Definition 5.2Microstructure and Execution · अध्याय 5 — Decomposing the Spread
The trade price impact of a trade at horizon h is εt(mt+h−mt): the move of the mid in the trade’s direction over the next h. The realised half-spread is εt(pt−mt+h), what the provider would earn by closing her position at the later mid, and trade by trade
Figure 5.1. One buy, split in two. The effective half-spread is what the buyer paid over the mid; after h, the part the mid has moved in the trade’s direction is the impact, the part left to the liquidity provider is the realised spread.