How to Bounce Back from Failure in Trading

Have you ever struggled with disappointing results or outright failure in your trading? Here is a look at how to bounce back A new post to the SMB Training Blog: http://www.smbtraining.com/blog/how-to-bounce-back-from-failure-in-trading-2

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Four Quick Ways To Get Better At Trading

Check out the latest guest post at the SMB Site, “Four Quick Ways To Get Better At Trading” http://www.smbtraining.com/blog/four-quick-ways-to-get-better-at-trading   This may remind you of an earlier article, http://howoftrading.com/8-things-you-can-do-to-improve-your-trading-in-2012/   I would love to hear your thoughts!    

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What Pick-Up Artists Can Teach Us About Good Trading

Neil Strauss’ book “The Game” brought into the public eye a community called Pick-Up Artists (PUA), who are devoted to improving their skills at meeting and achieving dating success with women. Much like many of the people he discusses, the author himself underwent a profound transformation, from an unconfident “average frustrated chump” to a charismatic, [...]

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Five Things I Wish I Knew About Trading When I Started

Here’s a shorter but more reflective post about my trading experiences http://www.smbtraining.com/blog/five-things-i-wish-i-knew-about-trading-when-i-started

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Everything You Wanted To Know About Visualization and Trading, Part 3

Check out the last part in my series on visualization and trading! http://www.smbtraining.com/blog/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-visualization-and-trading-part-3 As always, thanks to the SMB guys for posting!  

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Everything You Wanted To Know About Visualization and Trading, Part 2

A continuation of my series on visualization and trading, hosted by SMB http://www.smbtraining.com/blog/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-visualization-and-trading-part-2   For part 1, take a look here: http://www.smbtraining.com/blog/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-visualization-part-1    

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Visualization, Part 1

Over many years of study of trading psychology, I have run across a lot about visualization. After learning how visualization used in other tools in much more advanced ways, I wanted to share some of this with the trading world. Please check out my first guest post on visualization, over at SMB’s blog http://www.smbtraining.com/blog/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-visualization-part-1   [...]

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Paying Attention To The How Of Trading

Hi Everybody, The folks at SMB have kindly offered to put up some guest posts by me. Please find the first article at the following link: http://www.smbtraining.com/blog/paying-attention-to-the-how-of-trading There will be more in the future!  

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Why Trading Well Has Little To Do With Money

Have you ever wondered: what is trading really all about? At first glance, the answer is obvious: make money. Everyone involved in financial markets can agree on that much.  In terms of the results from trading, that is totally correct and we are all on the same page. My question is different: what is it [...]

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A Trader’s Examination of Conscience

Occasionally, we traders need to reflect on how we are doing, giving ourselves an honest and thorough appraisal. This can be a tough experience but it is certainly necessary, as I can guarantee that you won’t get better without it. Below, we are going to go through one such exercise, borrowed from Roman Catholicism. Too [...]

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