A limit order book model for latency arbitrage

DOI10.1007/S11579-012-0082-5zbMATH Open1264.91136arXiv1110.4811OpenAlexW3122936862MaRDI QIDQ1938985FDOQ1938985

Authors: Samuel N. Cohen, Lukasz Szpruch 

Publication date: 26 February 2013

Published in: Mathematics and Financial Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a single security market based on a limit order book and two investors, with different speeds of trade execution. If the fast investor can front-run the slower investor, we show that this allows the fast trader to obtain risk free profits, but that these profits cannot be scaled. We derive the fast trader's optimal behaviour when she has only distributional knowledge of the slow trader's actions, with few restrictions on the possible prior distributions. We also consider the slower trader's response to the presence of a fast trader in a market, and the effects of the introduction of a `Tobin tax' on financial transactions. We show that such a tax can lead to the elimination of profits from front-running strategies. Consequently, a Tobin tax can both increase market efficiency and attract traders to a market.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.4811

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zbMATH Keywords

limit order bookhigh-frequency tradingTobin taxlatency arbitrage

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Macroeconomic theory (monetary models, models of taxation) (91B64) Corporate finance (dividends, real options, etc.) (91G50) Microeconomic theory (price theory and economic markets) (91B24)

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