'This is a masterful overview of the modern and rapidly developing field of market microstructure, from several of its creators. The emphasis is on simple models to explain real and important features of markets, rather than on sophisticated mathematics for its own sake. The style is narrative and illustrative, with extensive references to more detailed work. A unique feature of the book is its focus on high-frequency data to support the models presented. This book will be an essential resource for practitioners, academics, and regulators alike.' Robert Almgren, New York University and Quantitative Brokers
Preface; Part I. How and Why Do Prices Move?: 1. The ecology of financial markets; 2. The statistics of price changes: an informal primer; Part II. Limit Order Books: Introduction: 3. Limit order books; 4. Empirical properties of limit order books; Part III. Limit Order Books: Models: 5. Single-queue dynamics: simple models; 6. Single-queue dynamics for large-tick stocks; 7. Joint-queue dynamics for large-tick stocks; 8. The Santa Fe model for limit order books; Part IV. Clustering and Correlations: 9. Time clustering and Hawkes processes; 10. Long-range persistence of order flow; Part V. Price Impact: 11. The impact of market orders; 12. The impact of metaorders; Part VI. Six Market Dynamics at the Micro-scale: 13. The propagator model; 14. Generalised propagator models; Part VII. Adverse Selection and Liquidity Provision: 15. The Kyle model; 16. The determinants of the bid–ask spread; 17. The profitability of market making; Part VIII. Market Dynamics at the Meso-scale: 18. Latent liquidity and Walrasian auctions; 19. Impact dynamics in a continuous-time double auction; 20. The information content of prices; Part IX. Practical Consequences: 21. Optimal execution; 22. Market fairness and stability; 23. Appendices; Index.