We investigated the effects of news valence, the direction of trends in graphically presented price series, and the culture and personality of traders in a financial trading task. Participants were given 12 virtual shares of financial assets and asked to use price graphs and news items to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue of Review of Behavioural Finance entitled “Behavioural finance: the role of psychological factors in financial decisions”. Design/methodology/approach – The authors present a brief outline of the origins of behavioural...

Aim. High Frequency Trading poses a large number of ethical questions. The purpose of this study is to examine the ethical perceptions of those who work inside the HFT industry.Method. The research consisted of a case study. Participants (N=30) were high frequency traders, algorithm developers,...