Investor structure and the price-volume relationship in a continuous double auction market: An agent-based modeling perspective

Authored by Wei Zhang, Zhengzheng Bi, Dehua Shen

Date Published: 2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2016.10.044

Sponsors: Chinese National Natural Science Foundation

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Model Documentation: Other Narrative Mathematical description

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Abstract

This paper investigates the impact of investor structure on the price-volume relationship by simulating a continuous double auction market. Connected with the underlying mechanisms of the price-volume relationship, i.e., the Mixture of Distribution Hypothesis (MDH) and the Sequential Information Arrival Hypothesis (SIAH), the simulation results show that: (1) there exists a strong lead-lag relationship between the return volatility and trading volume when the number of informed investors is close to the number of uninformed investors in the market; (2) as more and more informed investors entering the market, the lead-lag relationship becomes weaker and weaker, while the contemporaneous relationship between the return volatility and trading volume becomes more prominent; (3) when the informed investors are in absolute majority, the market can achieve the new equilibrium immediately. Therefore, we can conclude that the investor structure is a key factor in affecting the price-volume relationship. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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emergence Long memory Volatility Stock returns Impact Financial-markets Hypothesis Information-flow Agent-based modeling Ising-model Investor structure Price-volume relationship Mdh Siah Continuous double auction market