Price Discovery without Trading: Evidence from the Nasdaq Preopening
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Finance
- Vol. 55 (3) , 1339-1365
- https://doi.org/10.1111/0022-1082.00249
Abstract
This paper studies Nasdaq market makers' activities during the one and one‐half hour preopening period. Price discovery during the preopening is conducted via price signaling as opposed to the auction used to open the NYSE or the continuous market used during trading. In the absence of trades, Nasdaq dealers use crossed and locked inside quotes to signal to other market makers which direction the price should move. Furthermore, we find evidence of price leadership among market makers that bears little resemblance to their IPO/SEO lead underwriter participation.Keywords
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