Are fluctuations in the stock market tied to a dopamine cycle in the human brain

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Abstract

The observations of a small and informal study are presented that proposes a 40-day-long dopamine cycle in the human brain. This cycle has 10 days of low dopamine followed by 10 days of high dopamine (resembling a pulse shape), followed by 20 days of normal dopamine. There are nine 40-day-long cycles each year ending at the winter solstice. The model presents specific behaviors aligned to specific dates of the calendar year that produce a map of human temperament as well as nine specific “buy low” and “sell high” stock market S&P 500 intervals. The model in this paper predicts market drops that occur nine times every year in the same five-day-long windows on the calendar, as anxiety in the subconscious mind spikes five days before the start of a drop in dopamine used to consolidate long term memory from the prior 35 days.

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