Limit-Order Submission Strategies under Asymmetric Information

42 Pages Posted: 19 May 2010

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Lukas Menkhoff

Kiel Institute for the World Economy; German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin); Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Carol L. Osler

Brandeis University - International Business School

Maik Schmeling

Goethe University Frankfurt - Department of Finance; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Date Written: May 2010

Abstract

This paper provides evidence that informed traders dominate the response of limit-order submissions to shocks in a pure limit-order market. In the market we study, informed traders are highly sensitive to spreads, volatility, momentum and depth. By contrast, uninformed traders are relatively insensitive to all these market conditions. The dominance of the informed over limit-order submissions is magnified by contrasts between them and the uninformed in the use of aggressively-priced limit orders.

Keywords: limit-order market, order submission, informed traders, market conditions

JEL Classification: G20

Suggested Citation

Menkhoff, Lukas and Osler, Carol L. and Schmeling, Maik, Limit-Order Submission Strategies under Asymmetric Information (May 2010). CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3054, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1610091 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1610091

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Maik Schmeling

Goethe University Frankfurt - Department of Finance ( email )

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