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December 1, 1996The Journal of Finance401 citations

Limit Order Trading

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PHPuneet HandaRSRobert A. Schwartz

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ABSTRACT We analyze the rationale for limit order trading. Use of limit orders involves two risks: 1) an adverse information event can trigger an undesirable execution, and 2) favorable news can result in a desirable execution not being obtained. On the other hand, a paucity of limit orders can result in accentuated short‐term price fluctuations that compensate a limit order trader. Our empirical tests suggest that trading via limit orders dominates trading via market orders for market participants with relatively well balanced portfolios, and that placing a network of buy and sell limit orders as a pure trading strategy is profitable.

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Handa et al. (1996) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a5cb140289a75eadbc225d2https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6261.1996.tb05228.x
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