The impact of hidden liquidity in limit order books

  • We report evidence that the presence of hidden liquidity is associated with greater liquidity in the order books, greater trading volume, and smaller price impact. Limit and market order submission behavior changes when hidden liquidity is present consistent with at least some traders being able to detect hidden liquidity. We estimate a model of liquidity provision that allows us to measure variations in the marginal and total payoffs from liquidity provision in states with and without hidden liquidity. Our estimates of the expected surplus to providers of visible and hidden liquidity are positive and typically of the order of one-half to one basis points per trade. The positive liquidity provider surpluses combined with the increased trading volume when hidden liquidity is present are both consistent with liquidity externalities.

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Author:Stefan Frey, Patrik Sandas
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-62275
Parent Title (German):Center for Financial Studies (Frankfurt am Main): CFS working paper series ; No. 2008,48
Series (Serial Number):CFS working paper series (2008, 48)
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Year of Completion:2008
Year of first Publication:2008
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2009/01/29
Tag:Hidden Liquidity; Hidden Orders; Iceberg Orders; Limit Order Books; Limit Order Markets; Reserve Orders; Transparency
GND Keyword:Liquidität
HeBIS-PPN:210295473
Institutes:Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Center for Financial Studies (CFS)
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht