Information Revelation in the Futures Market: Evidence from Single Stock Futures
By Kuldeep Shastri, Ramabhadran Thirumalai, Chad Zutter
Journal of Futures Markets | April 2008
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Shastri, Kuldeep., Thirumalai, Ramabhadran., Zutter, Chad. Information Revelation in the Futures Market: Evidence from Single Stock Futures Journal of Futures Markets .
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Journal of Futures Markets, 2008
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This paper analyzes 31 months of data on 137 single-stock futures (SSFs) traded on OneChicago. The results indicate that on the days they trade, SSFs contribute approximately 24% of the price discovery for underlying stocks. Information revelation in the SSFs market decreases with the ratio of spreads in the futures and the stock markets and the volatility in the stock market. Moreover, the quality of the market for the underlying stocks improves substantially after the introduction of the SSFs market, with the largest improvement occurring on days with SSFs trading.

Ramabhadran S. Thirumalai is an Associate Professor of Finance (Practice) at the Indian School of Business (ISB). He is currently working on the impact of various regulatory changes on securities market pricing, efficiency, and liquidity. His research interests also include the trading behaviour of various types of market participants, with a particular focus on proprietary trading.

He teaches courses on Derivatives and Security Markets in the PGP programme, as well as, introductory finance courses in several programmes at ISB.

Ramabhadran Thirumalai
Ramabhadran Thirumalai