關於女性交易的6大錯誤認識

相對於男性而言，當前女性交易證券的數量更少。幸運的是，這一切都在發生改變。女性對自己的投資擁有越來越多的控制權，並且敢於進入一向由男性主導的金融市場。一些公司比如Orbex以及 FX Street已經認識到了這一點，並說明女性提高了參與金融交易的意識，女性參加金融交易的途徑也越來越多。
人們對於女性參與金融市場的交易仍然有很多錯誤觀點，比如，為什麼沒有很多女性經商。
下面是關於女性的證券交易的6大常見誤解。

1) 女性不交易有價證券
關於女性進入金融的最大誤解來源於人們的情感：金融以及財富管理不是女性擅長的。這與科技領域十分相似，女性成為金融領域交易者或者是領導者是很少被認可的。因此，我們就傾向於猜測女性對金融領域既不感興趣也不了解，因此，她們也就不交易。
事實上是，女性做交易，並且女性交易者的數量以每年2%的速度增長。這是一個緩慢卻穩定的增長趨勢，沒有任何的止步迹象。盡管數量少，但是她們確實在交易。
 
2) 她們不盈利
證券交易是存在風險的。沒有交易聖杯，也沒有神奇的公式，然而卻存在分析市場的方法，你可以基於對市場的分析做交易。女性用於分析市場的平均時間大於男性，並且會抽出時間進行必要的學習，這在她們的交易成果中可以看出。女性投資的俱樂部通常比男性投資的俱樂部盈利大5%左右。
 
3) 女性對證券以及金融不感興趣
由於女性不常出入於證券等金融交易市場，所以，通常認為她們對金融不感興趣。在前幾年，金融市場的相關知識僅限於男性居多的大學以及專科學校。現在，網路可以允許任何人學校證券交易或金融，因此，女性也越來越多地參與進來。同時，隨著女性每年2%的速度增長，女性對金融不感興趣的命題已經站不住腳。

4) 只有那些在經紀商部門以及大的金融機構工作的女性才交易
與通常的認識相反，許多交易外匯的女性已經將交易當作全職工作。她們不需要進入大的金融機構工作，也不是正式的接受訓練的專家。她們從網路上學習在線交易，應用她們的知識並可以在自己舒適的家裡成功地進行交易。

5) 覺得部分交易是依靠幸運或者是感覺
一個主要原因是女性證券交易的信心水平有良好的記錄。盡管人們發現男性更傾向於快速、頻繁交易，但是女性卻 會進行更多的學習，尋找更多的信息，在交易之前會認真考慮。她們憑借第六感交易的幾率非常小，這就使得她們對於風險的承受力相對弱並且更傾向於輕倉交易。

6) 在危機來臨的時候，她們的交易會更糟
通常，人們認為女性是感性的，而男性則更加理性。因此，當危機來臨的時候，女性會更加緊張因而做出錯誤交易決定，尤其是，金融方面會導致各種災難性的後果。現實中，金融業務展現了另外一個不同的故事：德國的Commdierct銀行進行一項50萬份的投資組合調查顯示，女性的交易表現比男性高 4% - 6%。
盡管女性正在緩慢地沿著金融階梯向上爬，但是她們的步伐是穩定的。Orbex的最近的調查得到了許多網站的支援，諸如FX Street, Forex Magnates, Invest Diva’s Kiana Danial等等，它們都對女性交易者的的上升表示鼓勵。

6 Myths About Women Traders
There are currently very few women in securities trading compared to their male counterparts. Fortunately, that’s all changing. Women are taking more control of their investment decisions and are daring to enter the financial markets that have been known to be male-dominated. Pushing for change, certain companies such as Orbex and FX Street are recognising and raising the awareness of women in finance, and as a result, the path for women wishing to enter the field is widening.

There are still some misconceptions when it comes to women and finance, especially regarding why there aren’t many in the business to begin with.

Here are 6 most common myths about women and security trading.

1) Women don’t trade securities
The biggest myths regarding women in finance, generally come from the sentiment that trading, finance and wealth management are ‘not a woman thing’. Much like in science and technology, a discourse of women in finance as either traders or leaders is seldom acknowledged. As a result, we tend to assume that women both don’t take any interest or know anything about finance, and thus don’t trade.
The truth is, however, that women do trade. In fact, there are approximately 2% more women traders every year. This is a slow but steady trend that doesn’t show any signs of stopping. They are out there, albeit still in small numbers.
 
2) They don’t make money
Securities trading is risky. There is no holy grail to it, nor a magic formula, however there ways to analyse the markets and conduct trades based on those analyses. Women spend, on average, more time than men doing the analyses and acquiring the necessary education, which is often seen in their performance. All female investment clubs outperformed all male investment club by a staggering 5%.
 
3) Women aren’t interested in securities trading and finance
Since women are not that well represented in the securities trading industry and finance in general, it is often believed that this isn’t something women are interested in. In the previous years, the knowledge of the financial markets was constricted to Universities and specialised schools which were mostly attended by men. Nowadays however, the internet allows anyone to learn securities trading or finance which leads more and more women to be involved. In addition, with the female trading population rising by 2% annually, the myth that women aren’t interested in trading is not reflective of reality.

4) Only those who work for brokers or large financial institution trade
Contrary to the popular belief, many women who trade, especially in Forex, have made trading their full time job. They don’t necessarily work for large financial institutions, nor are formally trained financial professionals. There are many female traders who have learned the art of trading online, applied their knowledge and are successfully trading from the comfort of their home.

5) Most trade on luck or feeling
One of the main reasons women have a better track record in securities trading is their confidence levels. While men have been found to be more prone to making trades quicker and more frequently, women tend to study a lot more, seek information and think twice before trading. They are least likely to trade on gut feeling, which makes them less risk tolerant and less prone to overtrading.

6) They tend to do worse in crisis
Women are often thought to be emotional, while men are thought to be more rational. As a result, when it comes to crisis, it is often believed that women would panic more and make worse decisions, especially so in finance, resulting in all kinds of disastrous results. In reality, the financial business speaks of a different story.
In a study conducted by German Comdirect Bank and the DAB, a sample of about 500K portfolios found that during the 2007 and especially the crisis year of 2008, women on average did 4% - 6% better than men.

Although women are slowly making their way up the financial ladder, the movement is steady. The recent campaign launch by Orbex has gathered many supporters, such as FX Street, Forex Magnates, Invest Diva’s Kiana Danial, among many others, and shows keenness to support and encourage the rise of the female trader.

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文章來源：http://www.fxstreet.com/education/forex-basics/6-myths-about-women-traders/2015/03/09/