Doctoral thesis of Philosophy: Can options be used to enhance equity returns? Evidence from Australia

The thesis will attempt to address the following questions: 1. Does the BWS produce superior risk-adjusted returns? 2. Do extreme portfolio trading strategies work in the Australian options market? 3. Can options be combined with equity to generate positive alpha? 4. How can the characteristics of options be used to provide superior returns? 5. Does the rebalancing period matter in the options market? 6. Can equity strategies be extended to the options market?