the informational role of stock and option volume
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The Informational Role of Stock and Option Volume
Kalok Chan
Department of Finance
Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClearwater Bay
Hong KongTel: 852-2358-7680
E-mail: [email protected]
Y. Peter Chung
A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management
University of CaliforniaRiverside, CA 92521
U.S.A.
Tel: 909-787-3906E-mail: [email protected]
Wai-Ming Fong
Department of Finance
The Chinese University of Hong KongShatin, N.T.
H K
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The Informational Role of Stock and Option Volume
Abstract
This paper analyzes the intraday interdependence of price movements and order flows for actively traded
NYSE stocks and their CBOE-traded options. Stock net-buy volume (buyer-initiated volume minus
seller-initiated volume) has strong predictive ability for subsequent stock and option returns, but call or
put net-buy volume has little predictive ability. Furthermore, stock returns lead option returns more than
they lag even after controlling for net-buy volume. Therefore, our results indicate that order flows in the
stock market are informative but order flows in the option market are not, and suggest that informed
investors submit trades primarily in the stock market rather than in the option market. There is also some
evidence for the non-informational linkage between the two markets. Stock net-buy volume is positively
(negatively) related to lagged call (put) returns, suggesting that option dealers dynamically hedge their
outstanding short option positions when the option deltas change. However, call or put net-buy volume
is not correlated with stock net-buy volume or lagged stock returns, suggesting that option traders do not
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Introduction
In complete markets, option trading should convey no new information to market participants
because options are derivative securities. In the absence of market completeness, however, informed
traders may prefer to trade options instead of the underlying stocks for a couple of reasons. First, lower
transaction costs and greater financial leverage may induce informed traders to trade in the option market
instead of the stock market (Black (1975) and Mayhew, Sarin, and Shastri (1995)). Second, investors who
have private information about volatility of the underlying stock price can only make their bet on volatility
in the option market (Back (1993) and Cherian (1993)). For these reasons, the option market may not be
redundant and can play an important role in discovering the information. On the other hand, lower
liquidity of the option market may discourage informed traders from trading options. Easley, OHara, and
Srinivas (1998) characterize this scenario as a separating equilibrium where only uninformed traders
transact in the option market while all informed traders transact in the liquid, stock market. Furthermore,
Brennan and Cao (1996) show that in their noisy rational expectations model, the option market can be
dominated by noise traders. In both cases, option trading would convey little information.
Although numerous empirical studies address this issue and investigate the informational linkage
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Easley, OHara, and Srinivas (1998) suggest that certain types of option trades have some predictive
power for future stock price changes.
The two markets can be related for reasons other than information transmission. Very few studies,
however, provide evidence. One possible reason that investors participate in the option market is
hedging: it can provide a venue to hedge the risk from holding the underlying stocks. When underlying
stock prices move, it might be optimal for hedgers to adjust their option positions, and therefore there can
be a relationship between the price movements in the stock market and the order flows in the option
market. Furthermore, option dealers can reduce the delta exposure of their option positions by hedging
dynamically with the underlying stocks. If there is too much inventory risk in their option positions after
customer purchases or sales, option dealers can trade in the stock market to unload some of their inventory
risk. Consequently, there can be interdependence between the order flows in the two markets.
In this paper we provide a comprehensive analysis of the interrelationship between the stock and
option markets. We examine the dynamics of price movements and order flows for actively- traded New
York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stocks and their CBOE-traded options. We focus on three important
iss es First e in estigate hether order flo s in the stock (option) market ha e an incremental
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option price changes while Anthony (1988) examines the linkage between the daily trading volume in the
two markets. Although Stephan and Whaley (1990) investigate both price changes and volume in the two
markets, they analyze the price change relationship and the volume relationship separately. By examining
both price change and order flow variables together, this paper presents a more comprehensive study of
the informational linkage between the stock and option markets.
Second, unlike those previous studies (Anthony (1988) and Stephan and Whaley (1990)) that use
total trading volume, we make use of net-buy volume (buyer-initiated volume minus seller-initiated
volume) to represent order flows. Net-buy volume measures temporary order imbalance in the market. As
demonstrated by some asymmetric information models (Kyle (1985) and Admati and Pfleiderer (1988)),
net-buy volume provides useful information to the market makers for price revision. Since market
makers cannot distinguish whether a specific buy or sell order is from an informed trader or a liquidity
trader, a rational pricing strategy for them is to revise the price upward (downward) when the net-buy
volume is positive (negative). Such behavior is supported by empirical studies in market microstructure
(e.g., Glosten and Harris (1988), Madhavan, Richardson, and Roomans (1997), and Huang and Stoll
(1997)) Th fi d th t t d i di t i bl h b i iti t d d ll i iti t d t d it
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put), Easley, OHara, and Srinivas (1998) examine whether option trades are informative. They suggest
that option trades have predictive power about future stock price changes. However, both Vijh (1990)
and Easley, OHara, and Srinivas (1998) examine the information content of option trades only. This
paper extends their work by also including stock trades into analysis. As the current literature provides
well-documented evidence that intraday stock trading volume leads the intraday option trading volume
(e.g., Stephan and Whaley (1990)), it is possible that the information empirically inferred from option
trades actually originates from stock trades.
