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                      Bank of Japan Review                                                                           2020-E-5 
                                                                                                                      
               
                            An Overview of Algorithmic Trading in Foreign Exchange Markets 
                                                  and Its Impacts on Market Liquidity 
                                                                                                 Financial Markets Department   
                                                                                  FUKUMA Noritaka, KADOGAWA Yoichi* 
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  August 2020 
              In recent years, the foreign exchange market has seen a growing presence of algorithmic trading, that is, 
              a process of automated transactions based on pre-determined programs. Concurrently, the need to better 
              understand its characteristics has become more important. In this paper, we construct proxy indicators 
              of algorithmic trading in the USD/JPY spot market by focusing on its general features - high-speed and 
              high-frequency transactions. Based on the proxy indicators, algorithmic trading has been on an upward 
              trend since around 2016 and is more active in European and U.S. time zones than in Japan. Our analysis 
              shows that algorithmic trading on average helps improve market liquidity in normal times. Its liquidity-
              providing function was generally maintained under market stress triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic 
              from late-February to end-March 2020, though it could have been dampened albeit temporarily in times 
              of severe stress when the market experienced sudden and sharp price fluctuation. 
                                                                                 
              Introduction                                                      In this paper, we outline FX markets’ algorithmic 
                                                                            trading and conduct quantitative analysis on its recent 
              Looking back at the transition of transaction methods 
                                                                            developments and impacts on market liquidity in the 
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              in the foreign exchange (FX) markets , the electronic         USD/JPY spot market. 
              trading, in which buy and sell orders and transactions 
              are  conducted  on  electronic  platforms,  has  emerged      Algorithmic Trading in FX Markets 
              since the early 1990s in the interbank market where 
              banks and securities companies (dealers) transact. At         Trading Algorithms 
              the  beginning  of  the  2000s,  electronic  trading  has     Algorithmic  trading  is  categorized  into  two  types: 
              begun  to  prevail  in  the  dealer-to-customer  market       “trading  algorithms”  and  “execution  algorithms” 
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              where  dealers  trade  with  customers  including 
                                                                            (Chart  1).    Trading  algorithms  are  transactions  that 
              institutional investors. At the early stage, human traders    automatically  implement  a  series  of  investment 
              make final investment decisions in electronic trading.        decision-making  processes  ranging  from  price  and 
              However, around the mid-2000s, algorithmic trading            volume order to timing, in pursuit of profits. Trading 
              has started to prevail. In algorithmic trading, a series of   algorithms     mainly    comprise     “market    make,” 
              transaction  processes  varying  from  an  investment 
              decision  to  execution  are  conducted  automatically                 [Chart 1] Major types of algorithms 
              based  on  pre-determined  programs.  In  recent  years,             Strategy                  Contents
                                                                              Trading Algorithms
              algorithmic  trading  has  been  on  an  upward  trend 
                                                                                              Providing the bid-ask quotes as market maker and generating the
              because  it  enables  high-speed  and  high-frequency             Market make   profit from the spread between sell price and buy price (bid-ask
                                                                                              spread).
              trading, which human traders cannot implement, and 
              improves  trade  efficiency.  For  example,  algorithmic          Directional   Following a trend or momentum of price, or pursing the profit by
                                                                                              digesting news and events in short time.
              trading share has went up to approximately 70-80% in 
                                                                 2                            Generating profits by the arbitrage in the same financial products,
              2019 in the FX spot market transacted on the EBS , one 
                                                                                Arbitrage     in the gap between actual price and theoretical price, and in
              of the most commonly used electronic broking systems                            latency (difference in arrival time of information among markets).
              in  the  interbank  market.  These  shifts  in  transaction                     Executing pre-determined amounts of trade smoothly in order to
                                                                              Execution Algorithms mitigate market impacts (e.g., slicing original orders into small
              methods have seemed to change the FX rate pricing                               orders to execute gradually)          
              mechanism       and     market     functioning.    Thus, 
                                                                              Note:  The  table  is  made  by  referring  to  Advanced  Financial 
                                                                                   Engineering Center of NTT DATA Financial Solutions (2018), 
              understanding characteristics of algorithmic trading is 
                                                                                   “Unmasking Algorithmic  Trading,”  (Kinzai,  available  only  in 
              becoming important.                                                  Japanese) and others. 
