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The Performance of Short-Term Institutional Trades

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  • Chakrabarty, Bidisha
  • Moulton, Pamela C.
  • Trzcinka, Charles

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Using a database of daily institutional trades, we document that a majority of short-term institutional trades lose money. In aggregate, over 23% of round-trip trades are held for less than 3 months, and the returns on these trades average -3.91% (nonannualized). These losses are pervasive across all types of stocks, with the lowest returns occurring in small stocks, value stocks, and low-momentum stocks. Short-term trades lose more in more volatile markets. Across funds, the worst short-term returns accrue to funds that do the most trading, and there is no evidence of persistent skill or disposition effect in short-term institutional trades.

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  • Chakrabarty, Bidisha & Moulton, Pamela C. & Trzcinka, Charles, 2017. "The Performance of Short-Term Institutional Trades," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 52(4), pages 1403-1428, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jfinqa:v:52:y:2017:i:04:p:1403-1428_00
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