Posts tagged with: Coates
Dr John Coates: role of hormones in risk-taking. (2011)
Dr John Coates discusses the study of hormone levels in City traders which indicates increased testosterone associated with success leading to tendency to take bigger risks; cyclical process: higher testosterone, bigger...
Research Café 1 (2011) – Dr John Coates: hormonal influences on risk taking
"These people were not like this before the bubble, and they were not like it afterwards. Something was happening to them when they were making above-average profits that was changing...
The neuroscience of money: finding how traders tick. (2010)
"A fascinating overview of some of the most interesting research of the last few years into the neuroscience of money and the impact genetics, neurology, physics and biology might have on financial...
From molecule to market: steroid hormones and financial risk-taking. (2010)
"We survey research on steroid hormones and their cognitive effects, and examine potential links to trader performance in financial markets. Preliminary findings suggest that cortisol codes for risk and testosterone...
Second-to-fourth digit ratio predicts success among high-frequency financial traders. (Jan 2009)
"The second-to-fourth digit length ratio ... predicted the traders’ long-term profitability as well as the number of years they remained in the business. 2D:4D also predicted the sensitivity of their profitability...
A note on trader Sharpe ratios. (2009)
"Financial traders are assessed by how much money they make per unit of risk taken, known as the Sharpe Ratio.. a population of experienced traders attain Sharpe Ratios significantly higher than the...
Endogenous steroids and financial risk taking on a London trading floor. (2008)
"..a trader’s morning testosterone level predicts his day’s profitability. We also found that a trader’s cortisol rises with both the variance of his trading results and the volatility of the...