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Cancellation and uncertainty aversion on limit order books

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  • Jeremy Large

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This paper models limit order books where each trader is uncertain of the underlying distribution in the asset's value to others. If this uncertainty is rapidly resolved, fleeting limit orders are submitted and quickly cancelled. This enhances liquidity supply, but leaves intact established comparative statics results on spreads. However, risk neutral liquidity suppliers are averse to persistent uncertainty due to concavity in the function describing limit order utility, and spreads widen. This helps explain wide spreads in the morning.The model describes traders who in equilibrium correctly anticipate market orders' endogenous stochastic intensities. It highlights how limit orders queue for execution.

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  • Jeremy Large, 2004. "Cancellation and uncertainty aversion on limit order books," OFRC Working Papers Series 2004fe04, Oxford Financial Research Centre.
    • Handle: RePEc:sbs:wpsefe:2004fe04
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    1. Degryse, Hans & Van Achter, Mark & Wuyts, Gunther, 2009. "Dynamic order submission strategies with competition between a dealer market and a crossing network," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 91(3), pages 319-338, March.
    2. Wei‐Yu Kuo & Ching‐Ting Lin, 2018. "Trader types and fleeting orders: Evidence from Taiwan Futures Exchange," Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 38(12), pages 1443-1469, December.
    3. Hasbrouck, Joel & Saar, Gideon, 2009. "Technology and liquidity provision: The blurring of traditional definitions," Journal of Financial Markets, Elsevier, vol. 12(2), pages 143-172, May.
    4. S. R. Luwang & A. Rai & Md. Nurujjaman & F. Petroni, 2025. "Intraday order transition dynamics in high, medium, and low market cap stocks: A Markov chain approach," Papers 2502.07625, arXiv.org.
    5. Viktor Manahov, 2021. "High‐frequency trading order cancellations and market quality: Is stricter regulation the answer?," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(4), pages 5385-5407, October.
    6. Nikolsko-Rzhevska, Olena & Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, Alex & Black, Jeffrey R., 2020. "The life of U’s: Order revisions on NASDAQ," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).

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    JEL classification:

    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets

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