Instructions: Watch the video below and answer the questions as they are presented. If exercising on an iPhone, click "Done" in the upper left corner whenever the video pauses and the next question will appear. Enjoy the workout!
Click to begin your practice exercise
"The Trader Brain Exercise is the first in what promises to become a unique suite of financial training tools that are designed based on solid scientific analysis of trading skill. To use it is akin to performing the proven exercises that enhance a piano player, a diver, a navy seal, or a pilot. Trading desks will be able to train their members into becoming better traders without risking the company's money. No longer will trading skill need to be considered "innate" or something that can only be learned on the job. It can be strengthened through exercising."
Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of Experimental Finance and Decision Neuroscience
University of Melbourne
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Predicting the movement of the shapes taps into a brain facility called Theory of Mind which has been shown in brain scans to be the thinking style underlying exceptional market prowess.