TWAP
Last updated
Last updated
Time Weighted Average Price execution of a large order. A Total Size is divided into the given number of Total Lots which are then executed one by one across the given Total Time at regular intervals (“Order Frequency”).
There is a maximum of 12 hours and a minimum of 5 minutes.
This is a long running process, you may continue trading using the Terminal’s other functions and monitor the TWAP progress in the Activity panel.
TWAP is cancelable at any moment.
Frequency Jitter
This option is to help avoiding detection of your running TWAP by public market trackers. Usually TWAP orders are place at regular (exact) time intervals. With Jitter enabled, you can displace these time intervals by a random number of seconds up to ±20% for each order placed.
For example, instead of placing orders every 10 seconds, with Jitter of ±20% orders may be placed at the given intervals (seconds): 10, 9, 11, 12, 8, 10.5, 9.7, 11.4 etc. Which are all a random and maximum of 20% deviation from 10.
Irregular Lots
You can also randomize the size of your lots instead of using the same uniform size for each TWAP order placed. Similar to the Irregular option on SWARM orders.
Using the Jitter and Irregular options together, it is practically impossible for your running TWAP to be detected by market analyzers
Note: only one “TWAP” may execute at once and closing the Terminal will end the process.