Would argue it’s not about derivatives, but rather the assumptions about frictions. EMH requires nearly perfect liquidity (~infinite elasticity). Any violations eventually lead to NOPEville. https://twitter.com/nope_its_lily/status/1358084230895439873 …
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Replying to @profplum99
Wouldn't that be satisfied by the condition of finite liquidity?
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Replying to @profplum99
This is an econ paper in the making unless a French quant beat me to it
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Replying to @nope_its_lily @profplum99
Why do you say that EMH require infinite liquidity? Assets can reprice even if no trades occur.
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Replying to @MarkGutman9 @nope_its_lily
EMH requires “An efficient market is characterized by a perfect, complete, costless, and instant transmission of information.”
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Replying to @profplum99 @nope_its_lily
Yes - the key question is the lack of friction in access/transmission of information, not so much about liquidity. For example, a $1mm house is worth zero if it burns down because it's obvious that it's no longer there. No trades have happened in the interim.
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Replying to @MarkGutman9 @profplum99
I think that might be more of a semantic point though. Imagine the house was put in a black box where you couldn't see it until you tried to sell it.
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Information about the true worth not withstanding, the smallest unit of time you can really say the valuation of something changes is when a transaction occurs IMO
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This is obviously not true. Quotes provide information about value, not just trades (real world example — a futures exchange will demand margin from you based on the contract settlement price, which they can determine *even if no trades occur*)
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As @MarkGutman9 says the key assumption of EMH is frictionless transmission of information, not frictionless trading. You can have an efficient market (in the sense of EMH) in the presence of transaction costs and market impact.
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