A Mean Field Game between Informed Traders and a Broker

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Main Authors: Bergault, Philippe, Sánchez-Betancourt, Leandro
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Published: 2024
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author Bergault, Philippe
Sánchez-Betancourt, Leandro
author_facet Bergault, Philippe
Sánchez-Betancourt, Leandro
contents We find closed-form solutions to the stochastic game between a broker and a mean-field of informed traders. In the finite player game, the informed traders observe a common signal and a private signal. The broker, on the other hand, observes the trading speed of each of his clients and provides liquidity to the informed traders. Each player in the game optimises wealth adjusted by inventory penalties. In the mean field version of the game, using a Gâteaux derivative approach, we characterise the solution to the game with a system of forward-backward stochastic differential equations that we solve explicitly. We find that the optimal trading strategy of the broker is linear on his own inventory, on the average inventory among informed traders, and on the common signal or the average trading speed of the informed traders. The Nash equilibrium we find helps informed traders decide how to use private information, and helps brokers decide how much of the order flow they should externalise or internalise when facing a large number of clients.
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spellingShingle A Mean Field Game between Informed Traders and a Broker
Bergault, Philippe
Sánchez-Betancourt, Leandro
Trading and Market Microstructure
Optimization and Control
We find closed-form solutions to the stochastic game between a broker and a mean-field of informed traders. In the finite player game, the informed traders observe a common signal and a private signal. The broker, on the other hand, observes the trading speed of each of his clients and provides liquidity to the informed traders. Each player in the game optimises wealth adjusted by inventory penalties. In the mean field version of the game, using a Gâteaux derivative approach, we characterise the solution to the game with a system of forward-backward stochastic differential equations that we solve explicitly. We find that the optimal trading strategy of the broker is linear on his own inventory, on the average inventory among informed traders, and on the common signal or the average trading speed of the informed traders. The Nash equilibrium we find helps informed traders decide how to use private information, and helps brokers decide how much of the order flow they should externalise or internalise when facing a large number of clients.
title A Mean Field Game between Informed Traders and a Broker
topic Trading and Market Microstructure
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05257