Coming Early to the Party

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Mario Bellia

European Union - JRC-Ispra, European Commision

Loriana Pelizzon

Goethe University Frankfurt - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration; Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE; Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia

Marti G. Subrahmanyam

New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

Jun Uno

Waseda University

Darya Yuferova

Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) - Department of Finance

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Date Written: June 1, 2020

Abstract

We examine the strategic behavior of High Frequency Traders (HFTs) during the pre-opening phase and the opening auction of the NYSE-Euronext Paris exchange. HFTs actively participate, and profitably extract information from the order flow. They also post “flash crash” orders, to gain time priority. They make profits on their last-second orders; however, so do others, suggesting that there is no speed advantage. HFTs lead price discovery, and neither harm nor improve liquidity. They “come early to the party”, and enjoy it (make profits); however, they also help others enjoy the party (improve market quality) and do not have privileges (their speed advantage is not crucial).

Keywords: High-Frequency Traders (HFTs), Proprietary Trading, Opening Auction, Liquidity Provision, Price Discovery

JEL Classification: G12, G14

Suggested Citation

Bellia, Mario and Pelizzon, Loriana and Subrahmanyam, Marti G. and Uno, Jun and Yuferova, Darya, Coming Early to the Party (June 1, 2020). University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 11/WP/2020 , NYU Stern School of Business, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3628305 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3628305

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