Trading frequency and volatility clustering

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Banking & Finance
Year: 2012
Volume: 36
Issue: 3
Pages: 760-773

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Abstract

Volatility clustering, with autocorrelations of the hyperbolic decay rate, is unquestionably one of the most important stylized facts of financial time series. This paper presents a market microstructure model that is able to generate volatility clustering with hyperbolically decaying autocorrelations via traders with multiple trading frequencies, using Bayesian information updates in an incomplete market. The model illustrates that signal extraction, which is induced by multiple trading frequencies, can increase the persistence of the volatility of returns. Furthermore, we show that the volatility of the underlying time series of returns varies greatly with the number of traders in the market.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jbfina:v:36:y:2012:i:3:p:760-773
Journal Field
Finance
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25