Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
CrossSectionofStockReturns
StevenL.Heston
RobertA.Korajczyk
RonnieSadka
May13,2010
Motivation
Persistenceininvestmentflows
Optimaltrading
Algorithmictrading
Periodicityinvolumeandorderimbalances
Engle&Ferstenberg (2007)
Hora (2006)
ThisStudy
Ifthepatternsarefullyanticipated,thenthey
shouldnotleadtoperiodicityinstockreturns
Westudyperiodicityinstockreturnsusinghalf
hourintervals
Findings:
Negativeautocorrelationoverrecenttradingintervals
Butpositiveautocorrelationatthedailyfrequencythat
lastsatleast40days
7
DataandAnalysis
NYSETAQdatabase
20012005
DecimalizationcompletedFebruary2001
Usetransactionpricestocomputehalfhour
returnsfrom9:30am 4:00pm
13returnspertradingday
Weomitovernightreturns
Wealsousebid,ask,volume,volatility,order
imbalance,tradesize
8
Methodology
Crosssectionalregressions
ri,t =t,k +t,kri,tk +ei,t
Thereturnresponsest,k areexcessreturns
Wealsousemultipleregressionandportfolio
sorts
CrossSectionalRegressions
MainResults
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
-0.50
-1.00
Regression estimates
-1.50
-2.00
0
13
26
39
52
65
30
20
10
0
-10
T-statistics
-20
-30
0
13
26
39
52
65
10
CrossSectionalRegressions
MainResults
Lag
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Estimate
-5.35
-1.44
-0.65
-0.38
-0.21
-0.20
-0.11
0.05
0.00
0.16
0.34
0.52
1.19
t -statistic
-59.22
-17.96
-8.26
-5.02
-2.73
-2.58
-1.44
0.68
-0.01
2.31
5.05
8.10
18.22
Lag
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Estimate
0.04
-0.26
-0.21
-0.17
-0.03
-0.18
-0.27
-0.12
-0.03
-0.13
0.15
0.17
0.79
t -statistic
0.60
-3.97
-3.24
-2.49
-0.42
-2.68
-3.92
-1.75
-0.51
-2.02
2.41
2.62
12.45
Lag
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
Estimate
0.05
-0.01
-0.11
-0.05
-0.23
-0.24
-0.17
-0.10
-0.15
0.07
-0.07
0.13
0.70
t -statistic
0.74
-0.11
-1.66
-0.81
-3.51
-3.63
-2.57
-1.55
-2.29
1.03
-1.07
2.04
11.54
Lag
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
Estimate
0.05
-0.10
-0.04
-0.11
-0.12
-0.15
-0.10
0.01
-0.10
-0.05
0.09
0.24
0.58
t -statistic
0.87
-1.65
-0.60
-1.65
-1.83
-2.30
-1.58
0.10
-1.50
-0.86
1.52
3.96
9.62
Lag
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
Estimate
0.19
0.08
0.00
-0.02
-0.09
-0.11
-0.01
