On The Eve of Thanksgiving, a Pleasant Coincidence

November 24, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Brian here and with a short message about a really neat ending that directly relates to trading.

Ending?

Yeah. I just finished watching a truly delightful movie that I’ve seen a few times and this time when the ending came around, I realized that the timing is perfect with Thanksgiving being only an hour or so away.

I also realized very quickly that it speaks to traders, simply because of the content and the simple message itself.

I highly recommend watching it. The movie is “Stranger Than Fiction” with Dustin Hoffman and Will Ferrell, and without ruining the story, I’ll share with you the pertinent commentary,

“Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair,
in routine and constancy,
In hopelessness and tragedy,

we can Thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies,
and fortunately, when there aren’t any cookies,
we can still find reassurance in a familiar hand on our skin,
or a kind and loving gesture,
or a subtle encouragement,
or a loving embrace,
or an offer of comfort,

not to mention hospital gurnies and nose plugs,
an uneaten danish, or soft-spoken secrets
and Fender Stratacasters
and maybe the occasional piece of fiction

and we must remember that all these things,
the nuances, the anomalies,
the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days
are in fact here for a much larger and nobler cause

they are here to save our lives”

They make sure that the glass is never completely empty, even in the worst of times, that it is always full to some degree, and we simply need to notice to change our entire outlook.

If we pay attention, even a little, it is easy to find a great many things for which to be thankful.

I hope your holiday is filled with joy, love and the frequent swelling of your heart that brings tears of appreciation.

Have a great Thankgiving weekend!

Cheers

Brian

Tags: gratitude, thanksgiving, trading psychology

The 3 Trading Vampires

November 17, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Filed under: The Personal Side of Trading

Visit any forum or chat room and you’ll find three things
that are stopping most people from achieving the success
they desire in trading.

Worry, doubt and fear are Trading Vampires that can suck
all the good things right out of your trading!

Your energy

Your attention

Your confidence

Your ability to act without hesitation

Your enjoyment of trading

Your profitability

But, think about this for a second.

Do successful traders ever have worry, doubt or fear in
their lives?

Of course they do!

The big difference is they do not allow these negative
feelings control their actions or inaction.

These negative feelings are consciously overcome or
removed!

Even the most successful traders will open new and
incredible possibilities for success instantly by
removing these limitations.

AND

Those who have not gotten their first real taste of
success yet, will have even more spectacular results
when they learn to master these Trading Vampires.

But how?

I will tell you a story about someone I know well,
who fought until he was able to stumble onto how to
master them…

I know him because I look in the mirror at him daily!

Yes, I have had many experiences with Trading Vampires.

I will tell you exactly how I got the upper hand in
that battle!

The first step was to stop looking for answers anywhere
outside of myself.

I had to face the fact that it wasn’t the markets that
were suddenly going to start favoring me just because
I wanted them to.

My system wasn’t the problem because I wasn’t sticking
to it well enough to say.

I simply had to make the decision that I WAS going to
make it as a trader and the only way to do that was to
make myself into the trader that I knew I was capable
of becoming.

One that followed his system with confidence

One that took the right actions without hesitating

One that knew where I was going with my trading, instead
of just trying to make money at it.

The first and biggest step was to take control of my
own destiny as a trader, and take responsibility for
my results - no more blaming anything.

I decided that if I was going to make it, I had to
approach the whole thing differently.

When I made that decision, it came to me that a large
part of the problem had been that I looked at trading
as something to do, not as a business and a new
occupation.

I’d made career changes before, but nothing prepared me
for trading, so I had to do some homework.

That’s when it all started coming together.

Now the lessons that I learned in that research and in
my time helping other traders, I’ve been able to not
only identify many helpful tips, tricks and techniques,
I’ve been able to tap on my experience as a trainer and
tutor in other areas to assemble a full curriculum of
what a person needs to become a successful trader.

If you have the desire to fulfill your potential as a
trader and succeed in this new occupation you’ve chosen,
and you really don’t want all the sweat, blood and tears
involved in going it alone, then I invite you to check
out the Trading P.I.T. Club.

http://insideouttrading.com/pit/

Members of the P.I.T. Club enjoy 26 weekly lessons and
exercises that build your skills as a trader and the
entrepreneur that you need to be a confident trader
that has your Trading Vampires under control.