Third, this paper examines the extent to which the stock and option markets are interrelated for
non-informational reasons. Some recent studies document covariation in order flows for different stocks
due to liquidity reasons. For the theoretical literature, Subrahamanyam (1991), Chowdhry and Nanda
(1991), and Kumar and Seppi (1994) recognize that there are liquidity traders who have portfolio-wide
liquidity needs, so that liquidity trading activities in different stocks are highly correlated. For the
empirical literature, Chordia, Roll, and Subrahmanyam (1998), Hasbrouck and Seppi (1999), and
Huberman and Halka (1999) report evidence of commonality in liquidity and order flows among different
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A. The Sample
The data are retrieved from two sources. The first is the Berkeley Options Database, which
contains a complete time-stamped history of quotes and trade prices of the options traded on the Chicago
Board Options Exchange (CBOE). The second is the Trade and Quote (TAQ) database of the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE), which contains time-stamped data on all trades and quotes on the NYSE,
American Stock Exchange, and NASDAQ. Both databases contain the time to the nearest second, the
price and volume for each trade, and, for quotations, the time and the bid and ask prices. We obtain data
for the first quarter (58 trading days) of 1995.
We start with the sixty most actively-traded stocks on the NYSE (based on average daily trading
volume) that do not split during our sample period as stock splits tend to affect the trading activities of the
stocks. We exclude the stock trades and quotes that originate outside the NYSE. Each day the most
active CBOE-traded call and put contracts are selected for each stock. When the most active contract has
five days or less to maturity, we select the next most active contract to eliminate option expiration effects
documented elsewhere. Thus, each stock has at most 58 option days (days on which a matching sample
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(1991) and compare the trade price with the prevailing bid/ask quotes. 2 The trade is classified as buyer
(seller) initiated if the trade price occurs at the ask (bid). If the trade price lies within the spread, we
follow Harris (1989) and record the trade as buyer (seller) initiated if the trade price is closer to the ask
(bid). In the second approach, which we use only if we cannot determine the direction of a trade using
the first approach, we employ tick test to compare the trade price with the preceding trade price(s). The
test classifies each trade into four categories: an uptick, a downtick, a zero uptick, and a zero downtick.
A trade is an uptick (downtick) if the price is higher (lower) than the price of the previous trade. When
the price is the same as the previous trade (a zero tick) but the last price change was an uptick
(downtick), the trade is a zero uptick (zero downtick). A trade is classified as buyer (seller) initiated if it
occurs on an uptick (downtick) or a zero uptick (downtick). When a trade occurs on consecutive zero
ticks, it is not classified.
B. Summary Statistics
Table I presents our final sample of the CBOE options and their NYSE-traded underlying stocks.
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Motor to 0.9 million for Best Buy.3 The stock with the most active option trading activity in our sample
is IBM (a daily average of 9,047 contracts traded for all call options and a daily average of 4,391
contracts traded for all put options). It is notable that the trading volume of the most active call and put
accounts for 29% to 73% of the trading volume of all calls and puts. This suggests that the trading
activities of the most active call and put are good representatives of those of all calls and puts, and that
options other than the most active ones are often thinly traded. Our analyses initially focus on the most
active calls and puts, but later check the robustness of our results using all calls and puts.
The percentages of buyer-initiated and seller-initiated volume vary across the stocks and options.
For example, there are buying pressure for the stock of Sears Roebuck (49% buyer-initiated volume and
32% seller-initiated volume) during the sample option days, but selling pressure for the stock of Citicorp
(31% buyer-initiated volume and 41% seller-initiated volume). Since not all trades are classified4, the
sum of the percentages of buyer-initiated and seller-initiated volume is less than unity.
C. Autocorrelations and Cross-autocorrelations in Volume and Returns
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minute interval. Net-buy volume is the difference between buyer-initiated volume and seller-initiated
volume during the 5-minute interval. We follow Easley, OHara, and Srinivas (1998) and standardize
return, total volume, and net-buy volume variables to control for their cross-sectional variations across
different stocks and options. Each option day we first calculate the mean and standard deviation for a
variable. The variable is then standardized by subtracting the mean and dividing by the standard
deviation. Such standardization allows us to pool the entire 231 option days for later analyses.
C.1. Total Volume Series
Table II presents the autocorrelations and cross-autocorrelations of the standardized 5-minute
total trading volume of stocks, the most active calls, and the most active puts.5 Several results are noted.
First, stock trading volume is positively autocorrelated up to six lags, whereas call and put trading volume
are less autocorrelated - up to three lags for calls and two lags for puts.6 Second, stock trading volume is
contemporaneously correlated with call and put trading volume. The contemporaneous correlation
coefficients (0.090 between stock volume and call volume and 0.063 between stock volume and put
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C.2. Net-Buy Volume Series
Table III presents autocorrelations and cross-autocorrelations of the standardized 5-minute net-
buy volume series. The three net-buy volume series also display significant positive autocorrelation at the
first lag. This finding is consistent with previous studies that document serial dependence in the arrival of
buy and sell orders (e.g., Hasbrouck and Ho (1987)). The net-buy volume series are, however, less cross-
autocorrelated than the total trading volume series. In fact, stock net-buy volume is not correlated with
call net-buy volume even at the contemporaneous level. These findings suggest that although the total
trading volume in the stock and option markets are highly correlated, the directions of trades in the two
markets are largely independent.
C.3. Return Series
Table IV presents autocorrelations and cross-autocorrelations of the standardized 5-minute return
series. All three return series exhibit negative autocorrelations. Since returns are calculated using bid-
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Whaley (1990), who find that stock returns lead option returns more than vice versa.
