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The Review of Asset Pricing Studies Vol. 14 No. 2 2024

Trend Factor in China: The Role of Large Individual Trading

Yang Liu1; Guofu Zhou2; Yingzi Zhu3

1 Hunan University , China · 2 Washington University in St. Louis , USA · 3 Tsinghua University , China

Abstract

We propose a novel trend factor for the Chinese stock market that incorporates both price and volume information to capture dominant individual trading, momentum, and liquidity. We find that volume plays a more significant role in the trend factor for China than for the United States, reflecting the greater retail participation in China. By incorporating this trend factor into the 3-factor model of Liu et al. (2019), we propose a 4-factor model that explains a wide range of stylized facts and 60 representative anomalies. Our study highlights the important role of individual trading in asset pricing, especially in China.

DOI
10.1093/rapstu/raae003
Volume
14
Issue
2
Pages
348-380
Language
en
Sources
openalex crossref bibtex:phds-export.bib

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