TalkingTrading

Dr Daniel Crosby makes behavioural finance fascinating and explains why our primitive brains are hardwired 180 degrees against investing in the stock market.Caroline StephenThe price of West Texas Intermediate Crude oil went into negative dollars for the first time in history. Here is a quick look at the price drop and the differences between Brent and West Texas Crude.  Dr Daniel CrosbyWhy is trading so hard to master? Daniel explains it.It is true, God or nature could not have created a worse investor than you or I.Our brains are wired 180 degrees backwards to invest in the stock market.Humans hate NOTHING more than uncertainty.In over 2500 years our primitive brains have not had a substantial upgrade and there is an enormous mismatch for what we were made for in cave-man times and what is required in modern financial marketsFor instance, why are we statistically wired to be 2.5 times more upset about a loss than a comparably sized win?  Daniel explains it at 9.45 minsAnd then he talks about the 3 types of