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Deviations from Put – Call Parity Around a Stock’s 52-week Highs and Lows.
Catherine Anitha Manohar

Last modified: 2017-03-25

Abstract


This paper extends the work on stock and option price behavior by examining the deviations from put-call parity before and after the stock price hits its 52-week high or low.  In the presence of limited arbitrage, deviations from put-call parity arise when the stock price deviates from its implied price in the options market. Using a sample of all stocks from 1996 to 2015 with underlying put and call options, I find that there is a significant increase in put-call parity deviations when the stock price hits its 52-week high or low. Furthermore the deviations in put-call parity predict reversals in stock returns. These results are consistent with informed investors trading in the options market relative to the stock market.


Keywords


Stock Trading, Options Market, Behavioral Finance