We need to be aware of our thinking processes when making decisions in trading and investing – by Wolfgang Fallmann

Many traders and investors are losing money on the markets. They believe that they make rational and good decisions. Unfortunately, this is not true for most people and for most investment decisions. All too often we allow ourselves to be fooled into relying too much on our current mood, feelings and emotions when making decisions. We believe our first intuitive answer, but it usually causes mistakes. We tend to be risk takers when we lose and risk averse when we win. We tend to overestimate our knowledge of the world and underestimate the role that chance plays in events. Because our brain is not designed for this, we ignore statistical facts and overweight unlikely events.
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