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The Ultimate Trading Guide on Elliot Wave Theory
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Rolf Feb 5, 2019 7:00:00 PM
“95% of all traders fail” is the most commonly used trading related statistic around the internet. But no research paper exists that proves this number right. Research even suggests that the actual figure is much, much higher. In the following article we’ll show you 24 very surprising statistics economic scientists discovered by analyzing actual broker data and the performance of traders. Some explain very well why most traders lose money.
After going over these 24 statistics it’s very obvious to tell why traders fail. More often than not trading decisions are not based on sound research, tested trading methods or their trading journal, but on emotions, the need for entertainment and the hope to make a fortune in no time.
What traders always forget is that trading is a profession and requires skills that need to be developed over the years. Therefore, be mindful of your trading decisions and the view you have on trading. Don’t expect to be a millionaire by the end of the year, but keep in mind the possibilities trading online has.
We, at Tradeciety, built the Edgewonk trading journal which is a trading tool that allows traders to track and analyze their trades to improve their trading performance. A trading journal is a great way to become a professional trader and start taking trading seriously.
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– 1Barber, Lee, Odean (2010): Do Day Traders Rationally Learn About Their Ability?
– 2Odean (1998): Volume, volatility, price, and profit when all traders are above average
– 3Barber, & Odean (2000): Trading is hazardous to your wealth: The common stock investment performance of individual investors
– 4 Kumar: Who Gambles In The Stock Market?
– 5 Barber, Odean (2001): Boys will be boys: Gender, overconfidence, and common stock investment
– 6Calvet, L. E., Campbell, J., & Sodini P. (2009). Fight or flight? Portfolio rebalancing by individual investors.
–7Barber, B. M., Lee, Y., Liu, Y., & Odean, T. (2009). Just how much do individual investors lose by trading?
– 8Gao, X., & Lin, T. (2011). Do individual investors trade stocks as gambling? Evidence from repeated natural experiments
– 9Strahilevitz, M., Odean, T., & Barber, B. (2011). Once burned, twice shy: How naïve learning, counterfactuals, and regret affect the repurchase of stocks previously sol.
– 10Da, Z., Engelberg, J., & Gao, P. (2011). In search of attention
– 11De, S., Gondhi, N. R. & Pochiraju, B. (2010). Does sign matter more than size? An investigation into the source of investor overconfidence
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