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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
Barber et al. (2022)Attention-Induced Trading and Returns: Evidence from Robinhood Users
Journal of Finance
FreeModerate0
Welch (2022)The Wisdom of the Robinhood Crowd
Journal of Finance
FreeModerate0
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
Seru et al. (2010)Learning by Trading
Review of Financial Studies
PaywalledModerate0
Grinblatt & Keloharju (2009)Sensation Seeking, Overconfidence, and Trading Activity
Journal of Finance
PaywalledModerate0
Barber et al. (2009)Just How Much Do Individual Investors Lose by Trading?
Review of Financial Studies
PaywalledModerate0
Kumar (2009)Who Gambles in the Stock Market?
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