Track 01

Run in order5 cases · 3h 27m · Intro to advanced

Market Microstructure

An order book with nobody informed, then a call auction, then a shock with no news behind it, then a trader who knows more, then an order large enough to move the price.

The arc

  1. 1

    TR1 Genie Bottles — Order-driven Markets

    A price forms from nothing but what each trader would pay.

    51 min
  2. 2

    TR3 Multi-Asset Order-Driven Markets

    A call auction sets the open; news reaches one desk first.

    60:30
  3. 3

    LS1 Liquidity Shock

    A price moving hard with no news behind it.

    25 min
  4. 4

    PD2 Asymmetric Information

    One trader holds a better estimate than the rest.

    40 min
  5. 5

    AT2 Price Impact

    An order large enough to move the price.

    30 min