C.4. Between Returns and Net-Buy Volume
Table V presents cross-autocorrelations between returns and net-buy volume of the stocks, the
most active calls, and the most active puts. The table shows that stock net-buy volume is positively
correlated with stock and call returns, and negatively correlated with put returns. It indicates that when
there is an increase in stock net-buy volume, which signals good news about the stock, stock and call
prices react positively while put price reacts negatively. However, we cannot explain why call (put) net-
buy volume is negatively (positively) correlated with contemporaneous stock returns,7nor why call net-
buy volume and put net-buy volume are negatively correlated with the contemporaneous returns in their
own markets. Suppose there is informed trading in the option market. When call net-buy volume is
positive, it signals good news about the stock. So it should be accompanied by positive price reaction in
the stock and call market. Likewise, when put net-buy volume is positive, it signals bad news about the
stock. So it should be accompanied by negative price reaction in the stock and positive price reaction in
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As results so far indicate that the returns and net-buy volume of the stocks, calls, and puts could
jointly affect one another, we further investigate their dynamic relationships with a system of six
regression equations as follows:
.v......vcv tptp1t1t ++++++++== (1)
where vt= [SRt,CRt,PRt,SNBt,CNBt,PNBt], SRt,CRt,andPRt are the standardized returns for the stocks,
calls, and puts for the interval t,and SNBt,CNBt, andPNBtare the standardized net-buy volume for the
stocks, call, and puts for the interval t; cis a (6 x 1) vector of intercepts; jis a (6x6) matrix of
autoregressive coefficients forj = 1, 2, ...,p; tis an (6 x 1) vector of residuals,
(( )) and,0E t ==
(( )) otherwise,=tfor0E'
t ==
where represents a (6x 6) symmetric positive definite matrix. The above system is very similar to a
VAR model where the lagged values of the dependent variables appear on the right hand side of the
equations. One advantage of our model is that the dynamic relationships among jointly endogenous
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values of the dependent variables on right hand side to capture serial dependency effects, the random
errors are likely to be independently distributed. Finally, the error terms in six equations are
contemporaneously correlated, but every equation has the same set of explanatory variables. So there is
no efficiency gain from using the seemingly unrelated regression estimation. We estimate all equations
separately by the ordinary least square method.
B. Hypotheses on Relationships among Returns and Net-Buy Volume
B.1 Effects of lagged net-buy volume on returns
If informed investors submit trades, market makers can attempt to infer the information from the
net-buy volume in the stock and option markets and adjust the quotes accordingly. If market makers
update the quotes instantaneously, there will be no impact of lagged net-buy volume on returns.
However, if there is a delay in quote adjustments, lagged net-buy volume would affect subsequent returns.
8 Suppose informed investors submit trades in the stock market. A positive (negative) stock net-buy
volume signals favorable (unfavorable) news to market makers in the stock and option markets. Then the
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Note that the inventory control model (Ho and Stoll (1983)) also predicts that quotes are adjusted
upward (downward) following an increase (a decrease) in net-buy volume, as market makers are expected
to revise the quotes to encourage offsetting orders. In the inventory model, however, the net-buy volume
can affect returns only in its own market. It should not affect returns in the other market.
B.2 Relationship among returns
If information is discovered mainly through trading activities of informed investors and market
makers update the quotes based on net-buy volume in the stock and option markets, net-buy volume
should subsume the informational role of returns. In other words, stock and option returns will not have
any incremental predictive ability for each other once we allow for the explanatory power of the net-buy
volume in both markets. However, it is likely that market makers do not observe the net-buy volume in
another market precisely, and therefore they may revise the quotes based on information inferred from
past price movements in another market.9 Furthermore, changes in quotes could contain some
information that is not contained in the net-buy volume. For example, Jones, Kaul, and Lipson (1993)
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purchases (sales) in order to encourage transactions that will equilibrate their inventory positions (Ho and
Stoll (1983)). When market makers raise the quotes, they induce more sell orders than buy orders
(negative net-buy volume). When market makers lower the quotes instead, they induce more buy orders
than sell orders (positive net-buy volume). Thus, the net buy-volume should be negatively related to the
lagged returns in its own market.
Lagged stock returns can also affect net-buy volume in the option market if investors use options
to dynamically hedge their long positions in the stock market. First, investors will either sell call options
or buy put options to reduce the risk exposure of their long stock positions. If the stock price increases,
the call delta increases and the put delta decreases. In order to remain hedged, investors must reduce their
short call position (buy call) or increase their long put position (buy put). Therefore, lagged stock returns
can be positively related to subsequent call net-buy volume and put net-buy volume.
On the other hand, lagged option returns can also affect stock net-buy volume if option dealers
use the underlying stocks to dynamically hedge the risk in their option positions. According to Vijh
(1990), option investors are more likely to be buyers rather than sellers, and therefore option dealers are
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a pooling equilibrium where informed traders may submit trades in both stock and option markets
(Easley, OHara and Srinivas (1988)), the net-buy volume in the two markets could be positively
correlated. If, for example, informed traders submit trades in the stock market prior to the option market,
stock net-buy volume could have predictive ability for call and put net-buy volume. It is, however,
unlikely that informed traders submit trades in the two markets sequentially, as they would be afraid that
the information could be leaked out from one market to another.
Net-buy volume in the two markets can also be related due to hedging behavior of option dealers.
As a writer of the call option, the option dealer may hedge his/her position by buying the underlying
stock. The more positive call net-buy volume is, the more stock that the option dealer may want to buy,
and therefore the more positive stock net-buy volume. Similarly, as a writer of the put option, the option
dealer may hedge his/her position by selling the underlying stock. The more positive put net-buy volume
is, the more stock that the option dealer may want to sell, and therefore the more negative stock net-buy
volume. Note that the hedging by option dealers in this case is for their new option positions. It is
different from the dynamic hedging in response to delta changes discussed in Section II.B.3, which is for
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A.1. Effects of Lagged Net-Buy Volume on Returns
First, we find that stock returns are not affected by lagged call and put net-buy volume, but are
affected by lagged stock net-buy volume. The coefficient for the first lagged stock net-buy volume on
stock returns is 0.102 and is highly significant (with a t-statistic of 12.05). Thus, this evidence suggests
that only stock trades, not option trades, convey new information to the stock market.
