Margin Constraints, Default Aversion, and Optimal Hedging in Bitcoin Futures Markets

Speaker: Bin Zou from University of Connecticut Time: 10/22/2020, 2:00 – 2:50pm Zoom: 992 7853 8762 Abstract:  We incorporate margin constraint and default aversion into the study of Bitcoin futures. The margin constraint limits an investor’s ability to satisfy the margin requirement in futures trading, while losses exceeding the margin constraint leads to a default event. The […]