-0.08
0.12
0.09
0.14
0.18
0.63
t -statistic
3.13
1.29
0.01
-0.31
-1.36
-1.65
-0.08
-1.31
1.91
1.40
2.30
3.00
10.57
0
13
26
39
52
65
78
91
104
117
130
143
156
169
182
195
208
221
234
247
260
273
286
299
312
325
338
351
364
377
390
403
416
429
442
455
468
481
494
507
520
0
13
26
39
52
65
78
91
104
117
130
143
156
169
182
195
208
221
234
247
260
273
286
299
312
325
338
351
364
377
390
403
416
429
442
455
468
481
494
507
520
Decile PortfolioSpreads
0.0003
0.0002
0.0001
-0.0001
-0.0002
-0.0003
-0.0004
T-statistics
18
14
10
-2
-6
-10
12
LongRunPerformance
Strategy
(lag)
13
26
39
52
65
78
91
104
117
130
143
156
169
182
195
208
221
234
247
260
1 (losers)
Return
t -statistic
-1.39
-6.34
-0.98
-4.54
-0.82
-3.83
-0.74
-3.47
-0.66
-3.10
-0.53
-2.51
-0.52
-2.46
-0.32
-1.50
-0.33
-1.54
-0.45
-2.13
-0.35
-1.65
-0.30
-1.44
-0.35
-1.66
-0.31
-1.46
-0.14
-0.68
-0.24
-1.17
-0.26
-1.26
-0.08
-0.41
-0.06
-0.27
-0.30
-1.43
10 (winners)
Return
t -statistic
1.71
8.18
1.13
5.44
0.83
3.99
0.81
3.87
0.83
4.01
0.63
3.05
0.60
2.89
0.51
2.50
0.59
2.85
0.48
2.33
0.49
2.40
0.47
2.29
0.40
1.95
0.47
2.31
0.43
2.12
0.45
2.23
0.40
1.95
0.27
1.34
0.22
1.08
0.29
1.43
10-1
Return
3.11
2.11
1.65
1.55
1.49
1.16
1.12
0.83
0.91
0.93
0.84
0.77
0.75
0.77
0.58
0.70
0.66
0.36
0.28
0.59
t -statistic
22.81
16.10
12.88
12.24
11.77
9.34
9.12
6.81
7.42
7.58
6.95
6.46
6.18
6.38
4.76
5.93
5.60
3.03
2.34
4.99
13
StrategiesBasedonPastPerformance
Strategy
Day 1
Nondaily
Daily
Day 2
Nondaily
Daily
Day 3
Nondaily
Daily
Day 4
Nondaily
Daily
Day 5
Nondaily
Daily
1 (losers)
10 (winners)
10-1
3.16
[13.64]
-1.35
[-6.18]
0.67
[3.68]
-0.64
[-3.51]
0.27
[1.62]
-0.35
[-2.05]
0.09
[0.57]
-0.07
[-0.42]
-0.02
[-0.13]
0.06
[0.39]
-0.17
[-1.09]
0.16
[1.03]
-0.15
[-0.98]
0.44
[2.76]
-0.24
[-1.48]
0.63
[3.83]
-0.59
[-3.40]
0.92
[5.22]
-1.51
[-7.16]
1.66
[7.93]
-4.67
[-28.16]
3.01
[22.15]
0.61
[2.78]
-0.90
[-4.18]
0.37
[2.06]
-0.42
[-2.34]
0.22
[1.30]
-0.20
[-1.15]
0.23
[1.42]
-0.06
[-0.37]
0.13
[0.81]
0.13
[0.80]
0.18
[1.13]
0.22
[1.41]
0.12
[0.77]
0.37
[2.32]
0.02
[0.11]
0.50
[2.99]
-0.10
[-0.58]
0.75
[4.25]
-0.31
[-1.55]
1.07
[5.15]
-0.92
[-6.57]
1.97
[15.01]
0.41
[1.92]
-0.63
[-2.95]
0.25
[1.41]
-0.27
[-1.51]
0.28
[1.70]
-0.05
[-0.28]
0.17
[1.07]
0.03
[0.18]
0.19
