So when you put on a trade, can you consider yourself a risk-taker?
Meanwhile, he says, 'with this overhang of depressed asset prices, every risk-taker is buying old assets.
Mr Rajaratnam, a risk-taker in his trading, took the same approach to fighting the government's charges against him.
If I engage in an activity that is inherently risky, then I must be a risk-taker.
Most traders have absolutely no concept of what it means to be a risk-taker in the way a successful trader thinks about risk.
There is a huge psychological gap between assuming you are a risk-taker because you put on trades and fully accepting the risks inherent in each trade.
In their own eyes they are proud, resourceful, energetic risk-takers at the cutting edge of a social revolution.
