Sentence examples for traders stress from inspiring English sources

LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Financial markets may be more vulnerable to traders' stress levels than previously thought, according to a scientific study which found that high levels of the stress hormone cortisol can induce risk aversion.

Likewise, when markets tumble, traders are stressed out by the uncertainty and volatility and produce a lot of cortisol; they fall into a negative feedback loop that turns them into emotional fear-mongers, rather than analytical thinkers.

Again, as predicted, the daily group-average cortisol level correlated nicely with this measure of market volatility.The upshot is that financial traders seem less stressed by failure than uncertainty.

Mr. Lo and Dmitry V. Repin of Boston University have studied traders to determine how stress and emotions affect investment returns.

Possibly encouraged by the government announcing long-awaited results of the banks’ stress tests, traders seemed willing to take on risk, selling off Treasurys and bidding up corporate bonds, Garman Research says.

I guarantee the FTSE would have risen several points if stressed-out City traders had paid a paltry £10 to hear the extraordinary Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili play three Beethoven sonatas last week.

They measured levels of testosterone and cortisol, associated with stress, in 17 male traders at a London bank.

Some traders indicate that banks at times of stress report rates that would be almost impossible to achieve.

His work with athletes caught the attention of Steven A. Cohen, the founder of the hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors, who hired Dr. Kiev in the early 1990s to coach his traders and help them deal with the stress and uncertainties of financial markets.

The stress of being a Lehman trader, a job in which millions of dollars were gambled every hour, had made him horribly depressed.

"But the market is very stressed at the moment and traders will react strongly to any hint of bad news," said Kerner.