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Retail trader performance

Large-sample studies of what actually happens to individual investors and day traders who trade a lot.

CitationPaperAccessDifficultyScore
Welch (2022)The Wisdom of the Robinhood Crowd
Journal of Finance
FreeModerate0
Barber et al. (2022)Attention-Induced Trading and Returns: Evidence from Robinhood Users
Journal of Finance
FreeModerate0
Chague et al. (2020)Day Trading for a Living?
SSRN Working Paper
FreeEasy read0
Heimer & Simsek (2019)Should Retail Investors' Leverage Be Limited?
Journal of Financial Economics
FreeModerate0
Barber et al. (2014)The Cross-Section of Speculator Skill: Evidence from Day Trading
Journal of Financial Markets
FreeModerate0
Barber & Odean (2013)The Behavior of Individual Investors
Handbook of the Economics of Finance
FreeEasy read0
Seru et al. (2010)Learning by Trading
Review of Financial Studies
PaywalledModerate0
Kumar (2009)Who Gambles in the Stock Market?
Journal of Finance
PaywalledModerate0
Barber et al. (2009)Just How Much Do Individual Investors Lose by Trading?
Review of Financial Studies
PaywalledModerate0
Grinblatt & Keloharju (2009)Sensation Seeking, Overconfidence, and Trading Activity
Journal of Finance
PaywalledModerate0
Barber & Odean (2008)All That Glitters: The Effect of Attention and News on the Buying Behavior of Individual and Institutional Investors
Review of Financial Studies
PaywalledModerate0
Barber & Odean (2001)Boys Will Be Boys: Gender, Overconfidence, and Common Stock Investment
Quarterly Journal of Economics
PaywalledEasy read0
Barber & Odean (2000)Trading Is Hazardous to Your Wealth: The Common Stock Investment Performance of Individual Investors
Journal of Finance
PaywalledEasy read0
Odean (1999)Do Investors Trade Too Much?
American Economic Review
PaywalledEasy read0