[1.22]
0.08
[0.52]
0.17
[1.09]
0.23
[1.42]
0.08
[0.52]
0.31
[1.90]
0.05
[0.29]
0.40
[2.44]
0.07
[0.40]
0.54
[3.09]
-0.21
[-1.04]
0.73
[3.53]
-0.62
[-4.62]
1.36
[10.75]
0.21
[0.99]
-0.58
[-2.73]
0.20
[1.13]
-0.25
[-1.42]
0.20
[1.18]
-0.11
[-0.66]
0.26
[1.61]
0.05
[0.32]
0.25
[1.62]
0.07
[0.44]
0.15
[0.98]
0.19
[1.22]
0.18
[1.16]
0.21
[1.28]
0.02
[0.10]
0.38
[2.26]
0.12
[0.69]
0.50
[2.83]
-0.13
[-0.64]
0.68
[3.27]
-0.34
[-2.60]
1.26
[10.01]
0.08
[0.39]
-0.43
[-2.05]
0.12
[0.66]
-0.17
[-0.94]
0.14
[0.86]
0.01
[0.07]
0.20
[1.24]
-0.04
[-0.26]
0.10
[0.62]
0.06
[0.38]
0.21
[1.32]
0.22
[1.39]
0.27
[1.66]
0.23
[1.44]
0.13
[0.80]
0.23
[1.39]
0.21
[1.20]
0.47
[2.66]
0.02
[0.09]
0.66
[3.19]
-0.06
[-0.49]
1.09
[8.70]
14
Ask,Bid,andMidpointReturns
Ask-to-Ask Returns
30
2 .0 0
1.50
20
1.0 0
10
0 .50
0 .0 0
-0 .50
-10
-1.0 0
-2 0
-1.50
-2 .0 0
-3 0
13
26
39
52
65
13
26
39
52
65
13
26
39
52
65
26
39
52
65
Bid-to-Bid Returns
30
2 .0 0
1.50
20
1.0 0
10
0 .50
0 .0 0
-0 .50
-10
-1.0 0
-2 0
-1.50
-2 .0 0
-3 0
0
13
26
39
52
65
Midpoint-to-Midpoint Returns
1.50
30
1.0 0
20
0 .50
10
0 .0 0
0
-0 .50
-10
-1.0 0
-2 0
-1.50
-2 .0 0
-3 0
0
13
26
39
52
Regression estimates
65
13
T-statistics
15
Returnsduringdifferenthalfhour
intervalsofthetradingday
Strategy
Day 1
Nondaily
Daily
Day 2
Nondaily
Daily
Day 3
Nondaily
Daily
Day 4
Nondaily
Daily
Day 5
Nondaily
Daily
1 (first)
[9:30-10:00]
2
[10:00-10:30]
3
[10:30-11:00]
4
[11:00-11:30]
5
[11:30-12:00]
6
[12:00-12:30]
7
[12:30-13:00]
8
[13:00-13:30]
9
[13:30-14:00]
10
[14:00-14:30]
11
[14:30-15:00]
12
[15:00-15:30]
13 (last)
[15:30-16:00]
2-12
[10:00-15:30]
-8.36
[-8.80]
11.48
[12.58]
0.62
[0.77]
5.02
[7.97]
-1.00
[-1.55]
2.66
[5.01]
-2.01
[-3.61]
1.20
[2.87]
-1.96
[-3.83]
1.38
[3.71]
-2.89
[-5.99]
1.35
[3.92]
-4.88
[-10.84]
1.53
[4.69]
-2.83
[-6.38]
0.76
[2.16]
-3.38
[-7.49]
1.19
[3.72]
-8.17
[-16.08]
0.81
[2.12]
-5.96
[-12.08]
0.89
[2.45]
-8.75
[-17.27]
2.46
[6.48]
-11.24
[-18.32]
8.42
[14.90]
-3.74
[-22.60]
1.75
[14.06]
-2.96
[-3.52]
10.48
[12.32]
0.68
[1.04]
2.59
[4.22]
0.68
[1.22]
1.32
[2.67]
-0.06
[-0.13]
0.51
[1.21]
-0.50
[-1.08]
-0.06
[-0.17]
0.05
[0.13]
0.35
[1.08]
-0.42
[-1.10]
0.84
[2.61]
-0.24
[-0.65]
0.06
[0.20]
0.78
[1.99]
0.27
[0.80]
-1.94
[-4.88]
0.22
[0.62]
