In this episode I talk about grading your trades.

Separating your trading setups and strategies into segments gives you a new dimension of flexibility in your trading.

You can:

1) Deploy a more informed dynamic position sizing strategy

2) Stay clear of weaker trade ideas in poor conditions

3) Better allocate focus and screen time

4) Become more confident in your ideas and strategy library

So how do you do it?

Listen to find out my thoughts.

In this episode, I talk about how you can use visualization to improve your trading.

Visualization has been around for decades in the sports world.

From Muhammad Ali to Tiger Woods, athletes have been using it to consistently improve performance for years.

So why not use it in your trading?

• Eliminate rule-breaking behaviour in the heat of the moment
• Imagine the goal of the trader you want to become
• Mentally rehearse specific trading plays and scenarios

Resources :

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/flourish/200912/seeing-is-believing-the-power-visualization

In this episode Gregor and I discuss the challenges he needed to overcome to post his first ever green year as a day trader.

Including:

• Why he chooses to day trade the DAX exclusively
• Not trading the open
• Gregor’s golden Friday rule
• Hacks to fix his trading discipline
• Gregor’s favourite trading setup
• Charts and indicators
• Oh and an expensive trip to the toilet…!

If you’ve been trading for a while and aren’t quite where you want to be yet, then this one’s a must listen.

Negative self talk.

As traders, we can be really tough on ourselves.

We are driven, we want to succeed, and know we have it in us.

But sometimes when we make a trading mistake, our self talk can be so negative that it damages any chance to learn or grow.

Perhaps you need to be more disciplined and yes it is very frustrating that sometimes you can't stick to your trading rules.

But harsh negative self talk isn't the answer. (You know this, because you've tried it!)

Be firm, be driven, but learn to accept we are humans, we make mistakes and the goal is not to remove them but reduce and learn from them.

In this episode, I run through a multi-step process for flipping negative self talk.

Perfect for traders who are dancing that fine line between being driven and forgiving of mistakes.

Link of the Harvard study mentioned:

Identifying Negative Automatic Thought Patterns

Adam Linton is the Head of the European desk at Newsquawk. An audio squawk service that keeps you updated on potential market moving news events. Both scheduled and unscheduled. Used by prop firms, funds and retail traders across the world.

In this episode I asked Adam:

• How he decides what breaking news is a tradable opportunity throughout the day.
• What news should a short term trader be focusing on.
• How social media plays a role in breaking news.
• What's the 'holy grail' of breaking news opportunities for a day trader
• and much more!

Check out this interesting conversation.

As traders we can all feel uncomfortable at times, and that's not a bad thing.

But when does discomfort turn to stress which no longer serves us?

In this podcast I talk about using your discomfort as a guide.

"The point where you feel discomfort in your trade is the exact area you need to do more work on."

Hip has been trading for more than a decade. He focuses on YM and CL (Dow and Crude) futures contracts reading tape to fine tune his entries.

In this episode we talk about Hip's daily trade prep, some of his trading setups, what he looks for on the order book and why he only trades two markets.

A cyclist decided to chase me down and confront me for beeping at him. His chimp was in total charge... Hear what happened and how it's a great trading lesson!

In this episode Mark chats with Peter Daniel. Peter has been trading for 8 years and specialises in identifying multi day/week volatility breakout moves across a basket of 30 currency pairs.

• See what Peter thinks holds new traders back.
• His favourite trading setup
• The trick he used to help him hold trades longer
• Why he likes to move stops to break even
• How to build trader confidence

See more of Peter at www.tradersmastermind.com

Trading is tough, doing the right thing in the heat of the moment is not easy. It's a muscle, a habit that needs to be practised.

Build the muscle outside of trading by picking something tough and doing it for 10 days.

Train your mind to overcome impulse and align your actions with your long term vision.