Which trader's order-splitting strategy is effective? The case of an index options market

This study extends the recent study by Chae and Lee (2011) who empirically examine order-splitting and stealth-trading behaviours in the Korea Stock Price Index 200 (KOSPI200) options market, which is the single most liquid derivative market in the world. By analysing the high-quality data set, which identifies and describes all investors in the options market, we find that split orders submitted by institutional investors are substantially informative, whereas those of domestic individuals negatively contribute to the price discovery process. The inferiority of the order-splitting strategies of these individuals is more prominent when they trade deep Out-of-The-Money (OTM) options.