-1.75
[-4.30]
1.35
[3.99]
-2.58
[-6.03]
1.10
[2.91]
-3.79
[-7.25]
6.52
[11.43]
-0.48
[-3.44]
0.78
[6.45]
-4.87
[-6.03]
6.32
[7.59]
-0.24
[-0.39]
1.55
[2.70]
0.88
[1.59]
0.23
[0.46]
-0.07
[-0.15]
0.34
[0.80]
0.21
[0.48]
0.40
[1.06]
0.04
[0.10]
0.38
[1.14]
0.04
[0.09]
0.65
[2.07]
0.06
[0.18]
-0.18
[-0.58]
0.19
[0.50]
0.57
[1.76]
-1.31
[-3.33]
0.06
[0.17]
-1.10
[-2.89]
1.19
[3.76]
-0.63
[-1.58]
0.56
[1.56]
-1.29
[-2.64]
5.57
[10.46]
-0.17
[-1.31]
0.52
[4.44]
-2.55
[-3.31]
5.64
[6.86]
0.31
[0.51]
1.52
[2.51]
0.08
[0.15]
0.84
[1.67]
-0.89
[-1.94]
0.90
[2.26]
0.08
[0.19]
0.25
[0.69]
-0.45
[-1.13]
0.10
[0.31]
-0.58
[-1.62]
0.06
[0.19]
0.34
[0.93]
0.04
[0.14]
0.28
[0.74]
0.65
[2.06]
0.00
[0.01]
0.53
[1.52]
0.27
[0.70]
0.95
[2.86]
-0.06
[-0.14]
0.54
[1.56]
-1.26
[-2.67]
4.32
[7.98]
-0.06
[-0.43]
0.58
[4.95]
-0.14
[-0.18]
4.98
[6.13]
0.43
[0.72]
1.37
[2.34]
-0.43
[-0.77]
-0.68
[-1.27]
-0.81
[-1.76]
0.89
[2.21]
-0.28
[-0.66]
0.18
[0.46]
-0.22
[-0.57]
0.45
[1.37]
0.90
[2.44]
0.34
[1.06]
0.89
[2.50]
0.88
[2.75]
-0.31
[-0.82]
0.64
[2.04]
-0.08
[-0.21]
0.62
[1.69]
0.99
[2.66]
0.25
[0.72]
-0.49
[-1.24]
0.78
[2.25]
-1.29
[-2.83]
3.50
[6.97]
0.05
[0.42]
0.52
[4.35]
16
ControllingforLiquidity
Strategy
Day 1
Nondaily
Daily
Day 2
Nondaily
Daily
Day 3
Nondaily
Daily
Day 4
Nondaily
Daily
Day 5
Nondaily
Daily
-1.77
[-8.07]
1.93
[10.34]
-3.17
[-19.44]
2.45
[18.44]
-1.28
[-6.45]
1.25
[7.14]
-1.21
[-8.65]
1.72
[13.38]
-0.75
[-4.01]
0.99
[5.75]
-0.56
[-4.26]
1.05
[8.54]
-0.48
[-2.57]
1.06
[6.06]
-0.20
[-1.58]
1.07
[8.74]
0.24
[1.32]
0.97
[5.58]
0.09
[0.72]
0.94
[7.63]
17
ControllingforMarketRisk
Strategy
Day 1
Nondaily
Daily
Day 2
Nondaily
Daily
Day 3
Nondaily
Daily
Day 4
Nondaily
Daily
Day 5
Nondaily
Daily
1-13 (all)
Risk-adjusted returns
1 (first)
2-12
13 (last)
-4.65
[-28.26]
3.03
[22.33]
-8.52
[-8.53]
11.64
[12.24]
-3.71
[-22.62]
1.76
[14.17]
-10.79
[-16.96]
8.40
[14.17]
-0.90
[-6.44]
1.98
[15.14]
-3.25
[-3.64]
10.30
[11.52]
-0.45
[-3.27]
0.79
[6.56]
-3.73
[-6.89]
6.92
[11.53]
-0.61
[-4.57]
1.38
[10.94]
-4.82
[-5.69]
6.82
[7.80]
-0.17
[-1.26]
0.55
[4.67]
-0.85
[-1.66]
5.96
[10.61]
-0.34
[-2.58]
1.25
[9.96]
-3.21
[-3.94]
5.96
[6.92]
-0.06
[-0.43]
0.57
[4.86]
-0.91
[-1.84]
4.26
[7.46]
-0.04
[-0.33]
1.10
[8.76]
-0.14
