We analyze the dynamics of liquidity in Xetra, an electronic open limit order book. We use the Exchange Liquidity Measure (XLM), a measure of the cost of a roundtrip trade of given size V. This measure captures the price and the quantity dimension of liquidity. We present descriptive statistics,...

We analyze the dynamics of liquidity in Xetra, an electronic open limit order book. We use the Exchange Liquidity Measure (XLM), a measure of the cost of a roundtrip trade of given size V. This measure captures the price and the quantity dimension of liquidity. We present descriptive statistics,...

In this paper we use the Exchange Liquidity Measure (XLM) to investigate into the time dimension of liquidity. The XLM(V) measures the cost of a roundtrip trade of size V. Besides a descriptive analysis we present the results of intraday event studies. Our objective is to measure how a liquidity...

New asset classes are originally distributed via Over the Counter channels; mostly negotiated, traded and settled on a bilateral and ad-hoc basis. Subsequently, the demand for organised market services grows alongside trading volumes, number of market participants and distribution reach. This...

Electronic order book trading has evolved as best-of-breed for trading small and mid sized orders. Yet, this mechanism does not properly address the needs of large sized orders which tend to execute off order book in over-the-counter markets. Order book trading provides for public price...

New asset classes are originally distributed via Over the Counter channels; mostly negotiated, traded and settled on a bilateral and ad-hoc basis. Subsequently, the demand for organised market services grows alongside trading volumes, number of market participants and distribution reach. This...

Electronic order book trading has evolved as best-of-breed for trading small and mid sized orders. Yet, this mechanism does not properly address the needs of large sized orders which tend to execute off order book in over-the-counter markets. Order book trading provides for public price...

We analyze data on stock index forecasts made by private investors. The implied returns calculated from these forecasts exhibit negative skewness and excess kurtosis. Past returns have a positive impact on the implied returns, consistent with investors expecting positive momentum. Females are...

Dufour and Engle (2000) have shown that the duration between subsequent trade events carries informational content with respect to the evolution of the fundamental asset value. Their analysis supports the notion that no trade means no information derived from Easley and O'Hara's (1992)...

We reconsider the issue of price discovery in spot and futures markets. We use a threshold error correction model to allow for arbitrage opportunities to have an impact on the return dynamics. We estimate the model using quote midpoints, and we modify the model to account for time-varying...