Second, option returns are affected more by lagged stock net-buy volume than by lagged option
net-buy volume. In the equation for explaining call returns, the coefficient for stock net-buy volume of
the first lag is 0.052 (with a t-statistic of 6.13), while the coefficient for call net-buy volume of the first
lag is only 0.029 (with a t-statistic of 3.94) and the coefficients for put net-buy volume are insignificant.11
In the equation for explaining put returns, only the coefficient for stock net-buy volume of the first lag is
significant, while the coefficients for call and put net-buy volume are not. These findings suggest that
informed traders are more likely to trade in the stock market rather than in the option market, and stock
trades play a much more important role than option trades in conveying new information to the option
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have predictive ability for subsequent quote returns in the other market. This suggests that quote returns
contain some useful information that cannot be inferred from the net-buy volume. Consistent with
Stephan and Whaley (1990), stock returns lead option returns more than they lag. For example, while
only the first lag of call and put returns can explain subsequent stock returns, all three lags of stock
returns are significant in explaining subsequent call and put returns.
A.3. Effects of Lagged Returns on Net-Buy Volume
First, we find that the coefficients measuring the effect of first-lagged returns on own net-buy
volume in the option market are negative (-0.089 for calls and -0.087 for puts) and significant. These
results are again consistent with the prediction of the inventory model. After market makers revise the
quotes upward (downward) for inventory control, option traders are induced to sell (buy) than to buy
(sell), and therefore net-buy volume is negatively related to lagged returns in the option market. In
contrast, such inventory control effect is smaller in the stock market. The coefficient that measures the
effect of the first-lagged stock returns on own net-buy volume is -0.032, and is only marginally
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however, should not be too surprising in view of previous papers (e.g., Vijh (1990)) that suggest options
are used for speculation rather than hedging.13
On the other hand, we find that lagged option returns have significant impacts on stock net-buy
volume. In the equation for explaining stock net-buy volume, the coefficient for call returns of the first
lag is 0.049 (with a t-statistic of 4.73) while the coefficient for put returns of the first lag is -0.033 (with a
t-statistic of -3.33). It is consistent with the hypothesis that option dealers dynamically hedge their
outstanding short option positions in the stock market. When the price of the call increases (the delta
usually also increases), the option dealer, who is a writer of the call, has to buy more stocks to
dynamically hedge his/her outstanding short position.14 Similarly, when the price of the put increases
(the delta usually increases also), the option dealer, a writer of the put, has to sell more stocks for
hedging.
A.4. Relationships among Net-Buy Volume
The net-buy volume in the stocks, calls, and puts are all positively autocorrelated, suggesting that
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A.5 Summary
We find that net-buy volume in the stock market has strong predictive ability for future stock and
option returns. On the other hand, net-buy volume in the call or put market has little impact on its own
returns as well as stock returns. Therefore, our results strongly suggest that stock net-buy volume is
informative and option net-buy volume is not, confirming that informed investors submit trades primarily
in the stock market rather than in the option market. Furthermore, we find that stock returns lead option
returns more than they lag even after controlling for net-buy volume. This suggests that quote returns
contain some useful information beyond those contained in net-buy volume, and that stock returns
incorporate such information faster than option returns. All in all, the informational linkage between the
stock market and the options market is overwhelmingly from the former to the latter.
Our results also show some evidence for the non-informational linkage between the two markets.
Stock net-buy volume is positively (negatively) related to lagged call (put) returns, suggesting that option
dealers dynamically hedge their outstanding short option positions when the deltas of options fluctuate.
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B. Analysis based on 2.5-minute intervals
Oour analyses so far are based on 5-minute intervals. Since our regression models do not allow
for contemporaneous explanatory variables, we ignore any contemporaneous relationships among the
variables. Recall our earlier cross-autocorrelation results (Table V) show that call (put) net-buy volume is
negatively (positively) correlated with contemporaneous stock returns. Such observation is contrary to
our intuition, and deserves further analyses.
To understand the nature of this puzzling relationship, we redo our analyses using variables
constructed for 2.5-minute intervals. Note that a contemporaneous correlation between two variables
measured for 5-minute intervals can become a lead-lag correlation when 2.5-minute intervals are used.
Thus, we can learn more about causality between the two variables with finer intervals.
We first examine the cross-autocorrelations among standardized 2.5-minute returns and net-buy
volume for the stocks, calls, and puts. Table VII presents the results. Again, we find no evidence that
option trades affect subsequent stock returns. Also, although call (put) net-buy volume remains
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lagged call and put net-buy volume on stock, call, and put returns are similar to those in Table VI, being
insignificant in most cases.
Tables VII and VIII show no evidence that option net-buy volume conveys new information to
the stock market at the contemporaneous level. In contrast, we find stronger evidence that stock trades,
not option trades, convey new information to the stock market and that stock trades play a much more
important role than option trades in conveying new information to the option market. Therefore, we
confirm that stock trades are information-related while option trades are not.
C. Robustness Tests
Overall, our evidence indicates that there are informational and non-informational linkages
between the stock and option markets. Now, we discuss results from a variety of robustness tests.
C.1. Analysis with Positive-News and Negative-News Option Volume
Previous studies such as Easley, OHara, and Srinivas (1998) use positive-news option volume
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are insignificant. Thus, we confirm that option trades have no predictive power for future stock returns
even if we use another measure of informed option trading.16
C.2. Analysis Dropping Call and Put Returns
Since lagged option returns can explain stock returns as in Table VI, one may argue that the
predictive power of option trades for future stock price changes could be subsumed by the predictive
power of option returns. In other words, the reason for our previous finding that option trades have no
information content for the stock market is simply because all information has already been incorporated
into option returns. We do not think this conjecture is reasonable because we show earlier (Table V) that
option net-buy volume is not positively correlated with the contemporaneous returns in its own market.
