Q3 2023 Trader Sentiment Research Survey

Thank you for taking part in the Q3 2023 Trader Sentiment Survey. This survey is expected to take about five minutes to complete. Your responses to this survey will be used to build a Trader Sentiment Report. This provides the Community with crowd-sourced information on what we may expect in Q3 2023. The survey starts with questions about individual trading experience and preferences and then moves into the market focused questions. Combining the data sets from these two sections will enable the data team to provide cross sectional reporting and analysis for the final report.

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* 1. How long have you been trading?

Fewer than 6 Months

6 months to 1 Year

1 Year to 2 Years

2 to 5 Years

5 to 10 Years

More than 10 Years

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* 2. How much time do you spend per day trading?

Less than 30 minutes per day

30 minutes to one hour per day

1-3 hours per day

I trade half the day

I spend more than half the day trading

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* 3. How did you learn to trade?

I took academic courses through a college or university

I took online classes

I taught myself

I still don't know what I'm doing

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 4. How do you prefer to learn about new trading strategies and tools?

One on One Training with a mentor

In-Person Events

On-Demand Courses

Live Webinars or Training Sessions

Blog Articles

YouTube

Reading Books

Other (please specify)

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* 5. How much time do you spend each week improving your craft as a trader?

Less than one hour per week

One to three hours per week

Three to five hours per week

Five of more hours per week

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* 6. Why do you trade?

As a source of income

To invest for retirement

The thrill of winning trades

I enjoy the mental challenge of trading

I am a professional trader/work for an investment firm

I manage family money / family office

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What assets do you trade?

Options

Stocks

Bonds

ETFs

Crypto

Futures

Forex

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 8. What Option Trading Strategies have you traded?

Straight Long Calls and/or Puts

Covered Calls

Cash-Secured Puts

Married Put

Credit Spreads

Debit Spreads

Protective Collars

Long Straddles

Long Strangles

(Iron) Condors

(Iron) Butterflies

Time Spreads (Double Calendars)

Diagonals

Naked Calls or Puts

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 9. What option strategies are working the best for you right now?

Straight Long Calls and/or Puts

Covered Calls

Cash-Secured Puts

Married Put

Credit Spreads

Debit Spreads

Protective Collars

Long Straddles

Long Strangles

(Iron) Condors

(Iron) Butterflies

Time Spreads (Double Calendars)

Diagonals

Naked Calls or Puts

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 10. What size account do you trade with?

Less than $1,000

$1,000-$5,000

$5,000-$10,000

$10,000-$25,000

$25,000-$50,000

$50,000-$100,000

$100,000-$250,000

$250,000-$500,000

$500,000-$1 Million

Over $1 Million

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* 11. Over the last quarter, your trading account balance has...

Stayed about the same

Increased less than 10%

Increased between 10% and 20%

Increased between 20% and 30%

Increased more than 30%

Decreased less than 10%

Decreased between 10% and 20%

Decreased between 20% and 30%

Decreased more than 30%

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* 12. Over the NEXT Quarter you expect that your trading account will...

Stay about the same

Increase less than 10%

Increase between 10% and 20%

Increase between 20% and 30%

Increase more than 30%

Decrease less than 10%

Decrease between 10% and 20%

Decrease more than 20%

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* 13. My preferred brokerage is...

Ally Invest

Charles Schwab

E*Trade

Fidelity Investments

Interactive Brokers (IB)

Lightspeed

Robinhood

Thinkorswim (TD Ameritrade)

TradeStation

Tradier

TastyWorks

Webull

Questrade (Canada)

Other (please specify)

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* 14. How do you rate your brokerage?

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* 15. For Technical Analysis I use

Think or Swim (TOS)

Market Chameleon

MetaStock

NinjaTrader

TradeStation

StockCharts.com

TC2000

VantagePoint

TradingView

TrendSpider

eSignal

BarChart

WealthCharts

Fidelity

Other (please specify)

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* 16. How do you rate the technical analysis tools that you use?

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* 17. What are the chances that the S&P 500 will close the quarter at or above 4,500 on September 29th, 2023

Very likely

Likely

50-50

Unlikely

Very unlikely

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* 18. What are the chances that the NDX will close at or above 15,000 on September 29th, 2023

Very likely

Likely

50-50

Unlikely

Very unlikely

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* 19. Which stock or ETF do you think will have the highest percentage gain in value in Q3 2023?

AAPL

TSLA

AMZN

LTHM

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* 20. Which sector do you think will have the highest percentage gain in value in Q3 2023? Note: Using data from https://www.cnbc.com/sectors/

Consumer Discretionary

Consumer Staples

Energy

Financials

Health

Industrials

Materials

Real Estate

Technology

Communication Svs

Utilities

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* 21. What do you think the Unemployment rate will be for the report released the 1st Friday of September 2003?

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* 22. What will the inflation rate be on the PPI report released in September?

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* 23. On September 29th, 2023, the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil will be

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* 24. What will be the biggest challenge in Q3 2023?

Recession

Inflation

Earnings

Global Events

Energy

Politics

Fed Management of Rates

Real Estate Market

Other (please specify)

The following questions are for data segmentation purposes and are not required to complete the survey.

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* 25. What is your age?

20 or under

21-25

26-35

36-45

46-55

56-65

66-75

76+

I prefer not to answer

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* 26. Are you:

White

Black

Hispanic

Asian

Other

I Prefer Not to Answer

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* 27. What is your gender?

Female

Male

I prefer not to answer

Other (specify)

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* 28. To receive the results of this study and to ensure only single responses, please provide your

Name

Email Address *

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