With my recent posts on emotional releasing, I’ve received quite a few emails from traders asking what to do when you feel as through the emotions that are getting in the way of your trading success are so pervasive, so stubborn, you just don’t know if you can clear them.
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Lost your confidence? Fear your constant trading companion? Wondering how on earth your dream of being a successful trader is going to happen?
As they used to say on the Six Million Dollar Man, “We can rebuild you!”.
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As traders we’ve chosen an intense profession. The simple act of putting our money on the line, with an uncertain outcome, creates an emotional force which we need to know how to handle.
The good news is that learning to clear your emotions is easy, and pleasurable.
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Even for experienced traders, it can be very challenging mentally when the market environment changes - when strong trends are replaced by sloppy rangebound days that are difficult to trade.
The question is, when your method experiences a natural draw down due to market conditions, do you take it personally? Do you start to undermine your ability to stay in the opportunity flow by beating yourself up? Can you distinguish between the kind of tough self talk that helps you to stay motivated, and the self talk that destroys your chances of success?
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Dr Brett does it again! What a fantastic book!
I’ve sometimes felt that Brett Steenbarger can be a bit of an elitist with his focus on high performing proprietary traders, but I’m totally willing to eat humble pie on that one! Here’s a book that is going to be of indisputable value to the little guy, a helping hand for everyone who’s struggling for or to maintain consistent trading success.
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Whether you’ve ridden the roller coaster of the past few weeks for profit, been bashed and bruised by the volatility, or sat on the sidelines and waited, this has been an intensely emotional time for traders and investors everywhere. Here is some practical trading advice for getting yourself into the best mental and emotional state for maximizing the opportunities of the coming weeks.
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Since my last post about differences of perspective on developing trader mindset, I’ve spent quite a bit of time this week trying to understand those differences of perspective - the Dr Brett Steenbarger, “enhancing trader performance” school, and the Mark Douglas, “core beliefs for trading success ” school.
While I don’t see any conflict between the [...]
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In the comments of a recent post on theessentialsoftrading.com a conversation began about the relative importance of psychology in trading success. Someone referred to one of Dr Brett Steenbarger’s posts - The 3 Myths of Trading - in which he says that success is a function of talents (inborn abilities) and skills (acquired [...]
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