Financial risk taking
Subtitle: an introduction to the psychology of trading and behavioural finance
By: Mike Elvin
Series: Wiley trading series
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Stocks -- Psychological aspects; Speculation -- Psychological aspects; Investments -- Psychological aspects
Description: "Financial Risk Taking explores the complex relationship between human behaviour and the markets, offering the reader a context in which to assess their own strengths and weaknesses. It is essential reading for anyone wishing to invest in stocks or trade futures as part of a Self-Investment Pension or day trading business. Following years of trading and careful research the author has developed the Comprehensive Model of Trading Competence that depicts the competences and competencies required to succeed."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-256) and index
Table of contents: title: Between Scylla and Charybdis; title: Understanding trading competence; title: A comprehensive model of trading competence; title: Taming stress to become a better trader; title: The psychology of perceptual bias; title: Emotions, emotional intelligence, and trading; title: Martial arts and Budo Zen : controlling fear and self-sabotage; title: Trading standards and criteria : have you passed your MOT?