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Price impact of informed trades in the U.S. treasury markets

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  • Onem Ozocak

    (Goodman School of Business, Brock University, Canada)

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According to a review of the literature, there is no study that examines how the price impact of informed trades is related to liquidity levels in the U.S. Treasury markets. Using variance decomposition and regime-switching methodologies, we find that the price impact of informed trades is higher in more liquid markets. In the case of on-the-run and off-the-run spot markets, the price impact of informed trades is higher in 2-year and 5-year T-notes markets. In the case of T-notes futures markets, the price impact of informed trades is higher in 10-year futures market. We find that the price impact of uninformed (informed) individual trades decreases (increases) as the time scale increases. The results indicate that the price impact of informed trades is greater between 8:00 am and 3:00 pm when the market is more liquid, and smaller between 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm when the market is less liquid.

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  • Onem Ozocak, 2015. "Price impact of informed trades in the U.S. treasury markets," Journal of Economic and Financial Studies (JEFS), LAR Center Press, vol. 3(3), pages 29-40, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:lrc:lareco:v:3:y:2015:i:3:p:29-40
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    Keywords

    Order imbalance; Probability of informed trading; Private information; Price impact of a trade.;
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    JEL classification:

    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

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