Deviations from Triangular Arbitrage Parity in Foreign Exchange and Bitcoin Markets

Reynolds, Julia; Sögner, LeopoldORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5388-0601 and Wagner, MartinORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6123-4797 (2021) Deviations from Triangular Arbitrage Parity in Foreign Exchange and Bitcoin Markets. Central European Journal of Economic Modelling and Econometrics, 13 (2), pp. 105-146.

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Abstract

This paper applies recently developed procedures to monitor and date so-called "financial market dislocations," defined as periods in which substantial deviations from arbitrage parities take place. In particular, we use a cointegration perspective to focus on deviations from the triangular arbitrage parity for exchange rate triplets. Due to increasing attention on and importance of mispricing in the market for cryptocurrencies, we include the cryptocurrency Bitcoin in addition to fiat currencies in our analysis. We do not find evidence for substantial deviations from the triangular arbitrage parity when only traditional fiat currencies are considered, but document significant deviations from triangular arbitrage parities in the newer market for Bitcoin. We tentatively confirm the importance of our results for portfolio strategies by showing that a currency portfolio that trades based on our detected break-points outperforms a simple buy-and-hold strategy.

Item Type: Article in Academic Journal
Keywords: Triangular Arbitrage Parity, Foreign Exchange Markets, Cryptocurrencies, Cointegration, Monitoring
Classification Codes (e.g. JEL): G12, G15, C22, C32
Research Units: Macroeconomics and Business Cycles
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Date Deposited: 11 May 2021 08:16
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2024 08:54
ISSN: 2080-119X
URI: https://irihs.ihs.ac.at/id/eprint/5712

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