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price b t(v), as def<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> Eq. (1), implied by sell<strong>in</strong>g at time t volumes v <strong>of</strong> 1, 5,000,<br />

20,000, and 40,000 shares, respectively. Our choice <strong>of</strong> volumes is motivated by the<br />

descriptive statistics and trad<strong>in</strong>g statistics for the three stocks (see below). Midquote<br />

prices were computed as the average <strong>of</strong> best bid and ask prices prevail<strong>in</strong>g at<br />

time t. Of course these are equivalent to bt(1) and a t(1), respectively. If the trade<br />

volume v exceeds the depth at the prevail<strong>in</strong>g best quote then b t(v) will be smaller<br />

than b t(1) (and a t(v)>a t(1)). By vary<strong>in</strong>g the trade volume v one can plot the slope <strong>of</strong><br />

the <strong>in</strong>stantaneous <strong>of</strong>fer and demand curves. Because Xetra did not allow iceberg<br />

type orders dur<strong>in</strong>g the time period under study, our reconstructed order book is the<br />

actual order book faced by market participants. This implies that the computed<br />

liquidity risk (see below) is the actual risk <strong>in</strong>curred by an impatient trader who<br />

submits aggressive buy or sell orders for a v-share volume.<br />

Table 1 reports descriptive statistics on trad<strong>in</strong>g and liquidity supply activity for<br />

the three stocks. Trad<strong>in</strong>g activity is <strong>high</strong>, with 600 to 1,300 trades per day. The<br />

large number <strong>of</strong> (nonmarketable) limit order submissions, <strong>of</strong> which on average<br />

60% are cancelled before execution, reflects active and competitive liquidity<br />

suppliers. The cumulative depth figures show that the order books can susta<strong>in</strong> large<br />

Table 1 Data descriptives<br />

P. Giot, J. Grammig<br />

DCX DTE SAP<br />

Trade descriptives<br />

Avg. no. <strong>of</strong> trades per day 1,297 922 661<br />

Avg. transaction price (price per share <strong>in</strong> euros) 69.9 40.7 402.5<br />

Avg. volume per trade (shares) 1,888 3,352 408<br />

Median volume per trade (shares) 1,000 2,000 300<br />

0.25 quantile volume per trade (shares) 500 900 100<br />

0.75 quantile volume per trade (shares) 2,300 4,200 500<br />

0.95 quantile volume per trade (shares) 5,000 9,900 1,000<br />

Liquidity supply descriptives<br />

Avg. <strong>in</strong>side spread (euros) 0.076 0.069 0.732<br />

Avg. volume (shares) at best ask 2,908 4,855 467<br />

Avg. cumulated volume (shares) first two ask quotes 6,230 10,130 986<br />

Avg. cumulated volume (shares) first three ask quotes 9,781 15,575 1,558<br />

Avg. total ask side volume (shares) 350,063 317,725 32,300<br />

Avg. volume (shares) at best bid 2,378 4,648 452<br />

Avg. cumulated volume (shares) first two bid quotes 5,168 9,993 936<br />

Avg. cumulated volume (shares) first three bid quotes 8,145 15,745 1,456<br />

Avg. total bid side volume (shares) 346,334 322,311 33,885<br />

Daily avg. no. submitted non-marketable limit orders per day 3,139 2,311 3,038<br />

Daily avg. no. limit order cancelations per day 1,968 1,395 2,346<br />

The table reports descriptives <strong>of</strong> the liquidity demand reflected <strong>in</strong> trade events and liquidity<br />

supply reflected <strong>in</strong> the Xetra order book for Daimler Chrysler (DCX), Deutsche Telekom (DTE)<br />

and SAP. The sample period extends from August 2, 1999 to October 29, 1999 and comprises 65<br />

trad<strong>in</strong>g days. The descriptives are computed us<strong>in</strong>g observations from the cont<strong>in</strong>uous trad<strong>in</strong>g<br />

hours. Until September 17, 1999 the cont<strong>in</strong>uous trad<strong>in</strong>g period extended from 8.30 A.M.to5.00P.M.<br />

CET. Beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g with September 20, 1999 the trad<strong>in</strong>g hours were shifted to 9.00 A.M. to 5.30 P.M.<br />

CET. Except for the daily figures we compute averages over the trade events us<strong>in</strong>g the snapshots<br />

<strong>of</strong> the order book immediately before the trade for the liquidity supply variables

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