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Top 8 Ways To Lose All The Money In Trading

  
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 tradingloss8 – Put all of your efforts into finding the perfect technical indicator. Once you find this magical indicator, it will be like turning on a water faucet. Go all in. The money will just flow into your account!

7 – Make sure to visit a lot of stock trading forums and ask them for hot stock tips. Also, ask all your friends and family for stock tips. They are usually right, and acting on these tips can make you very rich.
6 – Watch what other traders do and be sure to follow the crowd. After all, they have been trading a lot longer than you so naturally they are smarter.
5 – Pay very close attention to the fundamentals of a company. You MUST know the P/E ratio, book value, profit margins, etc. Once you find a “good company”, consider going on margin to pay for shares in their stock. (more…)

Trading Madness

  
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Psychological BiasEffect on Investment BehaviorConsequence
OverconfidenceTrade too much.  Take too much risk and fail to diversifyPay too much in commissions and taxes.  Susceptible to big losses
AttachmentBecome emotionally attached to a security and see it through rose-colored glassesSusceptible to big losses
EndowmentWant to keep the securities receivedNot achieving a match between your investment goals and your investments
Status QuoHold back on changing your portfolioFailure to adjust asset allocation and begin contributing to retirement plan
Seeking PrideSell winners too soonLower return and higher taxes
Avoiding RegretHold losers too longLower return and higher taxes
House MoneyTake too much risk after winningSusceptible to big losses
Snake BitTake too little risk after losingLose chance for higher return in the long term
Get EvenTake too much risk trying to get break evenSusceptible to big losses
Social ValidationFeel that it must be good if others are investing in the securityParticipate in price bubble which ultimately causes you to buy high and sell low
Mental AccountingFail to diversifyNot receiving the highest return possible for the level of risk taken
Cognitive DissonanceIgnore information that conflicts with prior beliefs and decisionsReduces your ability to evaluate and monitor your investment choices
RepresentativenessThink things that seem similar must be alike.  So a good company must be a good investmentPurchase overpriced stocks
FamiliarityThink companies that you know seem better and saferFailure to diversify and put too much faith in the company in which you work
   
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