The present study explores the effect of the gambler's fallacy on stock trading volumes. I hypothesize that if a stock's price rises (falls) during a number of consecutive trading days, then the gambler's fallacy may cause at least some of the investors to expect that the stock's price 'has' to...

In the present study, I explore interday correlations between open-to-close and opening stock returns. Employing intraday price data on all the stocks that were S&P 500 Index constituents during the period from 1993 to 2013, I find that stock returns in opening trading sessions systematically...

In present study, I explore intraday behavior of stock prices. In particular, I try to shed light on the dynamics of stock price reversals and namely, on the short-term character the latter may possess. For each of the stocks currently making up the Dow Jones Industrial Index, I calculate...

In present study, I explore the dynamics of the interday stock price reversals. In particular, I try to shed light on reversals in opening stock returns, that is, on the price reversals during the opening trading sessions with respect to previous day's price tendencies. I analyze intraday price...

The main goal of this study is to analyse the ability of the implied volatility index (VIX) to incorporate current stock market information that is relevant for the volatility forecasts. Employing historical market volatility, market trading volume and significant stock market returns as...

In present study, I make an effort to shed light on the actual mechanism of autocorrelations in individual stocks' opening returns. I analyze intraday price data on thirty stocks currently making up the Dow Jones Industrial Index. Employing the sample average and the sample median of opening...

In this study, I make an effort to formulate a trading rule that would make use of some systematic interday patterns in individual stocks' opening returns. I analyze intraday price data on all the stocks that were S&P 500 Index constituents during the period from 1993 to 2012. I document that if...

Contemporary research documents various psychological aspects of economic decision-making. The main goal of our study is to analyse the role of the Mood Maintenance Hypothesis (MMH) in financial markets. MMH refers to people's tendency to maintain positive mood states, and implies that positive...