This thesis studies the trading of the Chinese American Depositories Receipts (ADRs) and their respective underlying H shares issued in Hong Kong. The primary intention of this work is to investigate the arbitrage opportunity between the Chinese ADRs and their underlying H shares. This intention...

In recent years a substantial amount of literature in one way or another deals with liquidity. The interest in it grows beyond the walls of the academia, as the security exchanges recognize the importance of the concept and plan to adopt unique measures of liquidity and publish them in the...

The S&P 500 Index futures contract is traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange that isregulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The S&P 500 Index optionscontract is traded on the Chicago Board of Options Exchange that is regulated by theSecurities and Exchange Commission. The...

At today's stock markets, most of the trading volume is traded electronically. Thus, also many market participants execute their order flow automatically with the help of trading algorithms. Hence, several important aspects concerning algorithmic trading are discussed. One of the main topics of...