The Gambler
Impulsive, emotional trading — no plan.
Trading feels like a rush, and that rush is the point. Gut entries, sizing by conviction, and rules that bend whenever the moment feels right. It can win for a while — until the math (and the missing plan) catches up. The line between trading and gambling is a journal you can actually read.
Sensation-seeking + gambler's fallacy. Without a measured edge, "trading" is just betting with extra screens.
- +Takes action fast
- +Comfortable with risk
- +Not paralyzed by fear
- −Low discipline / no plan
- −Emotion-driven decisions
- −No consistent risk sizing
Which of the 9 types are you?
16 questions, about 2 minutes. No signup, nothing stored on a server — your answers never leave your browser.
Frequently asked
A free 16-question self-assessment that estimates your trading archetype across 9 behavioral profiles used in the K.M.F. Trading Journal app — from the disciplined Sniper to the emotional Revenge Trader. It reveals your dominant behavioral bias and gives you three concrete fixes.
No. Everything runs in your browser. Your answers and result are saved only in your own browser (localStorage) so a page refresh does not lose them — nothing is ever sent to, or stored on, a server. There is no signup and no data collection.
It is a self-report estimate of the same trader archetypes the K.M.F. app computes automatically from your real trades (discipline, emotions, hold-time patterns, disposition effect). It is an excellent mirror and starting point — your true, data-driven profile comes from your actual trade history in the app.
The 9 trader archetypes
