Trader Mindset

Subscribe to the show When bad news hits the tape and the stock doesn't sell off, you have a good long trade with more room to go. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Subscribe to the show They are related but not the same by any measurement. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Subscribe to the show From time to time, you might find an equity that traders and investors are betting against, but they prove all the naysayers wrong. If that stock has high % short interest, and it starts to trend higher, you have the potential to penalize the naysayers who will all have to pay you to cover. Look for high short interest and uptrends. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Subscribe to the show Great traders are using technical analysis to protect their capital which is job #1. If you know your risk, the entries are not that important. Most amateurs focus on the wrong things for several reasons. They don't have solid goals, they are too short-sighted, and they are not friends with their feelings. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Subscribe to the show When you're doing well, ask for more money to manage. Ask for a free Bloomberg. Ask for forgiveness of desk rent or fees. Ask for a higher payout on your trading profits. If you don't ask, they own you. If you don't ask, it's knot going to just show up. You have to ask for it. Make your case and have confidence in yourself. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Subscribe to the show Bet size determines what you make and lose. How did you come to decide your current bet size? You probably guessed and just chose one. You can use Kelly Criterion to figure out the best size after hundreds / thousands of trades. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Subscribe to the show Sidestepping the large losses will do wonders for your P&L and also build enormous trust between you and your clients. They've already lost a great deal of money on their own or with another manager. Admit your wrong and get out. The client will forgot your being wrong about a name over time, but they will not forget a 40% hit. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Subscribe to the show Using Relative Strength for stocks and seasonality in commodities are about as far as I'll go in talking about what you can rely on. Most others are unreliable as stand-alone indicators. If 'price' is the input, the indicator only helps you see or confirm what you can already see in the price itself, so just use the price. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Subscribe to the show You are programmed to behave the way you behave and that makes the results you are getting in your life predictable. The mechanical part of that is how you allocate the funds you manage. You can also backtest running several systems at the same time. Yes, you can do that... Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.

Subscribe to the show Don't worry about what it looks like. If you keep your mouth shut, you won't have to worry about what everyone else will say when you slip and get up. They don't slip because they don't have the b*lls to do what you do and take chances. They also stagnate and don't grow. Stay away from these losers. Click here to get your free copy of The Inner Voice of Trading audiobook.