Trader Mindset

Subscribe to the show   Here are two things that can help you.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   Discouragement can turn into resentment.    That can lead you to begin trading with 'angry money."   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   What is past is prologue.    If you've had trouble not following through with things you've begun, new trading ideas or strategies might go the same way for you.    Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   We only have so much brainpower each day. Here's how I do as I can to conserve mine each day.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   There are many answers to this question, but I think you could say that having discipline is right up there.    Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   You can create programmable responses to things that catch you off-guard.   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   If something you own goes against you, the reason why doesn't matter.   You cannot renegotiate with your initial stop price.    Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   What I've seen change and what has stayed the same.    Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   A little bit on how I learned what NOT to do...   Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   Trading gains and losses have 2 parts to them: the emotional and financial.    Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   Being in the zone has nothing to do with winning or losing trades.    Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   Whether you're a systems trader or chart reader, everyone has an emotional system they're running the in background - and that's what's running the show.    Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   "The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in war." - Richard Marcinko, from the book Rogue Warrior   You can prepare yourself mentally for challenging markets so they won't derail you when you're in them.    Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   Having a hard time in the markets?    Don't worry - most of the traders featured in Market Wizards either blew up or had a really harsh emotional hazing in the markets, so you're right where you're supposed to be.    Click here to  get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

Subscribe to the show   You can't stay in a losing trade because Mohamad El-Erian is bullish and you're tired of getting stopped out.    Click here to   get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook .

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 .