[-0.17]
4.84
[5.63]
0.07
[0.56]
0.53
[4.42]
-0.53
[-1.12]
3.42
[6.40]
18
ControllingforSize
Small
Strategy
Day 1
Nondaily
Daily
Day 2
Nondaily
Daily
Day 3
Nondaily
Daily
Day 4
Nondaily
Daily
Day 5
Nondaily
Daily
Large
1-13 (all)
1 (first)
2-12
13 (last)
1-13 (all)
1 (first)
2-12
13 (last)
-9.92
[-30.94]
5.16
[16.71]
-10.89
[-6.33]
20.43
[11.90]
-8.69
[-26.73]
3.15
[10.26]
-22.55
[-18.55]
11.98
[9.77]
-1.15
[-6.24]
1.88
[12.43]
1.18
[1.03]
6.67
[6.30]
-0.94
[-5.08]
0.86
[5.95]
-5.88
[-10.77]
8.38
[20.58]
-1.04
[-3.64]
2.87
[9.70]
-4.55
[-2.95]
12.06
[7.52]
-0.20
[-0.70]
1.51
[5.07]
-6.82
[-6.12]
8.70
[7.38]
-1.28
[-7.78]
1.36
[9.55]
-3.70
[-3.37]
7.78
[8.00]
-0.91
[-5.66]
0.29
[2.15]
-2.91
[-6.19]
6.65
[16.80]
-0.89
[-3.15]
2.10
[7.01]
-7.69
[-5.03]
7.26
[4.63]
0.08
[0.29]
1.04
[3.41]
-4.78
[-4.60]
8.59
[7.32]
-0.53
[-3.41]
0.88
[6.34]
-3.85
[-3.83]
4.88
[5.15]
-0.34
[-2.24]
0.13
[0.94]
0.80
[1.85]
5.14
[14.04]
-0.72
[-2.59]
1.67
[5.59]
-4.33
[-3.02]
7.03
[4.20]
-0.14
[-0.49]
0.75
[2.51]
-3.50
[-3.35]
6.41
[5.49]
-0.30
[-1.99]
0.94
[6.60]
-0.75
[-0.75]
5.05
[5.12]
-0.30
[-2.04]
0.28
[2.02]
0.18
[0.42]
4.07
[11.22]
-0.19
[-0.70]
1.86
[6.24]
0.35
[0.24]
6.46
[3.76]
-0.08
[-0.28]
1.13
[3.79]
-2.00
[-1.93]
5.27
[4.70]
0.20
[1.33]
0.80
[5.66]
1.52
[1.58]
4.06
[4.22]
0.12
[0.80]
0.24
[1.79]
-0.25
[-0.58]
3.61
[10.10]
19
Strategy
Day 1
Nondaily
Daily
Day 2
Nondaily
Daily
Day 3
Nondaily
Daily
Day 4
Nondaily
Daily
Day 5
Nondaily
Daily
ControllingforBidAskSpreads
Small
Large
1-13 (all)
1 (first)
2-12
13 (last)
1-13 (all)
1 (first)
2-12
13 (last)
-25.03
[-27.51]
-23.78
[-28.37]
30.56
[0.90]
-28.26
[-0.72]
-24.91
[-26.05]
-23.68
[-27.43]
-27.41
[-9.54]
-24.41
[-8.75]
-14.77
[-44.97]
-13.25
[-46.50]
-27.92
[-7.92]
-13.43
[-4.24]
-14.24
[-53.48]
-13.91
[-61.05]
-9.74
[-13.03]
-5.84
[-8.96]
-25.17
[-30.97]
-24.49
[-29.41]
9.90
[0.22]
-84.59
[-2.89]
-24.84
[-29.47]
-24.31
[-28.20]
-29.03
[-10.83]
-23.41
[-8.37]
-12.98
[-33.13]
-13.46
[-49.00]
-6.42
[-1.22]
-11.02
[-3.61]
-13.62
[-56.95]
-14.07
[-63.68]
-11.21
[-16.66]
-8.79
[-14.60]
-25.26
[-32.59]
-24.29
[-30.68]
-59.52
[-2.51]
-35.03
[-1.03]
-24.99
[-30.75]
-24.61
[-30.07]
-26.72
[-10.54]
-21.30
[-7.62]
-14.40
[-50.33]
-13.77
[-52.27]
-13.72
[-4.44]
-8.75
