Financial Risk Taking explores the complex relationship between human behaviour and the markets, offering the reader a context in which to assess their own strengths and
weaknesses. It is essential reading for anyone wishing to invest in stocks and trade futures as part of a Self-Investment Pension or day trading business. Following years of trading
and careful research the author has developed the comprehensive Model of Trading Competence that depicts the competences and competencies required to succeed.
The book embraces some controversial issues and introduces the concepts of
Perceptual Errors - how these negatively influence the trading process and how to overcome them through applying techniques such as analysis and refutation.