TitleThe Lead-Lag Relationship between the Spot and Futures Markets in China
Publication TypeJournal Articles
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsWang, D, Tu, J, Chang, X, Li, S
JournalQuantitative Finance
Volume17
Issue9
Pagination1447–1456
Date Published2017
KeywordsBusiness Analytics
Abstract

Based on daily and one-minute high-frequency returns, this paper examines the
lead-lag dependence between the CSI 300 index spot and futures markets from 2010 to 2014. The
nonparametric and nonlinear thermal optimal path method is adopted. Empirical results of the
daily data indicate that the lead-lag relationship between the two markets is within one day but
this relationship is volatile since neither of the two possible situations (the futures leads or lags
behind the spot market) takes a dominant place. Besides, our results from high-frequency data
demonstrate that there is a price discovery in the Chinese futures market: the intraday one-minute
futures return leads the cash return by 0~5 minutes regardless of the price trend of the market.
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