Changes in how people feel on social media are linked to small but detectable changes in the daily prices of stocks for large companies.
Mechanism
Synthesis from 1 study
When people see a lot of angry or happy posts about a company, it makes them pay more attention to that company and feel more strongly about it, which changes whether they buy or sell its stock. When many people do this at once, the stock price moves a little up or down.
Most probable mechanism
When people see a lot of positive or negative messages about a company online, it changes how focused they are on that company and how they feel about it, which makes them more likely to buy or sell its stock in a way that moves the price up or down a little.
Exposure to high volumes of emotionally charged social media content increases attentional focus on associated financial assets
Emotional content in social media triggers neural activation in reward and threat-processing brain regions, modulating risk perception
Altered risk perception influences trading decisions, leading to small but consistent shifts in buying and selling pressure
Aggregated trading decisions from many individuals produce measurable, albeit small, daily fluctuations in stock prices
Evidence from Studies
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The Impact of Social Media Sentiment on Stock Price Changes
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