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Journal of Empirical Finance· 2026Q1

Options portfolio selection with position limits

Paolo Guasoni, Eberhard Mayerhofer, Mingchuan Zhao

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Index-neutral options strategies using mean-variance optimization with position limits and transaction costs yielded Sharpe ratios between 1 and 2 for S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, but less than 0.5 for the Dow Jones.

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