The purpose of the following questions are designed to help you assess aspects of your personality that are related to the kinds of trading approaches that are likely to work for you. The questions are not designed to evaluate your emotional stability or mental health. The objective of this exercise is to find out your personal style, so that you can match it to your trading style. Hence, there are no right or wrong answers. Each item consists of two statements. Please choose the statement that best describes you.
This test was developed by Reynaldo Soriano, author of “Why You Could Be Destined To Fail In Trading and How You Can Avoid It!: The Path of a Champion” and high performance coach.
| Question 1 | |
| 1a) I tend to be meticulous and get each aspect of a job done as well as I can. | Yes |
| 1b) I focus on the big picture instead of details and don’t look at the small aspects of a job. | Yes |
| Question 2 | |
| 2a) If you could hear the thoughts in my head as I’m trading, you’d hear negative thoughts. | Yes |
| 2b) If you could hear the thoughts in my head as I’m trading, you’d hear me analyzing the market action. | Yes |
| Question 3 | |
| 3a) I would choose a car that is comfortable and quiet. | Yes |
| 3b) I would choose a car that is fast and handles well. | Yes |
| Question 4 | |
| 4a) I arrive early for appointments and events to make sure I’m not late. | Yes |
| 4b) I often show up late to appointments and events and not very time-oriented. | Yes |
| Question 5 | |
| 5a) I first feel frustrated and vent my feelings either outwardly or at myself when a problem occurs in my trading. | Yes |
| 5b) I first focus on what went wrong and what I can do to fix it when a problem occurs in my trading. | Yes |
| Question 6 | |
| 6a) I generally go to my favorite restaurants and order my favorite foods when I go out to eat. | Yes |
| 6b) I like to try new and unfamiliar restaurants and foods when I go out to eat. | Yes |
| Question 7 | |
| 7a) I eat healthy foods and get a good amount of exercise and rest. | Yes |
| 7b) I’m very busy and don’t always eat, exercise, and sleep as I should. | Yes |
| Question 8 | |
| 8a) I trade by my gut or intuition. | Yes |
| 8b) I trade with my head. | Yes |
| Question 9 | |
| 9a) I avoid arguments and conflict. | Yes |
| 9b) I like stating and asserting my opinions and hash things out. | Yes | Question 10 |
| 10a) I would be good at following an exercise or diet program. | Yes |
| 10b) I would sometimes cheat on an exercise or diet program. | Yes | Question 11 |
| 11a) It is hard for me to handle setbacks in the market. | Yes |
| 11b) I take market setbacks as a cost of doing business. | Yes | Question 12 |
| 12a) I like vacations that are peaceful and relaxing. | Yes |
| 12b) I like vacations where you see and do a lot of different things. | Yes | Question 13 |
| 13a) I get routine maintenance done on my car when it is scheduled. | Yes |
| 13b) I don’t follow scheduled routine maintenance on my car. | Yes | Question 14 |
| 14a) When I start winning, I feel on top of the world in the market; when I lose, I’m down or down on myself. | Yes |
| 14b) I don’t have many emotional ups or downs in the market. | Yes | Question 15 |
| 15a) I would like a job with a stable company that pays a guaranteed salary and benefits, even if I might not get rich. | Yes |
| 15b) I would like a job with a startup company that offers me a chance to get rich, even if I might get laid off if things don’t work out. | Yes |
Thank you Rahul
Interesting perspective, for sure. Thank you for giving me access to the test.
nice conclusion.
Excellent one, got a chance to realize where I am.