WHAT IS HIGH-FREQUENCY DATA?
High-frequency data, also known as “tick data,” is a record of live market activity. Every time a customer, a dealer, or another entity posts a so-called limit order to buy s units of a specific security with ticker X at price q, a bid quote
is logged at time tb to buy
units of X. (Market orders are incorporated into tick data in a different way as discussed below.) When the newly arrived bid quote
has the highest price relative to all other previously arrived bid quotes in force,
becomes known as “the best bid” available at time tb. Similarly, when a trading entity posts a limit order to sell s units of X at price q, an ask quote
is logged at time ta to sell
units of X. If the latest
is lower than all other available ask quotes for security X, becomes known ...
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