231: The 10 New Trading Psychology Challenges Emerging from Autotrading

The Option Alpha Podcast

31-07-2023 • 47 mins

Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show231

This week we explore the latest and most pressing challenges emerging for investors who have embraced autotrading.

As automation revolutionizes the financial markets, traders find themselves navigating uncharted psychological territory. From trusting bots and algorithms, coping with reduced decision-making control, and the novel complexities of autotrading that demand a new style of adaptation and resilience.

With help from our team, I’ll peel back the proverbial onion on the evolving mindset of options traders and shed some light on these new psychological challenges popping up.

See the full list here

  1. Obsessive-Compulsive Overriding (OCO)
  2. Strategy Straitjacketing
  3. Current Events Fallacy
  4. Sweeping Conclusion Anxiety
  5. Shiny Object Syndrome Freeze
  6. Bot Scapegoating
  7. Feature Creep
  8. Emotional Hedging
  9. Version Control Disorder
  10. Identity Panic Disorder