Commissions Matter: The Trading Behavior of Institutional and Individual Active Traders
- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Behavioral Finance
- Vol. 5 (4) , 214-221
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15427579jpfm0504_4
Abstract
We examine how commissions influence trading behavior by analyzing a unique data set of the equity trades of both individual and institutional active traders. Individual traders pay higher trading costs than institutional traders. As a result, they engage in more risky trading behaviors in order to cover these costs. Individual traders also trade significantly less because of their higher cost of trading. Individual traders tend to trade higher-priced stocks, hold their trades longer, and they experience much larger price swings than institutional traders. This leads individual traders to realize more dramatic gains and losses on their round-trips.Keywords
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