Market Microstructure Theory Study Group

Textbooks and Materials

  • O'Hara, Market Microstructure Theory
  • de Jong, The Microstructure of Financial Markets
  • Hasbrouck, Empirical Market Microstructure
  • Kissell, Optimal Trading Strategies

Agenda

Introduction and Market Structures

  • O'Hara, chapter 1
  • de Jong, chapter 1
  • Hasbrouck, chapter 1, 2, Appendix

Inventory Models

  • O'Hara, chapter 2
  • de Jong, chapter 5
  • Hasbrouck, chapter 11

Basic Information Models

  • O'Hara, chapter 3
  • de Jong, chapter 4
  • Hasbrouck, chapter 5, 6

Strategic Models

  • O'Hara, chapter 3, 4
  • de Jong, chapter 3
  • Hasbrouck, chapter 7

Empirical Models

  • de Jong, chapter 6, 9
  • Hasbrouck, chapter 3, 4, 8, 9, 10
  • ACD and ACI papers

Limit Order Book Models

  • de Jong, chapter 8
  • Hasbrouck, chapter 12, 13

Transaction Cost Analysis

  • de Jong, chapter 6
  • Hasbrouck, chapter 14

Optimal Execution Strategies

  • Kissell
  • Almgren papers

Market Making Strategies