2016-02-01
Flashes of Trading Intent at NASDAQ
Publication
Publication
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 51 - Issue 1 p. 165- 196
We use the introduction and subsequent removal of the flash-order functionality from NASDAQ as a natural experiment to investigate the impact of voluntary disclosure of trading intent on market quality.
We find that flash orders significantly improve liquidity in NASDAQ. Furthermore, overall market quality improves (deteriorates) when flash functionality
is introduced (removed). This result can be attributed to increased competition among liquidity suppliers across competing trading venues. Alternatively, flash orders attract responses from reactive traders immediately after the announcement, attracting more “hidden liquidity” and lowering risk-bearing costs for the overall market.
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| doi.org/10.1017/S0022109016000028, hdl.handle.net/1765/88193 | |
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| Organisation | Erasmus School of Economics |
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Skjeltorp, J. A., Sojli, E., & Tham, W. W. (2016). Flashes of Trading Intent at NASDAQ. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 51(1), 165–196. doi:10.1017/S0022109016000028 |
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