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                       “directional,” and “arbitrage,” and market make is said                                             USD/JPY, resulting in a poor execution result that the 
                       to be widely used in the FX spot market. Market make                                                USD was bought against the JPY at higher prices than 
                       automatically offers a bid–ask quote and makes profits                                              expected when the trading decision was made. In order 
                       from  the  difference  between  executed  buy  and  sell                                            to mitigate this unwanted price impact (called “market 
                       prices (the bid–ask spread), which automates dealers’                                               impact”), in general, a dealer slice a customers’ large 
                       traditional           market           making            function           (liquidity              order into small orders and execute them gradually. 
                       provision).                                                                                         Execution algorithms automate this type of execution 
                              Dealers,  particularly  large  European  and  U.S.                                           method, and have been widely used in recent years 
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                       banks, and non-banks including high frequency trading                                               along with trading algorithms.  
                       (HFT) entities, are said to actively use market make                                                       Real money (i.e., pension funds and life insurance 
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                       algorithms (Chart 2).   Market make algorithm controls                                              companies) is said to be dominant execution algorithm 
                       the  width  of  spread  and  volumes  finely,  offers  new                                          users, and dealers including banks are both providers 
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                       orders,  and  changes  or  cancels  existing  orders                                                and users of the execution algorithm.    Additionally, 
                       depending on overall market developments and market                                                 details of execution results are recorded electronically, 
                       order  changes.  Particularly,  non-banks  repeat  these                                            enabling  users  to  analyze  the  results  and  enhance 
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                       transaction  behaviors  at  high  speed  and  frequency.                                            stakeholder accountability of the execution.  
                       These non-banks have rapidly grown in FX markets, 
                       making them comparable with large European and U.S. 
                                                                                                                           Quantitative  Analysis  of  Algorithmic 
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                       banks.   Meanwhile, price-takers, such as hedge funds,                                              Trading 
                       tend to use other types of trading algorithms, including 
                                                                                                                           In  this  section,  we  introduce  proxy  indicators  of 
                       directional. Directional can also be conducted at a high 
                       speed and frequency because taking buy and sell quotes                                              algorithmic trading in the USD/JPY spot markets, and 
                       quickly  in  response  to  news  contents  and  market                                              analyze  impacts  of  algorithmic  trading  on  market 
                       developments are essential to generate profits.                                                     liquidity in normal times and market stress times. 
                                       [Chart 2] Structure of FX markets                                                   Proxy indicators of algorithmic trading 
                             Dealer-to-Customer Market
                                                                                                                           Data  in  the  FX  market  that  can  identify  individual 
                                                                    
                                                                      Customers                                            traders and analyze their trading behaviors in detail are 
                                            (Hedge funds, Real money investors, Non-financial  corporates,                               9
                                                            FX retail aggregators, HFTs)                                   limited.   This  situation  reflects  the  FX  market’s 
                             Interbank  Market                                                                             unique characteristics, that is, no specific regulatory 
                                                                                                authorities exist, and various participants trade over-
                                               Banks and                                     Banks and 
                                           security companies                            security companies                the-counter (OTC) at various venues all over the world. 
                                               (Dealers)                                      (Dealers)
                                              PBservice              Inter-Dealer               PBservice                  Hence, specifying “algorithmic traders” and analyzing 
                                            HFTsand others          Platform (IDP)        HFTs and others
                                              (Non-bank                                     (Non-bank                      their  transactions  in  detail  is  difficult.  Under  such 
                                             market makers)                                market makers)
                                                                                                                           circumstances,  certain  previous  studies  focus  on 
                                                                                            Hedge Funds
                                                                                                                           algorithmic  trading’s  general  features,  that  is,  high-
                                                                     Multi-Dealer
                                                                   Platform (MDP)
                                                           Single-Dealer        Single-Dealer                              speed  and  high-frequency  transactions  relative  to 
                            Dealer-to-Customer Market     Platform (SDP)       Platform (SDP)
                                                                                                              human  traders.  They  measure  individual  contracts’ 
                                                                      Customers
                                             (Hedge funds, Real money investors, Non-financial  corporates,                transaction  speed  and  regard  it  as  an  algorithmic 
                                                            FX retail aggregators, HFTs)                                                                                                                            10
                                                                                                                           trading if transacted faster than a certain threshold.  
