Trader Mindset

Subscribe to the show   If you're trying to add an indicator or overlay to your charts, it might be an emotional band aid to what you're feeling right now.    Click here to   get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   Some traders refer to this as a 'two for one' trade.    It might make sense for some of you if your trades are stalling.   Click here to   get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   If you change your trading style to a second style because you are frustrated, you'll get the worst of both styles.    Click here to   get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   When what you're trading stalls, a reversal could be imminent. Use 'time stops' to protect your capital.    Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   How you trade becomes your style, and your style is uniquely yours.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   If all you do is complain about what's not working, you get more of 'what's not working.'   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   Managing risk successfully comes down to how well you deal with uncertainty.   The best you can do is put in your protective stops.   The real random part is how much upside will the market give you?   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   I don't know of a single factor or variable in your life that will have more of an impact on your long-term success in trading than keeping your losses small.   Pedigree won't mean much if you can't enter your protective stops and keep losses small.   Deep Thoughts was written by Jack Handey, not Al Franken. I misspoke at the beginning of the episode.   Click here to  get y...

Subscribe to the show   Trading is about expected values.   The determining factor in establishing those values is the placement of your stops - your stops to enter trades, exit losers, and to exit winners.   If you wing any part of these, the expected value of your trading goes out the window.   At that point, you are putting your whole enterprise up for a gamble.   Click here to  get your free c...

Subscribe to the show   Forget setting a goal based upon achieving a certain rate of return.   Set a goal on the process that you would need to execute each day to get the return.   You're powerless over the result, but you can control the process.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   The one thing we all have in common that everyone can relate to.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   Trading losses hurt for a variety of reasons.   They are all painful.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

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Subscribe to the show   If you're not uncomfortable, you're probably not growing.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   Although you might live for the sprint, you have to have a marathoners mentality.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   Trying to bull your way through choppy markets only brings deeper drawdowns.   It's better to step away for the day and clear your head.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   With so many failed breakouts in this environment, it's not surprising that many traders are chasing trades that they missed.   It's the perfect emotional set-up for losing more money.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   The reality is that you are going to miss some trades.   Surprise announcements are obviously hard to anticipate.   However, there are trading tactics that you can deploy to have your orders ready in advance.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   Here's what I do to keep my goals front and center.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   It's the end of the first half of 2021, and the beginning of Q3 and 2H.   See what you can do behavior-wise to hit your goals more effectively and efficiently.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   Strategies won't become ineffective overnight, but they will need some tweaking over time.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   The markets will change in a way you don't want them to at a time that is very inconvenient to you.   If you have a character defect, they will amplify it.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   Many times when something's not working, folks look for external resources to fill in the holes.   This is true for most traders.   The best ones know that the majority of the time, the answer to what's not working is already inside them.   IMHO, it's about attaining more insight to who you are and your "why" rather than learning a new trading tactic.   Click here to  get y...

Subscribe to the show   If you can't see yourself becoming more successful, it's not going to happen randomly.   Set goals and then act on them immediately.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   It's all about your mindset and how you interpret the environment in accordance with your goals.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .