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- Title
Periodicity of trading activity in foreign exchange markets.
- Authors
Chen, Tao; Chan, Kam C.; Chang, Haodong
- Abstract
Using the high‐frequency exchange rates of 25 global currency pairs, we document a striking clock‐time periodicity in which trading activity surges at the beginning of a minute. Additional analyses indicate that clock‐time spikes are accompanied by a lower level of liquidity. Moreover, we find that time‐clustering trades yield permanent price impacts, are devoted to efficient pricing, and make a significant contribution to price discovery. Finally, we investigate three informed scenarios to ascertain how trades at spikes acquire information beforehand and reflect them in markets. Taken together, our findings reinforce the view in the literature that subminute periodicity emanates from algorithmic trading.
- Subjects
FOREIGN exchange market; INTERNATIONAL trade; FOREIGN exchange rates; ALGORITHMIC trading (Securities)
- Publication
Journal of Financial Research, 2022, Vol 45, Issue 2, p445
- ISSN
0270-2592
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jfir.12280