Rise of the machines: Algorithmic trading in the foreign exchange market

AP Chaboud, B Chiquoine… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We study the impact of algorithmic trading (AT) in the foreign exchange market using a long
time series of high‐frequency data that identify computer‐generated trading activity. We find …

Are retail traders compensated for providing liquidity?

JN Barrot, R Kaniel, D Sraer - Journal of Financial Economics, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper examines the extent to which individual investors provide liquidity to the stock
market and whether they are compensated for doing so. We show that the ability of …

Retail trading and return predictability in China

CM Jones, D Shi, X Zhang, X Zhang - Journal of Financial and …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Using comprehensive account-level data, we separate Chinese retail investors into 5 groups
and document strong heterogeneity in trading dynamics and performances. Retail investors …

[PDF][PDF] Understanding retail investors: evidence from China

CM Jones, D Shi, X Zhang, X Zhang - Available at SSRN, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Using comprehensive account-level data from 2016 to 2019, we examine retail investor
trading behavior in the Chinese stock market. We separate millions of retail investors into …

Insider trades and demand by institutional and individual investors

RW Sias, DA Whidbee - The Review of Financial Studies, 2010 - academic.oup.com
There is a strong inverse relation between insider trading and institutional demand the same
quarter and over the previous year. Our analysis suggests a combination of factors …

Who moves the stock market in an emerging country–Institutional or retail investors?

DP Koesrindartoto, A Aaron, I Yusgiantoro… - … in International Business …, 2020 - Elsevier
By analyzing the dynamic behavior of institutional and retail investors in the Indonesia Stock
Exchange using their completed transactions (comprising over 250 million observations) …

Foreign institutions, local investors and momentum trading

R Bradrania, W Wu - Journal of Empirical Finance, 2023 - Elsevier
We study momentum and contrarian trading of foreign and local institutions as well as local
individuals using a unique ownership dataset from the Australian stock market. We find that …

Institutional investment horizon, the information environment, and firm credit risk

LN Switzer, J Wang - Journal of Financial Stability, 2017 - Elsevier
We provide evidence that the impact of the investment horizon of institutional investors on
the credit risk of US industrial firms is both statistically and economically significant. Ceteris …

Heterogeneous institutional preferences and informativeness: Evidence from China

W Liao, J Du, PW Sun - Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Using complete semi-annual stock holdings of seven different types of institutional investors
including public mutual funds, insurance companies, social security funds, qualified foreign …

Investor behavior at the 52-Week high

J Della Vedova, A Grant… - Journal of Financial and …, 2023 - cambridge.org
This study uncovers how household investors intensify the effect of the 52-week high
(52WH): increased volume and momentum-like returns at the 52WH price. Using daily …