Understanding your personality tendencies in contract trading is the first step towards rational trading. The following ten questions simulate real trading scenarios to help you gain insight into your risk preferences, decision-making patterns, and psychological traits. Please choose the option that best reflects your reaction based on your first instinct.
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Self-assessment of trading personality in ten questions
1. Facing opportunities:
A cryptocurrency you are watching suddenly surges 20% in a short period, and market sentiment is euphoric, while you do not have a position. At this point, you usually would:
· A. Immediately take a small position and set strict stop-losses to avoid missing out completely.
· B. Quickly analyze the reasons for the rise and support levels, waiting for a slight pullback to enter the market.
· C. Hold still, thinking this is a 'FOMO trap', continue to observe the subsequent trend.
· D. Heavily or fully enter, believing the trend will continue, aiming to seize this opportunity.
2. Handling losses:
A key trade of yours triggered a stop-loss, resulting in a 5% loss of your principal. However, immediately after closing, the market moves in the direction you originally predicted. Your first reaction is:
· A. Frustrated and ignoring stop-loss, may increase stop-loss next time or simply not set one.
· B. Accept calmly; stop-loss is part of the system, and look for the next opportunity.
· C. Eager to 'recoup losses', immediately looking for similar opportunities to make larger trades.
· D. Review whether the stop-loss settings were reasonable, optimizing entry points or stop-loss strategies.
3. Decision-making basis:
Where do you primarily source your decision-making basis when opening positions?
· A. Technical chart patterns, indicators' golden cross and dead cross, key support and resistance levels.
· B. Project fundamentals, industry news, macroeconomic policy news.
· C. Strong recommendations from community influencers, analysts, or close friends.
· D. Your own market intuition and judgment of market sentiment.
4. After making a profit:
Your single trade profit has reached twice the initial target, and the trend seems to continue. At this point, you would:
· A. Immediately close half, lock in some profits, and let the remaining position continue to run.
· B. Move the stop-loss above the cost price, firmly hold until a trend reversal signal appears.
· C. Close all positions for safety, regret not buying in fully, but satisfied with current profits.
· D. Consider adding positions to maximize profits.
5. Time frame:
What is your favorite holding period?
· A. A few minutes to a few hours (intraday short-term/scalping).
· B. A few hours to a few days (swing trading).
· C. A few days to a few weeks (trend trading).
· D. Unfixed, trade when there is an opportunity, and take profits.
6. Facing extreme volatility:
Before and after major news releases, the market experiences severe and chaotic spikes. Your open contracts face significant volatility. You will:
· A. Close positions early to avoid uncertainty, waiting to enter after the market stabilizes.
· B. Check if the margin is sufficient to avoid liquidation, then stick to the original plan.
· C. Try to 'gamble' the direction, looking for high-odds reversal opportunities amidst the volatility.
· D. Feel anxious, frequently operate, and constantly modify orders.
7. Planning and execution:
How do you treat your trading plan?
· A. Have a detailed written plan (entry, stop-loss, take-profit, position) and strictly adhere to it.
· B. Have a rough plan in mind, but often change it due to temporary market fluctuations.
· C. Rarely make plans, operate more on feelings in the market.
· D. Will make plans, but stop-loss and take-profit are often adjusted based on emotions at the time of holding.
8. Learning and reflection:
Outside of trading, you spend the most time on:
· A. Backtest your trading strategy, analyzing historical trade data.
· B. Learning new technical indicators or trading theories.
· C. Browse social media, group chats, to obtain market hot information.
· D. Meditate or engage in mental exercises to maintain emotional stability.
9. Position management habits:
What is your typical risk per trade (i.e., the maximum loss when a stop-loss is triggered) as a percentage of total capital?
· A. Less than 1%.
· B. 1%-3%.
· C. 3%-5%.
· D. Over 5%, sometimes even higher.
10. Self-awareness:
You believe your greatest advantage in trading is:
· A. Strong discipline, can strictly execute plans.
· B. Strong analytical skills, good at discovering patterns.
· C. Quick to react, fast execution.
· D. Optimistic mindset, can quickly recover from losses.
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How to interpret your choices?
This is not a strict scoring test, but through your preferences, a profile of your trading personality can be sketched out:
· Most choose A: Disciplinary traders
You focus on risk management and rules, possibly using a systematic approach. Your advantage lies in stability and strong survival capability. Beware of excessive mechanization that might cause you to miss some opportunities requiring flexibility.
· Most choose B: Analytical traders
You are rational, cautious, and focus on logic and evidence. Your advantage lies in high-quality decision-making. Be careful to avoid 'analysis paralysis' and over-early profit-taking, which may cause you to miss the main upward trend.
· Most choose C: Impulsive/Social traders
You are sensitive to the market and easily influenced by emotions and groups. Your advantage lies in potentially capturing sudden market events. The biggest risk is the tendency to 'FOMO' and 'revenge trading', requiring strict discipline to restrain impulsiveness.
· Most choose D: Aggressive/Intuitive traders
You are confident, willing to take risks, and trust your judgment. Your advantage lies in potentially obtaining high returns. The risk is being over-leveraged and ignoring stop-loss, where a single mistake could lead to fatal damage. Focus on honing capital management and risk control.
Mixed types are the most common: Most people will mix multiple traits, the key is which personality dominates in different market environments.
Final core advice:
Understanding yourself is for the purpose of managing yourself. Your trading system must be compatible with your personality:
· A naturally impatient person is not suitable for long-term trend following.
· A person who hates risk should not force themselves to engage in high-frequency short-term trading.
Please consciously reinforce your strengths based on your personality profile and set 'safety fences' for your personality weaknesses (e.g., set a mandatory cooling-off period for impulsive types; set a hard position limit for aggressive types). Self-awareness is the cornerstone of becoming a mature trader. Wishing you more rationality and less risk on your trading journey.
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