[-3.15]
-14.33
[-60.54]
-14.48
[-65.83]
-15.72
[-24.69]
-10.02
[-17.25]
-25.23
[-31.85]
-23.77
[-28.87]
5.24
[0.22]
-15.34
[-0.46]
-25.06
[-30.15]
-23.44
[-27.75]
-28.06
[-11.15]
-26.96
[-9.26]
-14.65
[-54.40]
-14.13
[-53.48]
-15.63
[-5.33]
-13.56
[-4.85]
-14.53
[-65.76]
-14.50
[-65.71]
-15.27
[-23.97]
-10.52
[-18.27]
-25.31
[-33.95]
-25.92
[-32.58]
-28.62
[-1.40]
-21.21
[-0.64]
-24.94
[-31.87]
-25.63
[-30.95]
-28.27
[-12.15]
-28.77
[-10.51]
-14.92
[-55.45]
-13.66
[-35.73]
-18.84
[-6.65]
-8.08
[-1.58]
-14.72
[-64.02]
-14.28
[-61.98]
-14.09
[-21.71]
-11.40
[-18.29]
20
CrossSectionalRegressionsofVolumeand
Volatility
80
60
40
20
0
-20
-40
Volume
-60
-80
-100
-120
0
13
26
39
52
20
15
10
5
0
-5
-10
-15
-20
-25
-30
65
Volatility
0
13
26
39
52
65
21
CrossSectionalRegressionsofSpread
andOrderImbalance
6
4
2
0
-2
-4
-6
-8
Spread
-10
0
13
26
39
52
65
6
4
2
0
-2
-4
-6
Order imbalance
-8
0
13
26
39
52
65
22
CrossSectionalRegressionsofReturns
usingControls
T-statistics
20
15
10
5
0
-5
-10
-15
-20
0
13
26
39
52
65
23
Subperiod Analysis
Panel A. Raw portfolio returns
Strategy
Day 1
[lag 13]
Day 2
[lag 26]
Day 3
[lag 39]
Day 4
[lag 52]
Day 5
[lag 65]
FiveMinuteReturns
1.00
0.75
0.50
0.25
0.00
-0.25
-0.50
-0.75
-1.00
0
78
156
234
312
390
Regression estimates
15
10
5
0
-5
-10
T-statistics
-15
0
78
156
234
312
390
25
Conclusions
Patterninintradaystockreturns
Continuationatthedailyfrequency
Intradayreversalatothertimes
Volumeandvolatilityhavesimilarpatterns,
butdonotexplainreturnpattern
Robustness
size,risk,indexmembership,dayofweek,turn
ofmonth,bidbid,askask,midpointmidpoint
Profitsaresmallerthanbidaskspread
Thisislikelynotanarbitrage,butrepresentsa
demandforimmediacy
Whydonttradersadjusttimingby30minutes?!
26
0
13
26
39
52
65
78
91
104
117
130
143
156
169
182
195
208
221
234
247
260
273
286
299
312
325
338
351
364
377
390
403
416
429
442
455
468
481
494
507
520
0
13
26
39
52
65
78
91
104
117
130
143
156
169
182
195
208
221
234
247
260
273
286
299
312
325
338
351
364
377
390
403
416
429
442
455
468
481
494
507
520
CrossSectionalRegressionsofVolume,
LongRunAnalysis
Regression estimates (Panel A)
0.020
0.015
0.010
0.005
0.000
-0.005
-0.010
-0.015
-0.020
T-statistics (Panel B)
50
40
30
20
10
-10
-20
-30
-40
-50
27