Price Discovery Without Trading: Evidence from Limit Orders

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Jonathan Brogaard

University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business

Terrence Hendershott

University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

Ryan Riordan

Queen's University - Smith School of Business; Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Faculty of Business Administration (Munich School of Management)

Date Written: May 10, 2018

Abstract

We analyze the contribution to price discovery of market and limit orders by high frequency traders (HFTs) and non-HFTs. While market orders have a larger individual price impact, limit orders are far more numerous. This results in price discovery occurring predominantly through limit orders. HFTs submit the bulk of limit orders and these limit orders provide most of the price discovery. Submissions of limit orders and their contribution to price discovery fall with volatility due to changes in HFTs behavior. Consistent with adverse selection arising from faster reactions to public information, HFTs' informational advantage is partially explained by public information.

Keywords: High-Frequency Trading, Price Discovery, Limit Order Book, Fragmentation

JEL Classification: D40, G14, G20

Suggested Citation

Brogaard, Jonathan and Hendershott, Terrence J. and Riordan, Ryan, Price Discovery Without Trading: Evidence from Limit Orders (May 10, 2018). Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2655927 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2655927

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Terrence J. Hendershott

University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business ( email )

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Ryan Riordan

Queen's University - Smith School of Business ( email )

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