Your mindset, tax, scams and scores

The side of trading that isn’t about the market: how your own mind works against you, keeping records, tax basics, scams, and how to read a Tickfloor score honestly.

Module 18 of 26, in the stage "Your plan". 7 lessons.

Lessons

1. The mistakes almost every beginner makesSpot the mistakes that show up in nearly every new trader’s history. 15 min.
2. Keeping a trading journalSet up a simple journal that can tell you whether a rule works. 12 min.
3. Tax basics: holding period matters (general information)Understand, in general terms, why how long you hold shares or crypto changes the tax you pay, wherever you trade. 13 min.
4. Spotting scams and dodgy finfluencersRecognise the warning signs regulators keep finding in social media investing posts. 14 min.
5. How to read a Tickfloor score honestlyTreat a score as one piece of evidence with its basis shown, not a promise about what happens next. 14 min.
6. What the research says about active traders, and what overtrading costsQuote what large studies found about frequent retail trading, and link trade count directly to cost drag. 16 min.
7. Trading, gambling and knowing when to stopRecognise when trading has turned into gambling behaviour, set a pause rule in advance, and know where to get free help. 14 min.

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