Aggressive Orders and the Resiliency of a Limit Order Market

B-Tier
Journal: Review of Finance
Year: 2005
Volume: 9
Issue: 2
Pages: 201-242

Authors (4)

Hans Degryse (KU Leuven) Frank De Jong (not in RePEc) Maarten Van Ravenswaaij (not in RePEc) Gunther Wuyts (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.505 = (α=2.02 / 4 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We analyze the resiliency of a pure limit order market by investigating the limit order book (bid and ask prices, spreads, depth and duration), order flow and transaction prices in a window of best limit updates and transactions around aggressive orders (orders that move prices). We find strong persistence in the submission of aggressive orders. Aggressive orders take place when spreads and depths are relatively low, and they induce bid and ask prices to be persistently different after the shock. Depth and spread remain also higher than just before the order, but do return to their initial level within 20 best limit updates after the shock. Relative to the sample average, depths stay around their mean before and after aggressive orders, whereas spreads return to their mean after about twenty best limit updates. The initial price impact of the aggressive order is partly reversed in the subsequent transactions. However, the aggressive order produces a long-term effect as prices show a tendency to return slowly to the price of the aggressive order.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:oup:revfin:v:9:y:2005:i:2:p:201-242
Journal Field
Finance
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-25