Feeling Hungry? Liquidate Your Portfolio
It’s science.
An academic study claims to have shown that financial traders with a strong sense of their bodies’ rhythms and reactions, conscious or not, make better profits and survive in markets for longer….
To test the power of gut instinct, the study assessed 18 male high-frequency futures traders on their ability to detect their own heart rate and then looked back at their trading history. Heart-rate perception is a good indicator of strong “interoceptive” capabilities, having a good sense of your internal state. Pain, hunger or breathlessness can all be signs of physical memories from previous experiences that can help decision making.