The Forecasting Ability of Correlations Implied in Foreign Exchange Options

Posted: 24 Aug 1998

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José Manuel Campa

University of Navarra - Madrid Campus - IESE Business School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

P. H. Kevin Chang

Credit Suisse AG - London Headquarters

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Abstract

This paper evaluates the forecasting accuracy of correlation derived from implied volatilities in dollar-mark, dollar-yen, and mark-yen options from January 1989 to May 1995. As a forecast of realized correlation between the dollar-mark and dollar-yen, implied correlation is compared against three alternative forecasts based on time series data: historical correlation, RiskMetrics' exponentially weighted moving average correlation, and correlation estimated using a bivariate GARCH(1,1) model. At the one-month and three-month forecast horizons, we find that implied correlation outperforms, often significantly, these alternative forecasts, which contribute no information beyond that contained in implied correlation. The superiority of the implied correlation forecast holds even when forecast errors are weighted by realized variances, reflecting correlation's contribution to the dollar variance of a multicurrency portfolio.

JEL Classification: G15

Suggested Citation

Campa, José Manuel and Chang, P.H. Kevin, The Forecasting Ability of Correlations Implied in Foreign Exchange Options. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6757

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