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Convenient liquidity measure for Financial markets

Trading and Market Microstructure 2014-12-17 v1

Abstract

A liquidity measure based on consideration and price range is proposed. Initially defined for daily data, Liquidity Index (LIX) can also be estimated via intraday data by using a time scaling mechanism. The link between LIX and the liquidity measure based on weighted average bid-ask spread is established. Using this liquidity measure, an elementary liquidity algebra is possible: from the estimation of the execution cost, the liquidity of a basket of instruments is obtained. A formula for the liquidity of an ETF, from the liquidity of its constituencies and the liquidity of ETF shares, is derived.

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@article{arxiv.1412.5072,
  title  = {Convenient liquidity measure for Financial markets},
  author = {Oleh Danyliv and Bruce Bland and Daniel Nicholass},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.5072},
  year   = {2014}
}