A Markov Model of a Limit Order Book: Thresholds, Recurrence, and Trading Strategies

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kelly, Frank; Yudovina, Elena
• 署名单位: University of Cambridge; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• 刊物名称: MATHEMATICS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0364-765X
• DOI: 10.1287/moor.2017.0857
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 181-203
• 关键词: FREQUENT BATCH AUCTIONS; DYNAMICS; MARKETS

摘要

We analyze a tractable model of a limit order book on short time scales, where the dynamics are driven by stochastic fluctuations between supply and demand. We establish the existence of a limiting distribution for the highest bid, and for the lowest ask, where the limiting distributions are confined between two thresholds. We make extensive use of fluid limits to establish recurrence properties of the model. We use the model to analyze various high-frequency trading strategies, and comment on the Nash equilibria that emerge between high-frequency traders when a market in continuous time is replaced by frequent batch auctions.