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EP86: Affirmations
CLICK HERE TO MEET ALEX AT THE LONDON CONFERENCE
In this episode of Truth About FX, Walter talks about trading affirmation with one of his best colleagues, Alex Upton. Alex shares his experience as a private trader and how being a professional judo athlete was able to help him shape his trading mindset. Walter asks about trading catalysts and explains about the psychology of the subconscious mind and how it really affects the decisions you make.
You will also find here how choosing your wife or husband can help you straighten your trading goals.
Download (Duration: 46:10 / 52.8 MB)
In This Episode:
00:41 – a high level athlete
02:58 – 100 techniques
03:41 – judo training and forex testing
05:17 – patchwork style
08:35 – competitive element
11:36 – problem with fractions
16:17 – outside of awareness
19:56 – priming yourself
22:07 – unfortunate position
23:22 – liminal space
25:10 – public speaking
28:19 – balance
30:46 – speed dating
32:47 – magical and mystical
35:16 – coincidence
38:43 – friendly fire
40:54 – eye opener
42:50 – sports and trading
Tweetables:
Let your personality beliefs come into play [Click To Tweet].
TLook for your trading catalyst [Click To Tweet].
Remember, affirmations prime your mind [Click To Tweet].
Announcer: Sometimes, forex trading can be a wild and wooly place to be but forex trading doesn’t have to be the bad lands for your partner instead hunker down and bend your ear. You will be burning the breeze in no time. Here at the Truth About FX Podcast.
Walter: Welcome! It’s Walter here and we’ve got another presenter. One of my favorite people, Alex Upton, is a private trader. He has spent a lot of time working on psychology of trading, working on his mindset. He is going to share some of his techniques with you in a moment.
He is also a high level athlete. He is a judo athlete and he is going to talk a little bit about how this area of his life actually transitioned him to trading. I think you will find it fascinating and I want to welcome you, Alex. How are you today, Alex?
Alex: I am very well. Thank you, Walter. How are you?
Walter: Great! Alex, just so people get a bit of an idea of your background because I know you spent a lot of time working on your mindset, can you tell us a little bit about why this has come about for you? Where does this come from? This approach?
Alex: Okay. It is probably best if I introduce myself and tell a little bit about how I became a trader. It is strange. When I start up, you think this has got nothing to do with trading but it all comes together in the end.
All my life, my big goal was to be a judo player ever since I was 8 years old. That is what I would call my high priority in life. By that, what I mean is that that was the one thing I would...
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By Walter Peters (FXJake) and Hugh Kimura (Trading Heroes)CLICK HERE TO MEET ALEX AT THE LONDON CONFERENCE
In this episode of Truth About FX, Walter talks about trading affirmation with one of his best colleagues, Alex Upton. Alex shares his experience as a private trader and how being a professional judo athlete was able to help him shape his trading mindset. Walter asks about trading catalysts and explains about the psychology of the subconscious mind and how it really affects the decisions you make.
You will also find here how choosing your wife or husband can help you straighten your trading goals.
Download (Duration: 46:10 / 52.8 MB)
In This Episode:
00:41 – a high level athlete
02:58 – 100 techniques
03:41 – judo training and forex testing
05:17 – patchwork style
08:35 – competitive element
11:36 – problem with fractions
16:17 – outside of awareness
19:56 – priming yourself
22:07 – unfortunate position
23:22 – liminal space
25:10 – public speaking
28:19 – balance
30:46 – speed dating
32:47 – magical and mystical
35:16 – coincidence
38:43 – friendly fire
40:54 – eye opener
42:50 – sports and trading
Tweetables:
Let your personality beliefs come into play [Click To Tweet].
TLook for your trading catalyst [Click To Tweet].
Remember, affirmations prime your mind [Click To Tweet].
Announcer: Sometimes, forex trading can be a wild and wooly place to be but forex trading doesn’t have to be the bad lands for your partner instead hunker down and bend your ear. You will be burning the breeze in no time. Here at the Truth About FX Podcast.
Walter: Welcome! It’s Walter here and we’ve got another presenter. One of my favorite people, Alex Upton, is a private trader. He has spent a lot of time working on psychology of trading, working on his mindset. He is going to share some of his techniques with you in a moment.
He is also a high level athlete. He is a judo athlete and he is going to talk a little bit about how this area of his life actually transitioned him to trading. I think you will find it fascinating and I want to welcome you, Alex. How are you today, Alex?
Alex: I am very well. Thank you, Walter. How are you?
Walter: Great! Alex, just so people get a bit of an idea of your background because I know you spent a lot of time working on your mindset, can you tell us a little bit about why this has come about for you? Where does this come from? This approach?
Alex: Okay. It is probably best if I introduce myself and tell a little bit about how I became a trader. It is strange. When I start up, you think this has got nothing to do with trading but it all comes together in the end.
All my life, my big goal was to be a judo player ever since I was 8 years old. That is what I would call my high priority in life. By that, what I mean is that that was the one thing I would...