Multi-level order-flow imbalance in a limit order book

We study the multi-level order-flow imbalance (MLOFI), which is a vector quantity that measures the net flow of buy and sell orders at different price levels in a limit order book (LOB). Using a recent, high-quality data set for six liquid stocks on Nasdaq, we fit a simple, linear relationship betwe...

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Những tác giả chính: Xu, K, Gould, MD, Howison, SD
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: World Scientific Publishing 2020
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Tóm tắt:We study the multi-level order-flow imbalance (MLOFI), which is a vector quantity that measures the net flow of buy and sell orders at different price levels in a limit order book (LOB). Using a recent, high-quality data set for six liquid stocks on Nasdaq, we fit a simple, linear relationship between MLOFI and the contemporaneous change in mid-price. For all six stocks that we study, we find that the out-of-sample goodness-of-fit of the relationship improves with each additional price level that we include in the MLOFI vector. Our results underline how order-flow activity deep into the LOB can influence the price-formation process.