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There have been quite a few rogue traders who have made the news over the past few years. There's a list of rogue traders below which includes well known names like Nick Leeson and Jerome Kerviel, along with the millions or billions of dollars which they’ve lost their companies as well as their penalties. A rogue trader is a professional traders executing unapproved or ill-advised financial transactions. But why do traders go rogue? What turns a trader to the dark side?

Some Australian publicly listed companies provide incentives for their shareholders in the form of a shareholder benefits scheme or shareholder benefits package or shareholder discount schemes. Here is a list of benefits you may be entitled to when you purchase a share of a public company.

Shareholder Benefits List

I'm sure that we've all been desperate at some point in time. Sitting in front of your trading screen, with a series of losses, you'd be tempted to try and claw back some of your losses. Unless you've totally perfected trading like a robot and are totally and utterly emotionless, you would have felt this emotion at some point in your trading career.