Author: A. FrinoPublisher:
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Asymmetric Price Behaviour Surrounding Block Trades
Author: A. FrinoPrice Behaviour Surrounding Blocks
Author: Alex FrinoPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 21
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This paper analyses price effects of block trades for the 30 stocks that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the period January 1993 to October 2001. Previous research shows prices revert following sales, but remain high after buys, creating an asymmetry between block purchases and sales. Extant literature has offered several conjectures as to the source of the asymmetry. We replicate the asymmetry documented in previous literature and provide a new conjecture as to its source, specifically bid-ask bias. Results show that purging block trade price effects of bid-ask bias produces symmetry in the behaviour of block trade price effects. This suggests research design issues are driving the asymmetry documented in previous literature, and that purchases are not more informative than sales.
Bid-Ask Bounce and the Measurement of Price Behaviour Around Block Trades on the Australian Stock Exchange
Author: Alex FrinoPublisher:
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Pages : 29
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This paper analyses the price behaviour surrounding block transactions on the Australian Stock Exchange. Previous research documents a price reversal following block sales and a price continuation following block purchases - an 'asymmetry' in the price reaction to block sales and block purchases. In this paper we examine whether this asymmetry results from measurement error caused by bid-ask bounce. We first replicate the asymmetry documented in previous literature using returns calculated from trade prices. We then repeat these tests using returns calculated from bid-ask quotes which are free of bid-ask bounce. Our results indicate that when quote returns are used instead of trade returns, price continuations follow both purchases and sales. We conclude that the asymmetry in price behaviour following block trades is driven by bid-ask bounce.
Block Trade Price Asymmetry and Changes in Depth
Author: Hamish D. AndersonPublisher:
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Pages : 35
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This paper examines the price response to large block transactions made on the Australian Stock Exchange during the 1999 sample period. We find asymmetry in the price reaction between buyer- and seller-initiated trades with respect to size and resiliency following the trade. We extend previous research by examining order book changes surrounding block trades and relating price effects to changes in book depth. Purchases are associated with persistent order book imbalance, while the sales imbalance is insignificant. Cross-sectional analysis demonstrates that price resiliency following a trade is related to the speed at which limit orders arrive to replenish book depth.
Price Impact Asymmetry of Block Trades
Author: Gideon SaarPublisher:
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Pages : 34
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This article develops a theoretical model to explain the permanent price impact asymmetry between buyer- and seller-initiated block trades (the permanent price impact of buys is larger than that of sells). The model shows how the trading strategy of institutional portfolio managers creates a difference between the information content of buys and sells. The main implication of the model is that the history of price performance influences the asymmetry: the longer the run-up in a stock`s price, the less the asymmetry. The intensity of institutional trading and the frequency of information events affect the asymmetry differently depending on recent price performance.
Can Market Frictions Really Explain the Price Impact Asymmetry of Block Trades?
Author: Ahmed A. AlzahraniThe Behavior of Market Makers in Settings with Different Levels of Asymmetric Information
Author: Galen Raymond SevcikPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 354
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How Important are Block Trades in the Price Discovery Process?
Author: Duane Joseph SeppiPublisher:
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Category : Block trading
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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The Impact of Block Trades on Stock Market Behaviour
Author: Michael J. AitkenPublisher:
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Category : Block trading
Languages : en
Pages : 25
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On Liquidity Around Large-block Trades: Upstairs Trading Mechanisms, Price Impacts and Common Factors
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Large-block trades have been typically handled over the counter in the upstairs market. Institutional trading raises several issues of concern, such as the fragmentation of order flow, potential liquidity shortage in the downstairs market, and implications for market efficiency. Large investors trades may infact produce a price impact that can adversely influence their investment decisions. The objective for this study is to expand our knowledge about the economic role of upstairs markets as source of liquidity for institutional investors. We carry out our analysis by investigating intraday dynamics of price and liquidity impacts of large-block trades on the Italian Exchange. We also provide an empirical analysis of intraday and interday variations in block trading activity in order to uncover any systematic pattern in trading activity of traders that typically place large-block orders.