Attached to their style: traders, technical analysis and postsocial relationships [Paper in special issue: Economic Society. Gilding, Michael and Majoribanks, Tim (eds).]

Recent work in the sociology of financial markets has invoked the concept of the postsocial relationship as a way of theorizing the attachment of traders to financial markets, and the nature of their interactions with them. In this article, the use by share traders of the trading style known as Tech...

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Published in:Journal of sociology (Melbourne, Vic.) Vic.), 2007-12, Vol.43 (4), p.421-437
Main Author: Mayall, Margery
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attachment
Entrepreneurs
Epistemology
Human relations
Markets
Political Action Committees
Securities markets
Social Relations
Sociology
Technology
Trade
Trading
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Summary:Recent work in the sociology of financial markets has invoked the concept of the postsocial relationship as a way of theorizing the attachment of traders to financial markets, and the nature of their interactions with them. In this article, the use by share traders of the trading style known as Technical Analysis is offered as an example of a postsocial relationship. It looks at the way in which the relationship between traders and Technical Analysis develops, and the mutual dependence evidenced between the two. It also speculates that rather than replacing or competing with human—human relationships, the postsocial relationship between traders and Technical Analysis is potentially reinforced by, and may also facilitate changes to, traditional forms of human relations.
ISSN:1440-7833
1741-2978
DOI:10.1177/1440783307083234