medium · Quantitative Finance microstructure-arb
An analyst is evaluating the 'permanent price impact' of a large trade.
According to the 'square-root law' of market microstructure, how does the impact change if the trade size Q increases by a factor of 4?
- The impact stays the same but lasts longer
- The impact doubles
- The impact quadruples
- The impact increases by a factor of 16
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