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Trading characteristics of member firms on the Korea Exchange

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  • Min-Young Lee
  • Woo-Sung Jung
  • Gabjin Oh

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In this paper, we study the characteristics of the member firms on the Korea Exchange. The member firms intermediate between the market participants and the exchange, and all the participants should trade stocks through members. To identify the characteristics of member firms, all member firms are categorized into three groups, such as the domestic members similar to individuals (DIMs), the domestic members similar to institutions (DSMs), and the foreign members (FRMs), in terms of the type of investor. We examine the dynamics of the member firms. The trading characteristics of members are revealed through the directionality and trend. While FRMs tend to trade one-way and move with the price change, DIMs are the opposite. In the market, DIMs and DSMs do herd and the herding moves in the opposite direction of the price change. One the other hand, FRMs do herd in the direction of the price change. The network analysis supports that the members are clustered into three groups similar to DIMs, DSMs, and FRMs. Finally, random matrix theory and a cross-sectional regression show that the inventory variation of members possesses significant information about stock prices and that member herding helps to price the stocks.

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  • Min-Young Lee & Woo-Sung Jung & Gabjin Oh, 2020. "Trading characteristics of member firms on the Korea Exchange," Papers 2004.11148, arXiv.org.
    • Handle: RePEc:arx:papers:2004.11148
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