                          Note: The solid and dotted lines show electronic trading and voice 
                                                                                                                           This  paper  refers  to  these  studies,  and  tick  data  of 
                                  trading, respectively. IDP, SDP, and MDP are electronic trading                                  11
                                  platforms. PB refers to the prime-brokerage service (refer to                            EBS , which is a kind of granular transaction data, are 
                                  Note 4). 
                                                                                                                           used to construct the following two proxy indicators of 
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                                                                                                                           algorithmic trading.  
                       Execution Algorithms                                                                                       First, we construct an indicator referred to as “fast-
                       While trading algorithms automate a series of decision-                                             paced orders,” which captures a market maker behavior 
                       making process of transactions, execution algorithms                                                that  cancels  a  quote  below  100  milliseconds  (0.1 
                                                                                                                                                                                       13
                       aim  to  automatically  and  smoothly  execute  a  pre-                                             second) after it was newly provided.   This indicator is 
                       determined  amount  of  buy  and  sell  contract.  For                                              assumed  to  mainly  capture  market  make  algorithm 
                       example, when a dealer seeks to execute a customer’s                                                developments, which typically provide new quotes and 
                       large  amount  of  USD buying/JPY selling order, the                                                cancel them at a high speed and frequency. From the 
                       order execution itself puts upward price pressure on the                                            liquidity  provider  or  consumer’s  perspective,  this 
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                        indicator focuses on liquidity providers’  (i.e., market                                                           [Chart 3] Algorithm trading indicators 
                        makers) behavior.                                                                                                                         (time series) 
                              Second, we calculate another indicator called “fast 
                                                                                                                                               300     (%)                                        (%)    60
                        executions,” which captures an investor behavior that 
                                                                                                                                                              Fast-paced Orders
                        takes a quote below 100 milliseconds (0.1 second) after                                                                250
                                                                                                                                                              Fast Executions (right scale)              55
                        it was newly provided by market makers. This indicator 
                                                                                                                                               200
                        is assumed to capture liquidity consumers’ (i.e., price-
                        takers)  behaviors,  who  use  trading  algorithms                                                                     150                                                       50
                        including “directional.” However, this indicator would                                                                 100
                                                                                          14                                                                                                             45
                        also by and large capture cover deals   accompanied 
                                                                                                                                                 50
                        with market making activities, implying that this is a 
                        comprehensive  indicator  that  involves  activities  of                                                                  0                                                      40
                                                                                                   15                                               10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 CY                        
                        liquidity providers (market makers) as well.  
                                                                                                                                 Note: These indicators are calculated in the USD/JPY spot market. 
                               Based on the concept above, we construct time-
                                                                                                                                         The time-series data are shown as yearly average of indicators 
                                                                                                                                         within 10 min after release of the U.S. employment report each 
                        series  data  of  these  two  indicators,  focusing  on 
                                                                                                                                         month. The data in 2020 comprise the average from January to 
                        developments within 10 minutes after release of the                                                              March. The value of fast-paced orders and fast executions are 
                                                                                                                                         divided by total trading volumes to control the impact of the 
                        U.S. employment report (from 8:30 A.M. to 8:39 A.M. 
                                                                                                                                         increase in total  trading  volumes. The  values  of  fast-paced 
                                                                                                                                         orders capture behaviors of cancelling quotes; therefore, the 
                        Eastern Standard Time). As a result, the two indicators                                                          values can exceed 100%. 
                        have been are on an upward trend since around 2016,                                                      Source: EBS 
                        implying that algorithmic trading has prevailed in the 
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                        USD/JPY spot market as well (Chart 3).   In addition,                                                              [Chart 4] Algorithm trading indicators 
                        a calculation of the hourly average of these indicators                                                                               (hourly-average) 
                        from  November  2019  to  January  2020  shows  that                                                            
                        indicator levels are higher in European and U.S. time 
                                                                                                                                           (%)                                           (%)
                        zone than in Japan (Chart 4). In general, the use of                                                        400                                            45
                        algorithmic trading is said be limited by Japanese non-                                                     350
                                                                                                                                                                                   44
                        financial corporations, although total USD/JPY trading                                                      300
                        volumes in Japanese time zone are large due to their                                                        250
                                                                                                                                                                                   43
                        transactions.  Conversely,  large  European  and  U.S.                                                      200
                        banks as well as non-banks, which utilize algorithmic                                                       150                                            42
                        trading actively, are said to have strong presence in 
                                                                                                                                    100                                            41
                        European and U.S. time zones. The two indicators we 
                                                                                                                                     50
                        calculated            are        consistent            with         these        general 
                                                                                                                                      0                                            40
                        characteristics of algorithmic trading in the USD/JPY                                                               Japan time     European and                   Japan time     European and
                        spot market.                                                                                                            zone      U.S. time zone                     zone       U.S. time zone     
                                                                                                                                 Note: The data comprise the hourly average of the algorithm trading 
                                                                                                                                         indicators in the USD/JPY spot market from November 2019 to 
                        Impacts on market liquidity in normal times                                                                      January 2020, excluding Christmas holidays, year-end, and 
                                                                                                                                         new year holidays. “Japan time zone” and “European and U.S. 
