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In Almgren–Chriss optimal execution, what makes the optimal schedule trade faster at the start?
- ALower market impact costs, since faster trading is always cheaper
- BHigher risk aversion or volatility
- CA larger bid–ask spread, which rewards spreading orders out
- DLower volatility, which makes waiting more dangerous
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