To double check this possibility, however, we re-specify our regression models by dropping call returns
(CR)and put returns (PR)from the explanatory variables in the equation for explaining stock returns
(SR). The results, which are not reported here, show that the coefficients for lagged call net-buy volume
and put net-buy volume remain insignificant in explaining stock returns, while the coefficient for the first-
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we repeat our regression (1) with the call and put net-buy volume calculated from all call and put
contracts traded on the sample option days. To generate the series for call and put net-buy volume, we
aggregate the net-buy volume across all calls (puts) for a stock.17 The call and put net-buy volume series
are then standardized by subtracting the mean and dividing by the standard deviation for each option day.
Note that we still calculate the call and put returns based on the quotes of the most active call and put.
The results, not reported here, are virtually the same as Table VI.
C.4. Analysis with Different Screening Criteria for the Sample
We select the most actively-traded stocks and then match them with the most active option
contracts. One might argue that there is a selection bias because we select the most active stocks before
we select the options: the stocks included in our sample are thus more likely to be information-related
than the matching options. We think the bias is insignificant. It should be noted that the trading activities
(in terms of total trading volume) of stocks and options are highly correlated. In fact, when we select the
active option contracts first (based on daily total option volume) and then match them with the stocks, the
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IV. Conclusion
Although numerous studies have investigated the informational linkage between the stock market
and the option market, there is no conclusive evidence as to which market plays a greater role in
discovering the information. Furthermore, there is little evidence in the literature on reasons other than
the information transmission for the linkage between the two markets. In this paper we provide a
comprehensive analysis of the interdependence of price movements and net-buy volume (buyer-initiated
trading volume minus seller-initiated trading volume) for actively traded NYSE stocks and their CBOE-
traded options. We improve the understanding of linkage between the stock and option markets in two
important aspects. First, we provide comprehensive evidence on the price discovery role of the two
markets by investigating the distinct impacts of trades in one market on price movements in both markets.
Second, we examine whether the interdependence of price movements and net-buy volume in the two
markets is consistent with the hedging activities of investors and option dealers.
We find that net-buy volume in the stock market has strong predictive ability for future stock and
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Our results also provide some evidence for the non-informational linkage between the two
markets. Stock net-buy volume is positively (negatively) related to lagged call (put) returns, suggesting
that option dealers dynamically hedge their outstanding short option positions by trading in the stock
market when the deltas of options fluctuate. However, stock net-buy volume is not significantly related to
lagged call or put net-buy volume, suggesting that option dealers do not hedge their new short option
positions.
Our evidence also shows that call or put net-buy volume is not related to lagged stock net-buy
volume. Furthermore, the call or put net-buy volume is not related to lagged stock returns. These suggest
that option traders do not use options for hedging or at least do not readjust their hedged position
frequently. On balance, it does not appear that option traders trade on the basis of information. Perhaps,
as Vijh (1990) points out, trading in the option market reflects more of difference of opinion among
investors or speculation, rather than private information.
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Table I
Daily Trading Volume of Stocks, Calls, and PutsAverage daily trading volume of 14 actively traded NYSE stocks and their CBOE-traded options during sample days in the first quarter of 1995. For each stock,a trading day will be included in the sample when the stock, the most active call and put, have more than 20 trades for the day, respectively. The number of daysincluded in the final sample is reported. The daily trading volume of the stock (call and put) is in terms of shares (contracts). Buy (sell) volume is the buyer-initiated (seller-initiated) volume, and is expressed in terms of the percentage of the total trading volume. The trading volume of the most active call (put) isexpressed in terms of the percentage of the total trading volume of all the calls (puts).
Average Daily Stock Volume Average Daily Call Volume Average Daily Put Volume
Total Buy Sell All Most Buy Sell All Most Buy SellNo. of Volume Volume Volume Calls Active Call Volume Volume Puts Active Put Volume Volume
Firm Name days (in shares) (in %) (in %) (in contracts) (in %) (in %) (in %) (in contracts) (in %) (in %) (in %)
Best Buy 9 924,556 42.3 41.3 1,500 33.0 41.6 42.4 2,526 45.8 43.3 47.4Chrysler 24 2,835,046 33.3 41.7 5,471 35.0 45.9 45.8 2,063 48.2 40.7 43.1Citicorp 12 2,700,717 31.2 41.3 1,911 45.9 46.7 44.6 2,250 47.4 43.7 49.4Callaway Golf 5 1,437,380 41.3 42.7 2,139 31.9 42.1 46.2 1,777 38.9 50.8 43.9EMC Corp 20 2,770,615 40.2 40.0 2,143 34.1 48.0 40.6 958 48.1 34.5 56.3Ford Motor 9 3,472,967 38.5 43.2 2,130 36.3 48.8 30.8 659 56.8 38.2 52.0General Electric 7 1,880,529 46.1 33.9 1,777 37.8 48.2 43.6 818 48.4 41.8 38.7General Motor 32 2,458,747 38.1 34.1 3,890 36.8 42.7 43.4 1,589 40.7 37.6 42.8Hewlett Packard 14 1,008,050 46.1 32.0 1,752 34.9 41.6 53.1 1,162 42.5 43.7 44.4IBM 56 1,992,134 47.5 35.1 9,047 32.2 47.7 45.3 4,391 34.1 47.2 41.4Merck 11 2,257,382 45.1 36.3 3,311 29.1 39.9 47.3 1,226 58.9 39.0 32.0Micron Technology 11 2,716,045 42.8 36.4 1,746 42.1 48.7 41.0 2,054 39.5 44.7 47.0Sears Roebuck 7 2,951,443 48.7 31.9 5,284 73.2 44.1 50.5 5,166 55.4 43.1 49.3Texas Instruments 14 1,255,257 40.9 30.4 2,720 42.9 45.3 48.7 1,304 47.7 46.9 46.6
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Table II
Autocorrelations and Cross-Autocorrelations
of Standardized 5-Minute Volume of Stocks, Calls, and Puts
Volume series are standardized by subtracting the mean and dividing by the standard deviation of the day.
