what percentage of overal trading volume are personal finance traders?

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sakaton06 asked:


For example, how much are prices of stocks affected by institutions (e.g. funds) and how much by small personal traders. If they recommend a stock in a financial magazine (e.g., Kiplinger), will it affect its price significantly – individual traders wanting to buy it? How big volumes are day traders – 10%, 20% or 0.2%?

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1 comment to what percentage of overal trading volume are personal finance traders?

  • StopSpending

    Goldberg and Lupercio, two analysts of the online trading industry, estimated that about 40% of all trading volume comes from a group of 50,000 semi-professional traders who use the major online brokerage firms. The analysis was for the year 2003.

    So a good guess would be 40%.

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