Heterogeneous Information Content of Global FX Trading

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Abstract This paper studies the information content of trades in the world's largest over-thecounter market, the foreign exchange (FX) market. The results are derived from a comprehensive order flow dataset distinguishing between different groups of market participants and covering a broad cross-section of currency pairs. Our findings show that both the contemporary and permanent price impact are heterogeneous across agents, time, and currency pairs, supporting the asymmetric information theory. A trading strategy based on the permanent price impact capturing superior information generates high returns even after accounting for risk, transaction costs, and other common risk factors documented in the FX literature.
Authors Ranaldo, Angelo & Somogyi, Fabricius
Language English
Keywords Carry trade, Currency portfolios, Heterogeneity, Order flow, Price discovery
Subjects finance
HSG Classification contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area SOF - System-wide Risk in the Financial System
Date 5 November 2018
Event Title Annual Central Bank Conference on Microstructure of Financial Markets
Event Location Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research (HKIMR) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Event Dates 5-6 November 2018
Depositing User Christina Ihasz
Date Deposited 29 Nov 2018 10:29
Last Modified 27 Mar 2023 00:25
URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/publications/255891

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Ranaldo, Angelo & Somogyi, Fabricius: Heterogeneous Information Content of Global FX Trading. 2018. - Annual Central Bank Conference on Microstructure of Financial Markets. - Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research (HKIMR) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.

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