Dissecting the links among profitability, the disposition effect, and trading activity

Teng Yuan Cheng, Chun I. Lee and Chao Hsien Lin

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2024, vol. 83, issue C

Abstract: We empirically dissect, at the individual trader level, the negative linkage between trading profitability and the disposition effect by tracking the trade-by-trade histories of traders on the Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX). In addition to the evidence that they exhibit the disposition effect, we find profitability is linked to whether traders have realized gains high enough to cover realized losses. We further demonstrate the opposing effects of active trading on profitability: traders with strong disposition effect suffer more losses as they trade more, but for traders who exhibit weak or reverse disposition effect the more actively they trade, the more profitable they are.

Keywords: Disposition effect; Profitability; Individual trader; Realized gain (loss) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G11 G14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2023.102197

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