After reading the "Are you cut out for this" thread, I've created a "personality inventory" for you to gauge your natural propensity to trade profitably. I have given this subject intense thought. I have also, over the years had the opportunity to interact with many highly successful traders and many more highly unsuccessful traders. You must answer honestly and quickly. Don't read too much into the questions. Some of you may disagree, but I think the results will be pretty accurate. I will post the scoring key later today...so theres no opportunity for you to cheat. Ready? 1. Several past or present significant others have told me that I am a selfish and narcissistic person. A. True B. False 2. I procrastinate more than most people A. True B. False 3. I have been arrested for DUI at least once within the past 5 years. A. True B. False 4. In my love life, I have been dumped more times than I've been the dumper. (Be honest) A. True B. False 5. I still frequently (once a day) think about the "one that got away" A. True B. False 6. I ALWAYS shop around and never pay full price for anything, there's always a way to buy it cheaper. A. True B. False 7. My doctor has suggested that I try PAXIL A. True B. False 8. I consider myself a perfectionist in every way. A. TRUE B. FALSE 9. When playing sports, I play my best A. The beginning of the game B. 5 minutes left on the clock and our team is down by 10 C. Our team is so far ahead there no way they can catch up 10. When I trade A. I am eurphoric when I have a great day and depressed when I have a losing one B. My emotions are not substantially correlated to my profitabilty. 11. Other people think of me as an optimist, not a skeptic A. True B. False 12. If I am a long , its going against me, but I KNOW that its going up. A. I buy more to lower my cost basis B. Hold patiently C. Exit 13. If I read a few more books about trading, I know that I ill be sucessful. A. True B. False 14. If I have a position on and am deciding where to exit, one of my main considerations is my cost basis. A. True B. False 15. I once bought a course from an infomercial on"how to make money in Real estae with nothing down" A. True B. False 16. When SuperEgo was posting his methodology on this board A. His egocentric delivery was too offensive for me to read B. I read with intense curiosity and some skepticism C. There is NOTHING that SE could possibly teach me 17. My tenacity is by far my greatest quality. A. TRUE B. False