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Your shareIQ cognitive bias questionnaire

Through filling in this form you will have an opportuinity to assess whether any cognitive biases exist within YOU and receive a 15 page report suggesting where you may tighten your trading game. Be honest with yourself...this is the first stage in any plan to improve your trading results

 Please look at the following statements in the form below and with each one suggest what you are likely to do in light of your experiences to date by placing the number as follows:

 0 – If you would never do/feel what is described in the statement

1 - if you would rarely do/feel what is described in the statement

2 – If you would often do/feel what is described in the statement

3 – If you always do/feel this what is described in the statement

Remember it is vital to be as honest with yourself as possible this is not about what you should feel/do but what happens to you NOW

Acknowledging this is this first stage in creating a plan to become a more successful trader for a lifetime

You will receive your individualised report via email

Your information

Name
email address
City
State/County
Country

Complete all items then press submit

Score

1

I am unhappier about $500 loss than I am happy with a $500 win


2

I worry about the cost of my education


3

I celebrate how clever I have been that i made a profit and didn’t have to adhere to my plan


4

I feel I will never achieve what I want to with my trading after I have had 3 successive losses


5

I trade immediately after a downturn as a share price starts going up


6

I consider it a failure when I don’t make a profit in a trade.


7

I have a tendency to 'trail down' my original exit strategy as the share price drops


8

I haven’t properly reviewed my trading plan in the last 3 months against my trading performance using a trading journal


9

I would tend to exit a trade quickly (OR use a buy/write strategy with covered calls) in case the share price drops while I delay


10

A succession of three losses means that I am doing something wrong


11

I close out my trades as soon as I see a turn in price


12

I continue with existing software than buy something new because of the money that I have already invested in my existing software


13

I regularly exit a winning trade prematurely to avoid the fear of losing profit


14

I think that when a share is trading at its highest price I shouldn’t enter a trade


15

I am beginning to be able to ‘feel’ the market


16

I will trade when a share price is dropping as the volume of trades weakens.


17

I look at what price i originally bought a share for when decision making about whether to sell


18

I exercise extra caution when trading when the market hits a new high in case it is due for a big correction


19

I feel I am getting a real handle on the share market after three having wins


20

I feel upset when a share price finishes substantially over the price at which I sold after taking profit (OR sold a covered call that is exercised)