Reported below are Pearson correlation coefficients () with * indicating significance at the 0.1 percentlevel.
Panel A: Autocorrelation
Stock Volume Call Volume Put Volume
Lag (SV) (CV) (PV)
1 0.197 * 0.131 * 0.115 *
2 0.143 * 0.063 * 0.048 *
3 0.113 * 0.030 * 0.0234 0.097 * 0.024 0.0225 0.088 * 0.006 0.006
6 0.068 * -0.001 0.008
Panel B: Cross-autocorrelation
Lag k (SVt, CVt-k) (SVt, PVt-k) (PVt, CVt-k)
-6 0.047 * 0.040 * 0.017
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Table III
Autocorrelations and Cross-Autocorrelations
of Standardized 5-Minute Net-Buy Volume of Stocks, Calls, and Puts
Net-buy volume equals buyer-initiated volume minus seller-initiated volume. Net-buy volume series arestandardized by subtracting the mean and dividing by the standard deviation of the day. Reported below
are Pearson correlation coefficients () with * indicating significance at the 0.1 percent level.
Panel A: Autocorrelation
Stock Net-Buy Volume Call Net-Buy Volume Put Net-Buy Volume
Lag (SNB) (CNB) (PNB)
1 0.066 * 0.055 * 0.073 *
2 0.005 -0.017 0.001
3 0.006 -0.015 -0.0084 -0.019 -0.012 0.0025 -0.005 -0.011 -0.022
6 -0.003 -0.023 -0.022
Panel B: Cross-autocorrelation
Lag k (SNBt, CNBt-k) (SNBt, PNBt-k) (PNBt, CNBt-k)
-6 -0.002 0.009 0.003
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Table IV
Autocorrelations and Cross-Autocorrelations
of Standardized 5-Minute Returns of Stocks, Calls, and Puts
Returns are computed with the midpoint of the prevailing bid and ask quotes at the end of each 5-minuteinterval. Return series are standardized by subtracting the mean and dividing by the standard deviation of
the day. Reported below are Pearson correlation coefficients () with * indicating significance at the 0.1percent level.
Panel A: Autocorrelation
Stock Returns Call Returns Put ReturnsLag (SR) (CR) (PR)
1 -0.026 * -0.031 * -0.047 *
2 -0.031 * -0.029 * -0.038 *3 -0.012 -0.023 -0.047 *4 -0.021 -0.014 -0.003
5 -0.003 -0.007 -0.0086 -0.008 -0.002 -0.017
Panel B: Cross-autocorrelation
Lag k (SRt, CRt-k) (SRt, PRt-k) (PRt, CRt-k)
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Table V
Cross-Autocorrelations Between Standardized 5-Minute Returns of Stocks, Calls,
and Puts and Standardized 5-Minute Net-Buy Volume of Stocks, Calls and Puts
Returns are computed with the midpoint of the prevailing bid and ask quotes at the end of each 5-minute interval. Return series are standardized by
subtracting the mean and dividing by the standard deviation of the day. Stock (call and put) returns are denoted SR(CR andPR). Net-buy volume equalsbuyer-initiated volume minus seller-initiated volume. Net-buy volume series are similarly standardized. Stock (call and put) net-buy volume is denoted
SNB(CNB andPNB). Reported below are Pearson correlation coefficients () with * indicating significance at the 0.1 percent level.
Stock Returns (SR) vs. Call Returns (CR) vs. Put Returns (PR) vs.
Stock Net-Buy Call Net-Buy Put Net-Buy Stock Net-Buy Call Net-Buy Put Net-Buy Stock Net-Buy Call Net-Buy Put Net-Buy
(SNB) (CNB) (PNB) (SNB) (CNB) (PNB) (SNB) (CNB) (PNB)
Lag k (SRt, SNBt-k) (SRt, CNBt-k) (SRt, PNBt-k) (CRt, SNBt-k) (CRt, CNBt-k) (CRt, PNBt-k) (PRt, SNBt-k) (PRt, CNBt-k) (PRt, PNBt-k)
-6 0.012 0.014 0.000 0.008 0.014 0.002 -0.002 -0.010 0.004
-5 0.002 0.010 0.006 0.003 -0.001 0.010 0.002 -0.004 -0.017-4 0.002 0.021 0.002 0.003 0.017 -0.003 0.000 -0.011 -0.002-3 0.018 0.026 * -0.014 0.013 0.023 -0.014 -0.023 -0.017 0.021
-2 0.023 0.020 0.002 0.017 0.013 0.007 -0.012 -0.029 * 0.010
-1 0.038 * -0.033 * 0.043 * 0.064 * -0.059 * 0.043 * -0.058 * 0.028 * -0.086 *
0 0.441 * -0.032 * 0.037 * 0.322 * -0.039 * 0.038 * -0.308 * 0.044 * -0.058 *1 0.075 * -0.006 0.008 0.093 * 0.033 * 0.007 -0.084 * 0.004 0.019
2 0.003 0.001 -0.014 0.023 0.002 -0.003 -0.009 -0.009 0.026 *
3 0.000 0.006 -0.002 0.003 0.000 0.001 -0.001 0.005 0.0144 -0.011 0.009 -0.003 0.004 0.002 -0.006 -0.001 0.000 0.003
5 -0.004 -0.011 0.002 -0.007 0.004 0.005 0.004 0.004 0.004
6 0.002 0.012 0.001 0.003 0.008 -0.003 0.004 -0.007 -0.002
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Table VI
Regression Analysis of the Relationships Among Standardized 5-Minute Returns and
Standardized 5-Minute Net-Buy Volume of Stocks, Calls and Puts
A system of six regression equations are estimated: .v......vcv tptp1t1t ++++++++== where vt= [SRt,CRt,PRt,SNBt,CNBt,PNBt], SRt,CRt,PRt,
are standardized returns for the stocks, calls, and puts for the 5-minute interval t,and SNBt,CNB
t, andPNB
tare standardized net-buy volume for the stocks,
calls, and puts for the 5-minute interval t. Returns are computed with the midpoint of the bid and ask quotes at the end of each 5-minute interval. Net-buy volume equals buyer-initiated volume minus seller-initiated volume. All return and volume series are standardized by subtracting the mean and
dividing by the standard deviation of the day. We impose six lags for the explanatory variables, and report the regression coefficients for the first three
lags (the intercepts and lags 4 through 6 are not shown to save space) and t-statistics (in italics) with * indicating significance at the 0.1 percent level.
