Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Trading Stories
Part I: The Structure of Trading
3. The Trading Industry
4. Orders and Order Properties
5. Market Structures
6. Order-Driven Market Mechanisms
7. Brokers
Part II: The Benefits of Trade
8. Why People Trade
9. Good Markets
Part III: Speculators
10. Informed Traders and Market Efficiency
11. Order Anticipators
12. Bluffing and Price Manipulation
Part IV: Liquidity Suppliers
13. Dealers
14. Bid/Ask Spreads
15. Block Trading
16. Value-Motivated Trainers
17. Arbitrage
18. Buy-side Trading Strategies
Part V: Origins of Liquidity and Volatility
19. Understanding Liquidity
20. Understanding Volatility
Part VI: Evaluation and Prediction
21. Measuring Liquidity and Transaction Costs
22. Performance Evaluation and Prediction
Part VII: Market Structures
23. Index and Portfolio Markets
24. Specialists
25. Internalization, Preferencing, and Crossing
26. Competition within and among Markets
27. Floor versus Automated Trading Systems
28. Bubbles, Crashes, and Circuit Breakers
29. Insider Trading
30. Summary of Market Microstructure

About the Author

Larry Harris holds the Fred V. Keenan Chair in Finance at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. In July 2002, Professor Harris was appointed Chief Economist of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he served until June 2004.

Reviews

". . .Trading and Exchanges is about as comprehensive a book about the markets and trading as you are going to find. . .[T]his book is . . .organized so that you can flip to any topic and be certain of in depth coverage and accessible explanations supported by graphs and tables. Harris touches on just about every aspect of market economics, structure and regulation, from the players. . .to the game. This book is an objective, and more important, practical survey of an area of financial economics that has become increasingly, and needlessly, complex. . . Harris keeps us on the straight and narrow. We are unable to drift into that disingenuous and murky world of trading advice based on personal success, or failure in the markets. . .Whether you are a novice or veteran investor, trader, dealer or broker, Trading and Exchanges cracks the code on practically every facet of market microstructures. It is a trading bible."--TurtleTrader.com
"Larry Harris is arguably the foremost expert on market microstructure. ... With his illustrious background you might suspect he knows of what he speaks. After you read this book, you will be convinced of it. Trading and Exchanges is the most comprehensive treatment of market microstructure I have seen. ... Harris offers something for everyone with an interest in trading. ... [He] presents his subject matter, which could be so daunting to many of us, in a surprisingly accessible and entertaining style. Despite this engaging style, he does not compromise on breadth or depth. ... Trading and Exchanges is indispensable for anyone who cares about trading. What's more, it is entertaining."--Journal of Investment Management