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Table 6 CARs of VIX located at 10%, 5%, and 2.5% 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 10%, 5%, and 2.5% 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 10% quantile

 1

−0.03%

−2.594

***

0.06%

5.007

***

0.29%

8.211

***

 2

−0.05%

−2.801

***

0.06%

3.51

***

0.46%

8.827

***

 3

−0.05%

−2.292

**

0.07%

3.49

***

0.63%

9.629

***

 4

−0.08%

−3.266

***

0.07%

3.355

***

0.75%

9.809

***

 5

−0.10%

−3.529

***

0.09%

3.509

***

0.99%

11.52

***

Panel B: VIX located at 5% quantile

 1

−0.04%

−2.25

**

0.06%

3.299

***

0.21%

3.632

***

 2

−0.07%

−2.844

***

0.08%

3.678

***

0.37%

4.383

***

 3

−0.09%

−2.78

***

0.07%

2.857

***

0.78%

7.45

***

 4

−0.14%

−3.761

***

0.08%

2.858

***

1.01%

8.306

***

 5

−0.18%

−4.384

***

0.07%

2.017

**

1.21%

8.747

***

Panel C: VIX located at 2.5% quantile

 1

−0.03%

−1.006

 

0.12%

6.645

***

0.26%

2.94

***

 2

−0.15%

−4.338

***

0.09%

3.878

***

0.59%

4.319

***

 3

−0.25%

−5.988

***

0.05%

1.651

*

0.99%

5.994

***

 4

−0.33%

−6.696

***

−0.03%

−0.9

 

1.29%

6.88

***

 5

−0.44%

−7.882

***

−0.09%

−2.357

**

1.57%

7.423

***