Week 3 Session: There Is More Than One Way to Trade

A classification session: sorting a set of simulated trader profiles — and your own circumstances — against the three styles from this week’s lecture.

What you’re given#

Short simulated profiles (available time per day, tolerance for watching a screen, and stated goal) for a handful of hypothetical traders, alongside the three styles: investing, swing trading, day trading.

What you do#

Classify each simulated profile against the style it actually fits, then run the same classification on yourself — honestly, not aspirationally — and name one risk that comes with the style you land on.

What you produce#

A completed classification table plus a short written self-assessment: your style, your reasoning, and one risk you’re accepting by choosing it.

Why it matters#

This self-assessment is background for the Market Mechanics Notebook, due this week; it doesn’t itself carry marks, but Weeks 6 and 7 assume you know which style you’re building toward.