This paper considers the impact of foreign exchange order flows on contemporaneous and future stock market returns using a new database of customer order flows in the €-$ exchange rate market as seen by a leading European bank. We do not find clear contemporaneous relationships between FX...

This study investigates the microeffects of macronews using customer price-contingent orders (i.e. stop-loss and take-profit orders) data from a large foreign exchange dealing bank in the pound/dollar market. Results reveal that price-contingent order placement intensifies 3-5 h prior to the...

This paper provides the empirical evidence that the group wide liquidity is a key driver of individual currency liquidity. The liquidity of currencies is tied together more often recently than during 1990s. We also examine the asymmetrical commonality in liquidity, when the dollar index is...

This article presents an overview of research on the Microstructure of Foreign Exchange Markets. We begin by summarizing the institutional features of FX trading and describe how they have evolved since the 1980s. We then explain how these features are represented in microstructure models of FX...