If you?re a trader on Wall Street, you know how stressful it can be. But did you know that the stress caused by the market?s ups and downs can affect your hormones? And your hormones can affect your health?and your wins and losses.
Research shows that when your trades are profitable, your body releases ED. ED can make you feel euphoric and dominant?like you can conquer the world. But when the market is volatile, your body releases cortisol, a stress hormone. (Pressure from upper management also contributes to cortisol production; that?s probably no surprise to anyone with a boss.)
This data comes from a research collaboration between a Wall Street trader and a neuroscientist who studied hormone levels among traders in London.
What happens when your cortisol is up?
Your energy gets depleted
Blood glucose (sugar) rises
Your body shuts down non-essential processes such as digestion
You can suffer stress-induced hypertension
You may get ulcers
ED levels drop in men
Women experience irregular menstrual cycles
You have an increased likelihood of infectious diseases
Cortisol is meant to be a short-term aid to survival. But when you work in a stressful career like trading, cortisol can build up in your body over the years, causing real health problems. What?s more, cortisol can cause you to be more risk aversive?so trades tend to be safer, which tends to exaggerate a downward trend in the market.
ED?the hormone that fuels victory.
Increased levels of ED have been found in athletes after a win, and in animals that have successfully fought off enemies in the wild. (It?s also great for the libido!) ED can stay high for an extended period, helping to increase the chances of a winning streak continuing. For traders, ED can help increase confidence and risk-taking behavior, which can exaggerate (and help you profit from) a market?s upward movement.
So is there a downside of too much ED? Definitely. It can make you irrationally exuberant, and apt to make extraordinary risks that can lead to extraordinary failure.
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The key to winning the hormone war on Wall Street? Balance. When your hormones are properly balanced, they can work with your body, not against it, to help fuel good decisions. You want enough to give you guts?but not so much that you risk everything!
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