Using conditional asymmetry to predict commodity futures prices

Fabio S. Dias

International Journal of Financial Markets and Derivatives, 2021, vol. 8, issue 2, 185-203

Abstract: Despite decades of studies, there is still no consensus on what type of serial dependence, if any, might be present in risky asset returns. This manuscript provides an empirical study of the prices of energy commodities, gold and copper in the futures markets and demonstrates that, for these assets, the level of asymmetry of asset returns varies through time and can be forecast using past returns. A regime switching model is used to construct a managed futures trading strategy that provides returns that are statistically significant. It is also demonstrated how such model can be used to make probabilistic predictions of commodity prices in futures markets, which can be used to drive value-at-risk and potential future exposure metrics or guide dynamic hedging strategies of commodity price risk.

Keywords: time series analysis; time series momentum; probabilistic forecasting; mixture models. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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