                                                                                                                                         time zone” show the hourly average from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 
                        While  the  widespread  use  of  algorithmic  trading  is                                                        from 3 p.m. to 7 a.m. the next day in Tokyo time, respectively. 
                        assumed  to  have  various  impacts  ranging  from  FX                                                   Source: EBS 
                        rate’s pricing mechanism to overall market functioning, 
                                                                                                                                     Data within 10 minutes after the release of the U.S. 
                        most previous studies focus on the impacts on market 
                                                                                                                               employment report from January 2014 to March 2020 
                        liquidity. Empirical study results often highlight that 
                                                                                                                               (each variable is a mean value of tick data recorded 
                        the increased presence of algorithmic trading positively 
                                                                                                                               within the 10 minutes) are used to estimate the above 
                        contributes to market liquidity improvement, at least in 
                        normal times.17                                                                                        regression analysis. We adopt effective spread for the 
                                                                                                                               dependent variable () as a liquidity indicator, 
                              The regression analysis below is conducted based 
                                                                                                                               that is, the spread between traded price and mid-quote 
                        on  previous  literature  methods,  using  algorithmic 
                                                                                                                               price (best bid and best ask average price) at the same 
                        trading’s two proxy indicators to verify whether the                                                            19
                                                                                                                               time.   The following independent variables are used: 
                        above observations are consistent with the USD/JPY 
                                             18                                                                                logarithmic  form  of  either  of  the  two  algorithmic 
                        spot market.  
                                                                                                                               trading proxy indicators ( ) and degree of surprise 
                                                                                                                                                                                    
                               | | =  +   +  |_ℎ |
                                                                                                                     in the U.S. employment report (_ℎ ; calculated 
                                                             +  +                                                                                                                     
                                                                                         
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                        by  dividing  the  gap  between  the  actual  number  of                                                Impacts  on  market  liquidity:  in  market  stress 
                        nonfarm  payrolls  and  its  market  expectation  by  the                                               times 
                        standard  deviation  of  the  gap  during  the  estimation 
                                                                                                                                This section examines whether the results above are 
                        period).  Control  variables  ( )  comprise  the                                        consistent  even  in  times  of  market  stress  when 
                        lagged value of    and logarithmic form of the                                            volatility  is  high.  Previous  literature  finds  that 
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                        amount of best quotes (so-called “depth,”    another 
                                                                                                                                algorithmic trading can deteriorate market liquidity by 
                        liquidity indicator). 
