When Do Informed Short Sellers Trade? Evidence from Intraday Data and Implications for Informed Trading Models
Autor: | Charles M. Jones, Xiaoyan Zhang, Danqi Hu |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Zdroj: | SSRN Electronic Journal. |
ISSN: | 1556-5068 2015-2019 |
DOI: | 10.2139/ssrn.3761523 |
Popis: | Using intraday 2015-2019 short sale data from CBOE and FINRA, we examine the intraday time patterns and information content of on-exchange and off-exchange shorting. Midday short sales and those near the open strongly and negatively predict the cross-section of stock returns at daily horizons and up to 12 weeks ahead. Short sales near the close are only informative at next-day horizons. We also connect earnings/analyst news to shorting flows. Shorting near the open reacts strongly to and anticipates bad-news releases. Shorting near the close only anticipates post-close firm news. Our evidence supports both Kyle (1985) and Holden and Subrahmanyam (1992). |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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