Assessment Task: Assessment Task:
Section A---Trading performance self-evaluation (indicative word count: 1500)
Analyse your performance during simulated trading using Finance Lab. Your analysis should comprise:
• a summarised quantitative analysis of your performance.
Please include the following measures for each game you have played and use charts/tables to present your analysis results in your analysis.
Total profit and rate of return
Number of trades per game
Profitable & unprofitable trade %
Average profit and average return of return on profitable trades
Average loss and average return of return on unprofitable trades
Average holding time of profitable trades
Average holding time of unprofitable trades
• a reflection on the psychological issues you encountered during the trading simulations, including reference to the literature.
o Make good use of the website https://www.ig.com/uk/research/psychology-in-trading
Where you can find common psychological issues encountered by many traders. It also provides you papers/articles that address these issues.
o Make good use of your trading data analysis results. They can help you identify irrational behaviours/psychological issues you personally might be subject to in trading.
o Refer to the behavioural finance literature for definitions of particular psychological issues you encountered and their impact on trading performance etc.
Section B---Write an (argumentative) essay on the Efficient Market Hypothesis (indicative word count: 1500)
You should
• discuss the EMH and its implications for financial investment.
• develop your arguments around the question “Is stock market efficient” based on empirical research findings in the literature.
Section A---Trading performance self-evaluation (indicative word count: 1500)
Analyse your performance during simulated trading using Finance Lab. Your analysis should comprise:
• a summarised quantitative analysis of your performance.
Please include the following measures for each game you have played and use charts/tables to present your analysis results in your analysis.
Total profit and rate of return
Number of trades per game
Profitable & unprofitable trade %
Average profit and average return of return on profitable trades
Average loss and average return of return on unprofitable trades
Average holding time of profitable trades
Average holding time of unprofitable trades
• a reflection on the psychological issues you encountered during the trading simulations, including reference to the literature.
o Make good use of the website https://www.ig.com/uk/research/psychology-in-trading
Where you can find common psychological issues encountered by many traders. It also provides you papers/articles that address these issues.
o Make good use of your trading data analysis results. They can help you identify irrational behaviours/psychological issues you personally might be subject to in trading.
o Refer to the behavioural finance literature for definitions of particular psychological issues you encountered and their impact on trading performance etc.
Section B---Write an (argumentative) essay on the Efficient Market Hypothesis (indicative word count: 1500)
You should
• discuss the EMH and its implications for financial investment.
• develop your arguments around the question “Is stock market efficient” based on empirical research findings in the literature.
Assessment Task:
Section A---Trading performance self-evaluation (indicative word count: 1500)
Analyse your performance during simulated trading using Finance Lab. Your analysis should comprise:
• a summarised quantitative analysis of your performance.
Please include the following measures for each game you have played and use charts/tables to present your analysis results in your analysis.
Total profit and rate of return
Number of trades per game
Profitable & unprofitable trade %
Average profit and average return of return on profitable trades
Average loss and average return of return on unprofitable trades
Average holding time of profitable trades
Average holding time of unprofitable trades
• a reflection on the psychological issues you encountered during the trading simulations, including reference to the literature.
o Make good use of the website https://www.ig.com/uk/research/psychology-in-trading
Where you can find common psychological issues encountered by many traders. It also provides you papers/articles that address these issues.
o Make good use of your trading data analysis results. They can help you identify irrational behaviours/psychological issues you personally might be subject to in trading.
o Refer to the behavioural finance literature for definitions of particular psychological issues you encountered and their impact on trading performance etc.
Section B---Write an (argumentative) essay on the Efficient Market Hypothesis (indicative word count: 1500)
You should
• discuss the EMH and its implications for financial investment.
• develop your arguments around the question “Is stock market efficient” based on empirical research findings in the literature.
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