

Trader Mindset
Michael Martin
Michael Martin discusses trader psychology and emotional intelligence.
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Nov 19, 2020 • 2min
Don't buy pullbacks, buy above resistance
Subscribe to the show When you go long, you want momentum in your favor, not against you. The worse thing you can do is buy a pullback to support and try to sell at resistance. This is small-minded thinking. Wait for the instrument to clear resistance, then buy. There is no upper boundary to the price and prices are relative. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Nov 18, 2020 • 6min
When it's not a good idea to push yourself
Subscribe to the show When you're not settled with where you are in your trading, you can find yourself doing things that don't serve you. That's because you want to be somewhere else as opposed to being present. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Nov 17, 2020 • 4min
Hesitation will kill you - cut your losers viciously
Subscribe to the show Ace Greenberg would sell any longs that were down coming into Friday's close. Some traders offset trades in 15 minutes if they don't show a profit. Takeaway: good trades make you money right away. If it doesn't act accordingly. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Nov 16, 2020 • 5min
Focus on generating risk-adjusted returns
Subscribe to the show There are 2 traders. One has 15% returns and trader #2 generated 25%. Who did better? You can't just say that trader #2 has done better in this regard. We don't know what type of risk #2 had to take on to get those returns. We have to focus on the getting risk-adjusted returns. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Nov 13, 2020 • 9min
The benefits of finding a confidant to air out ideas to
Subscribe to the show Sometimes you need a pep talk or to hear the voice of reason. Sometimes it's not easy to see the 30,000 foot view. Sometimes you can't see where the smoke is coming from when you're standing on the fire. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Nov 12, 2020 • 12min
Books that I found resourceful when I started
Subscribe to the show "There's nothing you can do that can't be done. Nothing you can sing that can't be sung. Nothing you can say, but you can learn how to play the game. It's easy." -John Lennon Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Nov 11, 2020 • 7min
It's never too early to start preparing for your success
Subscribe to the show Think of it like a never-ending culturing of a pearl that is your life. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Nov 10, 2020 • 8min
Trust your process before you trust your instincts
Subscribe to the show It takes many years to develop superior trading & investing instincts that you can count on. Too many traders and money managers unknowingly exhaust themselves day after day by deeply engaging with a process that is both inefficient and based on guesswork. A good first step to fix this: stop reading headlines for trading ideas... Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Nov 9, 2020 • 7min
How to prepare for the trading day and week
Subscribe to the show Like a lot of trading, preparation is a process - of elimination. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Nov 6, 2020 • 7min
When to start planning for your success
Subscribe to the show It's an ongoing process... Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.


