Price discovery in Indian stock index futures market: new evidence based on intraday data

Author(s):  
Sarveshwar Kumar Inani
2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Conghua Wen ◽  
Fei Jia ◽  
Jianli Hao

PurposeUsing intraday data, the authors explore the forecast ability of one high frequency order flow imbalance measure (OI) based on the volume-synchronized probability of informed trading metric (VPIN) for predicting the realized volatility of the index futures on the China Securities Index 300 (CSI 300).Design/methodology/approachThe authors employ the heterogeneous autoregressive model for realized volatility (HAR-RV) and compare the forecast ability of models with and without the predictive variable, OI.FindingsThe empirical results demonstrate that the augmented HAR model incorporating OI (HARX-RV) can generate more precise forecasts, which implies that the order imbalance measure contains substantial information for describing the volatility dynamics.Originality/valueThe study sheds light on the relation between high frequency trading behavior and volatility forecasting in China's index futures market and reveals the underlying market mechanisms of liquidity-induced volatility.


2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (13) ◽  
pp. 2982-2996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Hao ◽  
Xiong Xiong ◽  
Feng He ◽  
Feng Ma

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