loss will considerably reduce his futures position when the risk is taken into account. In case of a moderate hedge horizon, the hedger will hedge approximately 80% of his spot position. The effect of mark-to-market risk decreases very slowly as the hedge horizon increases. If the hedger is concerned with average daily loss, the effect is minimal for a moderate hedge horizon.

Keywords: Futures, Hedging, Marking-to-market

JEL Classification: G13

Suggested Citation

Li, Anlong and Lien, Donald, Futures Hedging Under Mark-to-Market Risk. Journal of Futures Markets, Vol. 23, No. 4, 2003, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1021792

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