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A Combination of Dopamine Genes Predicts Success by Professional Wall Street Traders
What determines success on Wall Street? This study examined if genes affecting dopamine levels of professional traders were associated with their career tenure. Sixty professional Wall Street traders were genotyped and compared to a control group who did not trade stocks. We found that distinct alle...
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265532/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22292056 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030844 |
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author | Sapra, Steve Beavin, Laura E. Zak, Paul J. |
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description | What determines success on Wall Street? This study examined if genes affecting dopamine levels of professional traders were associated with their career tenure. Sixty professional Wall Street traders were genotyped and compared to a control group who did not trade stocks. We found that distinct alleles of the dopamine receptor 4 promoter (DRD4P) and catecholamine-O-methyltransferase (COMT) that affect synaptic dopamine were predominant in traders. These alleles are associated with moderate, rather than very high or very low, levels of synaptic dopamine. The activity of these alleles correlated positively with years spent trading stocks on Wall Street. Differences in personality and trading behavior were also correlated with allelic variants. This evidence suggests there may be a genetic basis for the traits that make one a successful trader. |
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spelling | pubmed-32655322012-01-30 A Combination of Dopamine Genes Predicts Success by Professional Wall Street Traders Sapra, Steve Beavin, Laura E. Zak, Paul J. PLoS One Research Article What determines success on Wall Street? This study examined if genes affecting dopamine levels of professional traders were associated with their career tenure. Sixty professional Wall Street traders were genotyped and compared to a control group who did not trade stocks. We found that distinct alleles of the dopamine receptor 4 promoter (DRD4P) and catecholamine-O-methyltransferase (COMT) that affect synaptic dopamine were predominant in traders. These alleles are associated with moderate, rather than very high or very low, levels of synaptic dopamine. The activity of these alleles correlated positively with years spent trading stocks on Wall Street. Differences in personality and trading behavior were also correlated with allelic variants. This evidence suggests there may be a genetic basis for the traits that make one a successful trader. Public Library of Science 2012-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3265532/ /pubmed/22292056 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030844 Text en Sapra et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Sapra, Steve Beavin, Laura E. Zak, Paul J. A Combination of Dopamine Genes Predicts Success by Professional Wall Street Traders |
title | A Combination of Dopamine Genes Predicts Success by Professional Wall Street Traders |
title_full | A Combination of Dopamine Genes Predicts Success by Professional Wall Street Traders |
title_fullStr | A Combination of Dopamine Genes Predicts Success by Professional Wall Street Traders |
title_full_unstemmed | A Combination of Dopamine Genes Predicts Success by Professional Wall Street Traders |
title_short | A Combination of Dopamine Genes Predicts Success by Professional Wall Street Traders |
title_sort | combination of dopamine genes predicts success by professional wall street traders |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265532/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22292056 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030844 |
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