Uninformative feedback and risk taking: Evidence from retail forex trading

We document evidence consistent with retail traders in the Forex market attributing random success to their own skill and, as a consequence, increasing risk taking. Although past performance does not predict future success for these traders, traders increase trade sizes, trade size variability, and...

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Main Authors: Ben-David, I. (Author), Birru, J. (Author), Prokopenya, V. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2018
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