Explanatory Variables
Lagged Lagged Lagged Lagged Lagged Lagged
Stock returns Call returns Put returns Stock net-buy volume Call net-buy volume Put net-buy volume
Dependent
Variable Lag 1 Lag 2 Lag 3 Lag 1 Lag 2 Lag 3 Lag 1 Lag 2 Lag 3 Lag 1 Lag 2 Lag 3 Lag 1 Lag 2 Lag 3 Lag 1 Lag 2 Lag 3
Stock -0.162 -0.082 -0.044 0.077 0.018 0.017 -0.058 -0.008 -0.015 0.102 0.015 0.015 -0.003 0.001 0.002 0.002 -0.007 -0.003
returns -15.40* -7.32* -3.87* 7.95* 1.84 1.73 -6.29* -0.85 -1.56 12.05* 1.76 1.83 -0.39 0.13 0.22 0.33 -0.93 -0.42
Call 0.227 0.157 0.122 -0.218 -0.153 -0.106 -0.047 0.006 0.004 0.052 0.002 -0.004 0.029 0.010 0.005 -0.003 -0.003 0.002
returns 21.64* 14.12* 10.76* 22.64* 15.34* 10.58* -5.09* 0.64 0.45 6.13* 0.21 -0.43 3.94* 1.32 0.62 -0.37 -0.38 0.30
Put -0.190 -0.136 -0.113 -0.059 -0.007 -0.005 -0.214 -0.151 -0.130 -0.047 0.007 0.007 0.004 -0.008 0.006 0.009 0.017 0.016
returns -18.15* 12.16* 10.00* -6.11* -0.67 -0.54 23.13* 15.87* 13.69* -5.61* 0.85 0.84 0.51 -1.15 0.77 1.27 2.30 2.16
Stock -0.032 0.017 0.020 0.049 0.010 0.008 -0.033 0.000 -0.009 0.054 -0.017 -0.006 -0.001 -0.002 -0.009 0.011 -0.006 0.001
net-buy volume -2.89 1.46 1.61 4.73* 0.90 0.76 -3.33* -0.05 -0.93 6.03* -1.91 -0.71 -0.07 -0.23 -1.18 1.35 -0.81 0.17
Call -0.006 0.039 0.028 -0.089 -0.024 -0.016 -0.006 -0.019 -0.007 0.028 0.011 0.018 0.049 -0.013 -0.011 0.002 0.006 0.006
net-buy volume -0.56 3.27 2.28 -8.52* -2.27 -1.47 -0.57 -1.90 -0.72 3.08 1.18 2.01 6.17* -1.68 -1.41 0.25 0.78 0.79
Put -0.012 -0.005 0.001 0.010 0.005 -0.002 -0.087 0.009 0.019 0.008 -0.006 0.008 0.002 0.010 -0.004 0.069 0.003 -0.006
net-buy volume -1.08 -0.43 0.08 0.93 0.45 -0.21 -8.73* 0.91 1.85 0.88 -0.65 0.91 0.28 1.30 -0.56 8.77* 0.32 -0.73
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Table VII
Cross-Autocorrelations Between Standardized 2.5-Minute Returns of Stocks, Calls,
and Puts and Standardized 2.5-Minute Net-Buy Volume of Stocks, Calls and Puts
Returns are computed with the midpoint of the prevailing bid and ask quotes at the end of each 2.5-minute interval. Return series are standardized by
subtracting the mean and dividing by the standard deviation of the day. Stock (call and put) returns are denoted SR(CR andPR). Net-buy volume equalsbuyer-initiated volume minus seller-initiated volume. Net-buy volume series are similarly standardized. Stock (call and put) net-buy volume is denoted
SNB(CNB andPNB). Reported below are Pearson correlation coefficients () with * indicating significance at the 0.1 percent level.
Stock Returns (SR) vs. Call Returns (CR) vs. Put Returns (PR) vs.
