Intraday Stock Price and Insider Trading Pattern on the Tehran Stock Exchange, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Barakchian, Mehdi (Supervisor) ; Ebrahim Nejad, Ali (Co-Supervisor)
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We study intraday patterns of trading volume, size, return, and volatility using the Tehran Stock Exchange high frequency data from 2008 to 2015. Intraday test results indicate that trade size and volume follow a J-shape behavior, whereas return and return volatility exhibit an L-shape pattern. To examine the behavior of informed traders as predicted by Barclay and Warner’s (1993), we examine midsize volume and find that it has a higher price impact compared to other trade sizes, which is consistent with the predictions of Barclay and Warner’s (1993) stealth-trading hypothesis. However, our findings do not support the intraday stealth trading pattern, as insiders prefer to trade in low and...
Cataloging briefIntraday Stock Price and Insider Trading Pattern on the Tehran Stock Exchange, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Barakchian, Mehdi (Supervisor) ; Ebrahim Nejad, Ali (Co-Supervisor)
Abstract
We study intraday patterns of trading volume, size, return, and volatility using the Tehran Stock Exchange high frequency data from 2008 to 2015. Intraday test results indicate that trade size and volume follow a J-shape behavior, whereas return and return volatility exhibit an L-shape pattern. To examine the behavior of informed traders as predicted by Barclay and Warner’s (1993), we examine midsize volume and find that it has a higher price impact compared to other trade sizes, which is consistent with the predictions of Barclay and Warner’s (1993) stealth-trading hypothesis. However, our findings do not support the intraday stealth trading pattern, as insiders prefer to trade in low and...
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