Call Auction Trading

The electronic call auction is an important trading vehicle in many market centres around the world, and it should play a far more central role in the US equity markets. Yet call auctions are not known or understood by many market participants in the US. The purpose of of this book is to consider how a call auction facility operates and its broader role in the marketplace. A spectrum of questions are raised and debated. For example: what is a call auction?; how should call auctions be designed?; how should call auction and continuous trading be integrated in a hybrid market structure?; and what is the price discovery function of a call auction, especially at market openings? When the dust settles on the answers, it may be recognized that the introduction of electronic call auction trading in our markets is one of the most profound changes in US equity market structure that could be made.