Price predictability at ultra-high frequency: Entropy-based randomness test

arxiv(2023)

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We use the statistical properties of Shannon entropy estimator and Neyman-Pearson statistics to study the predictability of ultra-high frequency financial data. We develop a statistical test for the predictability of a sequence based on empirical frequencies. We study stylized facts that cause price predictability such as persistence of order signs, autocorrelation of returns, and volatility clustering. We show that the degree of randomness grows with the increase of aggregation level in transaction time. We also find that predictable days are usually characterized by high trading activity, i.e., days with unusually high trading volumes and the number of price changes. We find a group of stocks for which predictability is caused by a frequent change of price direction. We perform multiple testing for sub-intervals of days to identify whether there is predictability at a specific time period during the day.
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