Podcast

We’ve all been there, your equity curve looks amazing, you feel pretty pleased with yourself, trading has been going well. But all of a sudden things take a turn for the worse.

A certain level of stress is good, it keeps you alert and moving forward. It stops you being complacent.But too much can affect trading performance, badly. And no one wants that!

Let’s face it, we’ve all had those moments where we’ve wanted to throw in the towel and start over.

This seemingly contradictory attitude can help you tackle the immediate road-blocks in your trading and yet stay motivated and focused on the overall vision.

In this episode I’m diving into some of the most common cognitive biases that can affect traders: loss aversion, confirmation bias, and familiarity bias.

Goal-setting (like journaling) can be overwhelming. You’re focusing on so many things that would be great to achieve but often end up getting none.

What happens when you take things away that aren’t serving you? When you clear out the clutter and make the tough decision to only focus on the things that matter?

In this episode I discuss what I believe are the 3 most important traits of winning traders and how to cultivate them in your own trading.