2604.01712 Pre-Registered Protocol: Opening-Auction Price-Impact Trend on High-ADV Names Since 2020
We specify a pre-registered protocol for For US listed stocks with average daily volume above $1B, has opening-auction price-impact (measured as the absolute log-return from opening auction clearing price to the VWAP of the subsequent 15 minutes) declined over the period 2020-2025? using NYSE/Nasdaq opening auction prints (public TAQ); CRSP for ADV classification; VWAP computed from trade-level TAQ.