Cognitive Biases in Trading
Why do so many experienced traders still make bad decisions in the financial markets?
Because they are human, and therefore subject to cognitive biases and emotions that distort their judgment.
This module offers you a deep dive into behavioral psychology applied to trading to better understand these invisible… but powerful mechanisms.
Through this module, you will:
- Explore the main cognitive biases that influence financial decisions (overconfidence, confirmation bias, disposition effect, etc.)
- Discover the underestimated role of emotions such as fear and greed, and their impact on logical reasoning in stressful situations
- Understand the basics of behavioral finance and the limitations of traditional economically rational models
- Begin to develop a critical reflexivity posture that is essential for any strategy to control the risk
This module can be taken independently, or integrated into the complete “Psychology and Behavioral Biases in Trading” course, itself part of our professional e-learning offering “Finance, Management Control & Procurement”.
Entirely digital, this content is aimed at market professionals, risk controllers, and students of behavioral finance.
What you will gain from it:
✔ A better understanding of systematic errors of judgment in finance
✔ A first level of detection of biases in your own decisions
✔ Practical levers to limit their impact from your next operations
