Market risk measurement for crude oil: A wavelet based VaR approach

Kin Kernig LAI, Kaijian HE, Chi XIE, Shou CHEN

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review

2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

With the development of technology and financial engineering tools, oil markets are more competitive and volatile than ever before. This places the accurate and reliable measurement of market risks in the crucial position for both investment decision and hedging strategy designs. This paper tackles the measurement of risks from a Value at Risk (VaR) perspective. Since traditional ARMA-GARCH approach doesn't suffice, this paper proposes ex-ante based approach for hybrid algorithm design and further applies this methodology with a wavelet approach to VaR estimates. Empirical studies of the proposed Wavelet Decomposed Value at Risk (WDVaR) have been conducted on two major oil markets (I.e. WTI & Brent). Experiment results suggest that the performance of WDVaR improves upon ARMA-GARCH model at higher confidence levels. Meanwhile, WDVaR offer considerable flexibility during modeling process. WDVaR can be tailored to specific market characteristics and its performance can be further improved with more careful parameter tuning.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe 2006 IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Network Proceedings
PublisherIEEE
Pages2129-2136
ISBN (Print)0780394909, 9780780394902
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Event2006 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN '06) - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Duration: 16 Jul 200621 Jul 2006

Publication series

Name
ISSN (Print)2161-4393
ISSN (Electronic)2161-4407

Conference

Conference2006 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN '06)
PlaceCanada
CityVancouver, BC
Period16/07/0621/07/06

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