No stress, worry, doubt or fear.

These negative feelings will be replaced by a feeling
of calm and confidence you’ve never experienced before.

Everything will become possible for you, and with so
much less effort and struggle than you’ve become used to.

You are deserving.

You have the power and the capability to succeed.

Simply remove the Trading Vampires from your life and
allow yourself to get there.

Go now and experience a miracle in your trading life!

http://insideouttrading.com/pit/

Cheers

Brian

P.S. If you’ve been struggling with many issues or
just a particular few, this training will help you
address them. Once you do, you can’t help but see
a difference! If nothing else just the elimination
of fear, doubt and worry is a gift in itself.

http://insideouttrading.com/pit/

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Trading Psychology - One Thing Trumps Everything Else In Successful Trading

January 27, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Filed under: The Personal Side of Trading, stock trading, trading psychology

There is ONE THING in trading that trumps all else

Everything else takes a distant second place to this one aspect of profitable trading.

Before I tell you what it is, let me ask you a question.

Which did you think was most important for consistently profitable and relaxed trading?

Your winning percentage?
Which markets you trade?
Your strategy?
Your system?
Your platform?
Your account size?
Your money management plan?
Your risk management plan?
Your data feed?

Huh uh. None of them is more important than this ONE THING.

Oh, and here’s another big clue to how important this is…

With this ONE THING, you can be missing ALL of the others and still wind up a profitable trader.

Okay, so tell me already. “What is this all important ONE THING?”

Your mindset.

Your collection of beliefs, perceptions, attitudes, biases, filters.

Your decision-making framework and timing determinant.

It is your state of mind, your quality of consciousness and your level of awareness to both the external and internal worlds.

In trading, your mindset is everything.

A trader that has NOTHING to start with will quickly become a profitable trader because with the right mindset, proper and focused action is easy.

…because with the right mindset, emotions are an asset, not a liability.

…because with the right mindset, decision-making is simplified, not compounded.

…because with the right mindset, good timing is natural

Every trader I talk to that has gone from struggling and frustrated to comfortable and at peace experiences a moment, an event where a shift occurs -

and there is a common element for every single one of them:

… it is a shift in their mindset.

It is NOT a new broker they moved to or new trading system or anything else on the list above.

The turning point is always a shift in the mindset.

Now achieving that turning point has certain requirements, and it is something that has to be maintained as well.

But you have to start somewhere, and you’ll never achieve it in the first place without one of two things:

1. You can have such a terrible and traumatic experience that it is forced upon you.

2. You can give the matter your conscious attention and make it happen on your terms and on your timing.

Which would you prefer? The second I’m sure.

So to help you with the second path, I’ve created the Trading Psychology Coach - and you can find out more about it by clicking the link below.

Give me choice number 2

Cheers

Brian

P.S. Every effort toward improving your mindset mastery pays off. It is one of those areas where the investment in yourself always reaps a good return.

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FREE Forex Trading Strategy Webinar Nearly Full - Register NOW!

October 26, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Click here to register right now

There are only 6000 spots, and they already have FAR more than that registered (actually over 8000 so far and climbing).

If you understand the difference between taking trades based on back tested, curve fitted results like most systems, and “Fundamental Law”, like correlation, you won’t want to miss out…

And they’re just about full.

(Fundamental Law is based on the concept that the sun rises every day, it simply HAS to happen, and is the same principal correlation is based on)

…Rule The Markets Together!

Cheers

Brian

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Trading Psychology - Using Your 3 Powers For Better Trading

December 19, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Many traders look at the fact that they’re human as a disadvantage or liability in trading, since humans have emotions and emotions are often the cause of poor trading.

Many think that it would be good to be like a machine: set your rules and follow them like a robot. In this regard, yes machines or computers would have the advantage in that they are emotion-less.

But as a human, you also have powers available to you that a computer just doesn’t have, and if you’ll put them to use, you can give yourself a huge edge in your trading.

Here’s the video,

Your ability as a human may have its down-sides in that you have the ability to feel, but you also have the most powerful computer on the planet, so use your powers and trade better.

I hope you have a wonderful holiday season!

Cheers

Brian

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