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High-frequency trading and institutional trading costs / by Marie Chen and Corey Garriott.FB3-5/2018-8E-PDF

“Using bond futures data, we test whether high-frequency trading (HFT) is engaging in back running, a trading strategy that can create costs for financial institutions. We reject the hypothesis of back running and find instead that HFT mildly improves trading costs for institutions. After a rapid increase in the number of HFTs, trading costs as measured by implementation shortfall decrease by 27 basis points for smaller-sized positions ($2–$10 million notional). For larger-sized positions there is no significant effect. We explain the improvement as being the consequence of HFT reducing effective spreads and per-trade price impacts"--Abstract, p. ii.

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Publication information
Department/Agency
  • Bank of Canada.
TitleHigh-frequency trading and institutional trading costs / by Marie Chen and Corey Garriott.
Series title
  • Bank of Canada staff working paper, 1701-9397 ; 2018-8
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • "February 2018."
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-27).
  • Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Bank of Canada, 2018.
Author / Contributor
  • Chen, Marie.
  • Garriott, Corey.
Descriptionii, 44 p. : charts (some col.)
Catalogue number
  • FB3-5/2018-8E-PDF
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