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Table 5 CARs of VIX located at 90%, 95%, and 97.5% quantiles. We investigate whether these CARs including 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-day CARs would be different from 0 if investors take the long positions in the constituent stocks of DJ 30, FTSE 100, and SSE50 as the VIXs located at 90%, 95%, and 97.5% quantile. We also present the statistics of t-tests for these CARs. In addition, *, **, and *** represent 10%, 5%, and 1% significance levels, respectively

From: Trading stocks following sharp movements in the USDX, GBP/USD, and USD/CNY

Holding days

(1)

(2)

(3)

DJ30

FTSE100

SSE50

Returns

t-test

Returns

t-test

Returns

t-test

Panel A: VIX located at 90% quantile

 1

0.18%

5.481

***

0.18%

7.136

***

0.19%

6.231

***

 2

0.34%

7.426

***

0.40%

10.877

***

0.44%

10.16

***

 3

0.52%

9.572

***

0.60%

13.421

***

0.72%

13.653

***

 4

0.66%

10.807

***

0.83%

16.049

***

0.93%

15.272

***

 5

0.81%

12.007

***

1.01%

17.537

***

1.10%

16.203

***

Panel B: VIX located at 95% quantile

 1

0.25%

4.502

***

0.19%

4.663

***

0.27%

5.643

***

 2

0.43%

5.668

***

0.38%

6.181

***

0.55%

8.23

***

 3

0.56%

6.251

***

0.56%

7.431

***

0.87%

10.588

***

 4

0.70%

6.855

***

0.75%

8.791

***

1.14%

11.924

***

 5

0.92%

8.186

***

0.93%

9.661

***

1.44%

13.428

***

Panel C: VIX located at 97.5% quantile

 1

0.26%

2.915

***

0.12%

1.811

*

0.21%

2.829

***

 2

0.47%

3.872

***

0.35%

3.704

***

0.46%

4.461

***

 3

0.66%

4.535

***

0.48%

4.086

***

0.71%

5.567

***

 4

0.96%

5.999

***

0.65%

4.891

***

0.77%

5.134

***

 5

1.28%

7.582

***

1.00%

6.903

***

0.98%

5.82

***