If the markets interest you, you'll probably work to develop a logical explanation for how they work. This is because you love theoretical ideas and abstract concepts (in fact, much more so than people interactions). This can be great for trading success, if you don't get too theoretical. This type of trader profile suggests that you value knowledge above all else. As a result, you'll be constantly generating new ideas about the market or trying to disprove the ideas that you learn from others. This can be a blessing, as a trader, if you transform this skill into developing a business plan for your trading. On the other hand, it could also be a weakness if you cannot translate it into a sound plan.

You probably are quiet, contained, and adaptable. In addition, I suspect that you can focus in depth on solving a problem in whatever areas interest you. As a result, you can probably succeed very well in the trading arena, if you don't get too focused on concepts that do not work.

You tend to be skeptical, analytical, and sometimes critical. These are also good qualities for a trader. In addition, you probably are very independent, unconventional, and original. These qualities are perfect for traders/investors because they will drive you to develop a system or methodology that FITS YOU rather than attempt to use something that someone else has developed.

Because you have simple day to day needs you are easy to get along with, Personal conflict doesn't really threaten you.

You have two of the three qualities that we find the best traders/investors tend to have. Thus, if you apply yourself, you have the potential to do very well as a trader/investor.

Trading Strengths

  1. You can quickly determine if a new style of trading or system will fit well with your personality.
  2. You can rapidly evaluate when something is working for you.
  3. You like the challenge of sorting out market conditions and like the intellectual stimulation of developing and planning low risk trading ideas.

Trading Challenges

  1. Your trading could dominate your time and you could become socially isolated, which in turn could upset others, particularly if you have a spouse.
  2. You may reject or abandon workable systems if the logic isn't clear; because you don't understand the systems boundaries ahead of time.
  3. You are a human being not an android, and you do have emotions. You just don't pay that much attention to them.