The Psychology of Trading: Alessio Rastani (Full Transcript)

Alessio Rastani

Full transcript of independent trader Alessio Rastani’s TEDx Talk: The Psychology of Trading @ TEDxManchester conference.

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Alessio Rastani – Independent trader

Great, fantastic. Before I start, I want to ask you a favor.

I’m going to do a little quiz – just had that on – Who likes a little quiz? Yeah. Come on, we can try without.

Everyone up for a quiz? All right. Let’s go back – those slides up guys –

So the first slide is – let’s get that up – Ah, I’ve got to press forward.

Ah, there we go. So, who said this? If you guys know this, just say it out loud OK? Not Gordon Gekko, no.

“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.”

Who said that? Warren Buffett.

Well done! Who is Warren Buffett? Yes, he is the world’s richest share investor. Remember his name, I’ll be coming back to him shortly.

So, what we’re going to talk about today, we’re going to talk about how to profit from a crisis. All right, so that’s what we’re talking about. OK, who said this? OK, second question.