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Market Impact

Status Draft briefPart Market Microstructure

Impact describes price changes associated with trading, but observed correlation mixes mechanical consumption, information, selection, and broader market movement.

Central questions

  • Is impact temporary, permanent, or measured over a specified horizon?
  • What counterfactual price would have occurred without the trade?
  • How do size, participation rate, liquidity, and urgency interact?

Planned model

Execute schedules against replenishing depth while separating immediate book walking, subsequent recovery, and an independently moving latent price.