This demo has been designed for the purpose of illustrating the power of 'Event Calculus' on High Frequency Finance.
The demo is based on a
working paper
by E.Tsang, R. Olsen and S.Masry
This demo has been designed for the purpose of illustrating the power of 'Event Calculus' on High Frequency Finance.
The demo is based on a
working paper
by E.Tsang, R. Olsen and S.Masry
The simulator demonstrates the effect of margin calls on a double auction market. The user can run the simulator using either the default setup or any of the embedded scenarios. The simulator allows the user to analyze the effect of potential orders in the market. This analysis enables to compute the consequential closure with respect to margin constraints. For example, one would be able to know "What is the minimum size of a market sell order to lead to a price drop of r%?" Answering questions like this would help to assess the stability of the market and value at risk. It could provide early warning signals
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