Exploiting the edge from historical market patterns
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Good Reads to Wrap Up the Weekend
* Some interesting findings about gratitude: it is significantly and positively correlated with life satisfaction, vitality (energy), happiness, optimism, and empathy. It is significantly and negatively correlated with anxiety and depression. People who write a journal about things they are grateful for vs. people who keep a journal of their daily hassles and problems end up experiencing more positive emotion, better health, and greater optimism. We can train ourselves to be more grateful, and that brings significant positive benefit. * Views on all-weather portfolios, Tony Robbins, simplifying your life, high yield divergences with stocks, and much more from Abnormal Returns.
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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