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Research Paper

Year: 2022 | Month: October | Volume: 9 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 471-475

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20221053

The Irrational Behaviour of Using Risk Control with Momentum Strategy During a Bullish Market Trend, an Example of Asymmetric Volatility Bias and Loss Aversion

Massimiliano di Toro

Ph.D. Swiss Management Center

ABSTRACT

The goal of the research is to investigate if the application of the risk control to the momentum strategy is a proof that the investor has asymmetric volatility bias that led a behavioural tendency to associate the volatility only as a risk factor, without consider potential upside effect of the volatility, the researcher as called this behaviour asymmetric volatility bias. The risk control apply to the momentum during a bullish market is an example of loss aversion and asymmetric volatility bias.

Keywords: momentum strategy, risk control, volatility, herd behavior, loss aversion, disposition effect, asymmetric volatility bias, irrational behaviour and recency bias.

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