It is associated with many alternative risks that individuals face while making financial decisions. The attitude of an investor against risk in the decision-making process is expressed as risk-taking attitude. Despite the expectation of rationality, individuals are known to display irrational attitudes and behaviors. Therefore, it is important to investigate the reasons underlying these attitudes and behaviors of investors. Emotional intelligence, which is formed by abilities such as revealing correct and logical ideas of individuals, making sense of the emotions of themselves and others, and using emotions effectively in establishing correct communication with other people, is of great importance in the decisions that individuals make throughout their lives. The research data were obtained from 1347 individual investors in seven different cities using a simple random sampling method through a questionnaire. Explanatory factor analysis, correlation analysis and linear regression method were used in the study. In the study aiming to examine the relationship between risk taking attitude and emotional intelligence on individual investors; While the emotional intelligence factor, which was examined in four dimensions, was found to be positively related to the use of emotions and the regulation of emotions dimensions with risk taking attitude; the evaluation of their own feelings and the evaluation of the others feelings have no significant relationships.