Using a dynamic extension of Regret Theory, we test how the regret induced by not selling a stock when the maximum price in an investment episode is attained shapes the propensity to sell a stock. We use a large discount brokerage dataset containing US households’ trading records between 1991...

We propose an extension to the concept of the disposition effect by allowing the use of alternative reference points. While the traditional definition is based on classifying stocks as winners and losers solely based on the purchase price, we incorporate stock prices closer to sell date into the...

We estimate the disposition effect for active traders in a large discount brokerage dataset containing US households’ trading records between 1991 and 1996. We apply a wide framing perspective, focusing on portfolios rather than individual stocks. We find that the disposition effect varies...