Trader Mindset
Michael Martin
Michael Martin discusses trader psychology and emotional intelligence.
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Oct 18, 2021 • 7min
Which is more important for traders - mental capital or financial capital?
Subscribe to the show The answer is "yes." Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.
Oct 14, 2021 • 11min
Trends and countertrending markets
You can smooth your equity curve by trading two systems at the same time. Although the rules are quite different, you can trade a long trend following model and short counter-trend system currently, for example. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.
Oct 13, 2021 • 8min
Navigating the currents of the global markets
Subscribe to the show You make and lose with your position size. Make sure that you've built in enough room for when volatility expands. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.
Oct 12, 2021 • 9min
You're competing with yourself not the market
Subscribe to the show It's easy to compare yourself to other people based on what you see on the internet. It's extremely hard to trade like another person, but it's easy to begin to feel inadequate if you're struggling. The best thing to do is go at your own pace. Another trader's failure or success has nothing to do with you. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.
Oct 11, 2021 • 9min
Defining your trading edge
Subscribe to the show If you're trading rules have positive expected value, you have a trading edge that is uniquely yours. You should only trade when you know you can exploit that edge. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.
Oct 8, 2021 • 10min
When you will know you've made it
Subscribe to the show In the short term, you can't know. The data are too random. Up or down 10% tells you nothing. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.
Oct 7, 2021 • 12min
You become consistent one day at a time
Subscribe to the show It's not about the chart pattern, it's how you trade it. It's not about the mechanized system, it's can you follow it. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.
Oct 6, 2021 • 9min
How to increase your drawdown by bottom fishing
Subscribe to the show You can avoid large drawdowns by eliminating suboptimal behavior. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.
Oct 5, 2021 • 10min
How to transfer your drawdown to someone else
Subscribe to the show The most important reason to honor your protective stops. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.
Oct 4, 2021 • 7min
Managing risk in the present
Subscribe to the show You can manage your risk today based upon what you think is going to happen in several days. If you're stop gets hit today, it gets hit. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.
