This study is the first to examine China’s crude oil options market. Using high-frequency data and three different price discovery measures, we conduct a rigorous analysis and find that after its first 8 months of operation, China’s crude oil options market has already played an important role in price discovery. Factors such as volume, volatility, and speculation can impact its price discovery ability. We also find a unique phenomenon in China’s crude oil derivatives market, namely that speculative activity mainly occurs in the futures market and adds to the price discovery of the futures market rather than to the options
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