Stock Net-Buy Call Net-Buy Put Net-Buy Stock Net-Buy Call Net-Buy Put Net-Buy Stock Net-Buy Call Net-Buy Put Net-Buy
(SNB) (CNB) (PNB) (SNB) (CNB) (PNB) (SNB) (CNB) (PNB)
Lag k (SRt, SNBt-k) (SRt, CNBt-k) (SRt, PNBt-k) (CRt, SNBt-k) (CRt, CNBt-k) (CRt, PNBt-k) (PRt, SNBt-k) (PRt, CNBt-k) (PRt, PNBt-k)
-6 0.012 0.013 -0.006 0.011 0.012 -0.011 -0.016 -0.016 0.004
-5 0.001 0.018 * -0.005 -0.001 0.019 * -0.007 -0.011 -0.007 0.015-4 0.018 * 0.017 -0.001 0.014 0.010 0.004 -0.002 -0.021 * 0.001-3 0.011 0.004 0.007 0.014 -0.010 0.017 -0.007 -0.004 -0.011
-2 0.028 * -0.018 * 0.025 * 0.032 * -0.020 * 0.025 * -0.030 * 0.011 -0.035 *
-1 0.027 * -0.039 * 0.039 * 0.058 * -0.075 * 0.033 * -0.050 * 0.029 * -0.093 *
0 0.369 * -0.014 0.017 0.251 * -0.010 0.016 -0.232 * 0.032 * -0.021 *1 0.137 * 0.000 0.007 0.105 * 0.026 * 0.010 -0.106 * 0.000 0.016
2 0.013 -0.005 0.005 0.030 * 0.012 0.004 -0.027 * 0.003 0.010
3 0.006 0.001 -0.006 0.014 0.000 -0.003 -0.012 -0.004 0.0064 -0.003 -0.003 0.000 0.015 0.006 0.003 -0.005 -0.002 0.010
5 -0.007 0.001 -0.014 -0.007 -0.004 -0.003 -0.007 0.000 0.010
6 0.000 0.005 0.005 0.004 0.005 0.001 0.005 -0.008 0.013
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Table VIII
Regression Analysis of the Relationships Among Standardized 2.5-Minute Returns and
Standardized 5-Minute Net-Buy Volume of Stocks, Calls and Puts
A system of six regression equations are estimated: .v......vcv tptp1t1t ++++++++== where vt= [SRt,CRt,PRt,SNBt,CNBt,PNBt], SRt,CRt,PRt,
are standardized returns for the stocks, calls, and puts for the 2.5-minute interval t,and SNBt,CNB
t, andPNB
tare standardized net-buy volume for the
stocks, call, and puts for the 2.5-minute interval t. Returns are computed with the midpoint of the bid and ask quotes at the end of each 2.5-minuteinterval. Net-buy volume equals buyer-initiated volume minus seller-initiated volume. All return and volume series are standardized by subtracting the
mean and dividing by the standard deviation of the day. We impose six lags for the explanatory variables, and report the regression coefficients for the
first three lags (the intercepts and lags 4 through 6 are not shown to save space) and t-statistics (in italics) with * indicating significance at the 0.1 percentlevel.
Explanatory Variables
Lagged Lagged Lagged Lagged Lagged Lagged
Stock returns Call returns Put returns Stock net-buy volume Call net-buy volume Put net-buy volume
Dependent
Variable Lag 1 Lag 2 Lag 3 Lag 1 Lag 2 Lag 3 Lag 1 Lag 2 Lag 3 Lag 1 Lag 2 Lag 3 Lag 1 Lag 2 Lag 3 Lag 1 Lag 2 Lag 3
Stock -0.141 -0.089 -0.056 0.093 0.036 0.026 -0.047 -0.031 -0.005 0.141 0.027 0.013 0.000 -0.005 -0.001 0.003 0.004 -0.003
returns -21.10* 12.70* -7.86* 14.75* 5.60* 3.91* -7.66* -4.95* -0.84 24.49* 4.64* 2.15 -0.07 -0.94 -0.24 0.54 0.73 -0.65
Call 0.193 0.136 0.103 -0.184 -0.131 -0.088 -0.039 -0.018 -0.001 0.069 -0.005 -0.004 0.022 0.015 0.002 0.006 -0.002 -0.003
returns 29.15* 19.66* 14.62* 29.34* 20.28* 13.44* -6.42* -2.84 -0.12 12.10* -0.86 -0.69 4.15* 2.83 0.38 1.22 -0.47 -0.56
Put -0.162 -0.102 -0.082 -0.074 -0.024 -0.024 -0.175 -0.112 -0.095 -0.063 0.004 0.004 0.000 0.004 -0.002 0.009 0.008 0.004
returns -24.53* 14.73* 11.60* 11.92* -3.79* -3.71* 28.77* 17.94* 15.15* 11.09* 0.68 0.76 -0.07 0.78 -0.33 1.67 1.60 0.80
Stock -0.034 -0.013 -0.008 0.047 0.025 0.016 -0.032 -0.021 0.000 0.057 0.017 0.007 0.006 0.002 -0.012 0.003 0.006 0.005
net-buy volume -4.78* -1.72 -1.13 6.99* 3.60* 2.34 -4.84* -3.08 -0.01 9.24* 2.72 1.20 1.07 0.36 -2.13 0.52 1.08 0.96
Call -0.009 0.002 0.031 -0.092 -0.042 -0.043 -0.004 -0.006 -0.007 0.010 0.023 0.004 0.080 0.008 0.004 -0.002 -0.001 0.013
net-buy volume -1.21 0.22 4.03* 13.62* -6.00* -6.19* -0.65 -0.87 -0.97 1.59 3.63* 0.64 14.29* 1.39 0.63 -0.44 -0.14 2.35
Put 0.004 -0.018 -0.023 0.002 0.007 0.009 -0.099 -0.046 -0.018 0.003 -0.008 0.006 -0.002 -0.001 -0.001 0.080 0.011 0.017
net-buy volume 0.60 -2.38 -3.01 0.34 0.96 1.28 14.99* -6.88* -2.64 0.42 -1.28 0.95 -0.43 -0.24 -0.24 14.31* 1.89 3.03
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