Lecture notes in market microstructure and trading

Introduction: the economics of trading -- Introduction to securities trading and markets -- Institutional trading -- Transaction costs -- Market fragmentation and regulation -- Adverse selection and market making -- Behavioral finance, the mind of the investor -- Random walks, risk and arbitrage -- Arbitrage in real trading markets and hedging -- Efficient markets, information based trading, trading gone awry -- Algorithmic trading -- Bringing it all together to improve markets through regulation -- Advanced application and research : market regulation, corporate governance and insider trading -- Dealer markets vs. limit order markets -- Liquidity volatility and transparency -- Kyle and glosten milgrom -- High frequency trading -- Computer laboratory trading session and introduction to coding of algorithmic trading modules