Usually former athletes, tennis and hockey players make the best traders.
Able to play both offense and defense simultaneously, and able to think a few steps ahead of the game.
Spreaders / Option Traders
Quick and flexible thinkers, able to look at numbers and figure risk and value instantaneously.
Not in the market to take risk, methodically search for mathematical anomalies and lock in profits immediately.
Position Traders
Energy level almost nonexistent.
Put on passive positions, ride the winners, cut losers.
As a position trader, your brains are working all the time, and you keep looking for an informational edge that might drive the market one way or the other.