1st Edition

The Psychology of Successful Trading Behavioural Strategies for Profitability

By Tim Short Copyright 2018
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

This book is the first to demonstrate the practical implications of an important, yet under-considered area of psychology in helping traders and investors understand the biases and attribution errors that drive unpredictable behaviour on the trading floor. Readers will improve their chances of trading successfully by learning where cognitive biases lead to errors in stock analysis and how these... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Beating The Market

3. Theory of Mind

4. Belief-Formation Biases I

5. Belief-Formation Biases II

6. Quasi-Economic Biases

7. Social Biases I

8. Social Biases II

Biography

Tim Short spent almost a decade on the trading floor of several investment banks. He is the author of Simulation Theory, published by Routledge in 2015.

"Although artificial intelligence is playing a major role in accelerating our understanding of investing and trading,  through the analysis of increasingly available data, the ultimate drivers of investment decisions are still based on psychology. From a wealth of practical experience in both fields, Tim explores how our psychology affects our trading decisions." - Christos Danias, StormHarbour Securities LLP, UK