Title

Order imbalance and stock returns: Evidence from China

Abstract

We investigate the relation between daily order imbalance and return in the Chinese stock markets of Shenzhen and Shanghai. Prior studies have found that daily order imbalance is predictive of subsequent returns. On the two Chinese exchanges we find the autocorrelation in order imbalances is similar to that of the New York Stock Exchange as reported by Chordia and Subrahmanyam [Chordia, T., & Subrahmanyam, A. (2004). Order imbalance and individual stock returns: Theory and evidence. Journal of Financial Economics, 72, 485–518]. We also find a strong contemporaneous relation between daily order imbalances and returns. However, we do not find evidence that order imbalances predict subsequent returns. We attribute the difference in predicative power to differences in trading mechanisms on the two exchanges and to differences in the share turnover rates.

Department(s)

Finance and General Business

Document Type

Article

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2007.09.004

Keywords

stock exchange, market efficiency, China

Publication Date

2007

Journal Title

The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

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