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Monday, January 04, 2010

Trading Psychology: The Best of TraderFeed 2009 - Volume One

Well, it's that time again: I'll be going quarter by quarter to highlight the best TraderFeed posts from 2009. Below are links to top trading psychology posts from the first quarter. If you want to look back, here are links to the quarterly best posts of 2006, 2007, and 2008. Also check out posts on trading techniques.


* The Strengths of the Emotionally Intelligent Trader

* Questions to Ask When Emotions Interfere With Trading

* Psychometrics and Trading Psychology

* Anxiety and Micromanaging Your Trades

* The Power of a Single Premise

* The Importance of Self-Efficacy in Trading

* Becoming Solution-Focused in Your Trading; also More Keys to Being Solution-Focused

* Managing Your Energy as a Trader

* A Fresh Look at Coaching Traders; also Developing Trader Success and Coaching and Supervision

* Listening as a Trading Skill

* Profiting From Trading Mistakes

* Turning Trading Rules Into Commitments

* Why Traders Can't Follow Their Plans

* Rules for Life

* Finding Our Own Heroism

* Best Practices for Staying Focused

* Managing Trading's Psychological Risks

* The Benefits of Psychological Diversification
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Author of The Psychology of Trading (Wiley, 2003), Enhancing Trader Performance (Wiley, 2006), The Daily Trading Coach (Wiley, 2009), Trading Psychology 2.0 (Wiley, 2015), The Art and Science of Brief Psychotherapies (APPI, 2018) and Radical Renewal (2019) with an interest in using historical patterns in markets to find a trading edge. Currently writing a book on performance psychology and spirituality. As a performance coach for portfolio managers and traders at financial organizations, I am also interested in performance enhancement among traders, drawing upon research from expert performers in various fields. I took a leave from blogging starting May, 2010 due to my role at a global macro hedge fund. Blogging resumed in February, 2014.
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