                                                                                                                                stopping the liquidity-providing function in times of 
                              Estimation results are as follows. First, estimation 
                                                                                                                                market  stress  not  well  assumed  in  the  algorithm 
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                        results using fast-paced orders as a proxy indicator of                                                 program.    For  example,  in  times  of  market  stress 
                        algorithmic trading show a negative and statistically 
                                                                                                                                where  JPY  appreciates  sharply,  the  following  risks 
                        significant  coefficient,  whereas  other  coefficients 
                                                                                                                                increase for market makers: inventory risk (i.e., holding 
                        satisfy the expected signs (Chart 5). In other words, the 
                                                                                                                                considerable inventories due to market makers’ biased 
                        more algorithmic trading by liquidity providers (fast-                                                  position toward JPY short) and FX risk (i.e., valuation 
                        paced orders) are used, the tighter is the spread (better 
                                                                                                                                losses of inventories  caused by 
                        market liquidity). The higher the absolute degree of 
                                                                                                                                additional JPY appreciation). In times of such stress, 
                        surprise in the U.S. employment report, the wider the 
                                                                                                                                market makers are said to (1) keep providing buy and 
                        effective  spread  in  the  previous  month,  and  a 
                                                                                                                                sell quotes with wider bid–ask spread and then (2) stop 
                        deterioration in another liquidity indicator (lower depth 
                                                                                                                                providing  liquidity  when  market  fluctuation  degree 
                                                                                                                                                                                                    23
                        level)  tends  to  lead  to  wider  spread  (worse  market 
                                                                                                                                exceeds a certain maximum threshold.   By contrast, 
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                        liquidity).             Next,  estimation  results  using  fast 
                                                                                                                                other  previous  literature  claims  that  algorithmic 
                        executions as the proxy indicator of algorithmic trading 
                                                                                                                                trading’s liquidity-providing function was maintained 
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                        show  a  negative  but  not  statistically  significant 
                                                                                                                                in times of market stress.   These findings show that a 
                        coefficient  on  the  indicator.  As  discussed  in  the 
                                                                                                                                firm consensus on algorithmic trading’s functions in 
                        previous  section,  this  proxy  indicator  contains  both 
                                                                                                                                times  of  market  stress  has  not  been  reached.  Stress 
                        liquidity consumers and providers’ behavior. This may 
                                                                                                                                events  do  not  emerge  frequently,  and  their  degree, 
                        be the reason of statistically insignificant impact on 
                                                                                                                                duration, and impact on FX rates including USD/JPY, 
                        market  liquidity.  In  sum,  it  can  be  concluded  that 
                                                                                                                                diverge  across  events.  Under  such  circumstances, 
                        algorithmic trading, particularly market make (liquidity 
                                                                                                                                algorithmic program and operation have been gradually 
                        provision), contributes to improving market liquidity in 
                                                                                                                                advanced  in  response  to  stress  events,  making  it 
                        the USD/JPY spot market in normal times. This finding                                                   difficult to perform an objective evaluation.   
                        is supported by the fact that regression coefficient is 
                                                                                                                                       Based on the above understanding, we here try to 
                        interpreted  as  the  average  value  throughout  the 
                                                                                                                                capture  algorithmic  trading  developments  from  late 
                        estimation period.   
                                                                                                                                    [Chart 6] Market environment in the USD/JPY 
                                              [Chart 5] Estimation results                                                                 market (from January to March, 2020) 
                                      Dependent variables                          Effective Spread                                           
                                      Explanatory variables
                                          Fast-paced orders                       ***                                                       (%)                                        (pips)           (million  USD)
                            Algorithm                                      -0.075                                                    25                                           4.2            Bid-ask spread          0
                              trading                                       (0.018)
                                            Fast executions                                          -0.253                                                                       3.8            Depth (right scale,     2
                            indicators                                                                                               20                                                          reversed)
                                                                                                    (0.172)                                                                       3.4
                                                                                                                                                Higher                                       Lower                       4
                                       Degree of surprise in the             0.025                         *                                  Volatility                          3.0       Liquidity
                                                                                                    0.040
                                       U.S. employment report               (0.019)                 (0.021)                          15                                           2.6                                    6
                                          Effective spread in                    ***                     ***
                                                                           0.538                   0.730                                                                          2.2                                    8
                                      previous month (lag-term)             (0.086)                 (0.076)                          10
                                                 Depth                            ***                      **                                                                     1.8
                                                                           -0.232                   -0.154                                                                                                               10
                                                                            (0.059)                 (0.068)                            5                                          1.4
                                               Constant                          ***                       *                                                                                                             12
                                                                           0.953                    1.369                                                                         1.0
                                                                            (0.197)                 (0.766)                            0                                          0.6                                    14
                                             Adjusted-R2                     0.67                    0.61                                1/6 1/21 2/5 2/20 3/6 3/21                  1/6 1/21 2/5 2/20 3/6 3/21
                                              Sample size                     75                       75                                                               m/d                                           m/d  
                           Note: ***, **, and * indicate statistical significance at 1%, 5%, and 10%                               Note: The left panel shows the one-month implied volatility in the 
                                   levels,  respectively.  Standard  Error  has  been  provided  in                                       USD/JPY market. On the right panel, the bid-ask spread is 
                                   parenthesis.                                                                                           shown as daily average of the spread in each minute (from 5 
                           Source: EBS, Bloomberg                                                                                         p.m. to 5 p.m. next day in NY time). Depth indicates daily 
                                                                                                                                          averages of the total volumes in best bid and best ask. The 
                                                                                                                                          latest data are as of March 31, 2020. 
                                                                                                                                   Source: EBS, Bloomberg 
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