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Epps Effect and the Signature of Short-Term Momentum Traders

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  • J'er^ome Busca
  • L'eon Thomir

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It is a well-documented fact that the correlation function of the returns on two "related" assets is generally increasing as a function of the horizon $h$ of these returns. This phenomenon, termed the Epps Effect, holds true in a wide variety of markets, and there is a large body of literature devoted to its theoretical justification. Our focus here is to describe and understand a deviation to the Epps effect, observed in the context of the foreign exchange and cryptocurrency markets. Specifically, we document a sharp local maximum of the cross-correlation function of returns on the Euro EUR/USD and Bitcoin BTC/USD pairs as a function of $h$. Our claim is that this anomaly reveals the activity of short-term momentum traders.

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  • J'er^ome Busca & L'eon Thomir, 2023. "Epps Effect and the Signature of Short-Term Momentum Traders," Papers 2309.06711, arXiv.org.
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