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This is Your Brain. This is Your Brain on Trading (Bloomberg)

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September 21, 2011
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by Trader Mark, Fund My Mutual Fund

Short but sort of interesting/fun video from Bloomberg.  Apparently a high risk trade activates the same part of the brain that cocaine stimulates. ;)  So doing a lot of high risk trades... well...

Probably more interesting is traders do better when their testosterone levels are high.  Hmmm...

2 minute video - email readers will need to come to site to view.

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