Trust center · sources
Primary sources behind TraderTypes risk and education boundaries.
These sources inform concepts and guardrails. They do not independently validate TT4 or endorse any personality-to-trading recommendation.
Personality interpretation
The Myers & Briggs Foundation explains that preference is not ability and that type instruments describe preferences rather than competence. TraderTypes is independent and uses an MBTI-inspired educational structure, not the official MBTI assessment.
Retail trading and leverage
Investor.gov and FINRA materials inform warnings about day trading, margin, concentration, and leveraged strategies. CFTC education informs futures, forex, digital-asset, and derivatives risk boundaries.
Behavioral finance
Concepts such as loss aversion, overconfidence, and decision-making under uncertainty are informed by published behavioral-finance research. These concepts support reflection prompts but do not validate a specific four-letter result.
How sources are used
Sources support factual mechanics and risk framing. TraderTypes adds its own process exercises, journal fields, and report structure. We avoid presenting regulator warnings as proof that a personality causes a market outcome.
Primary source links
- Myers & Briggs: preferences are not ability
- Investor.gov: day-trading risk
- Investor.gov: options and leveraged-strategy risks
- CFTC: futures-market risk basics
- FINRA: day-trading risk disclosure
- FINRA: options, Greeks, approval, and uncovered-call risk
- Investor.gov: margin can exceed the amount invested
- FINRA: stop prices are not guaranteed execution prices
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