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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES OF TRADING PSYCHOLOGY

Below are posts that will be helpful for those encountering problems with trading psychology and looking for potential solutions.  If you don't see your particular challenge listed below, try Googling "TraderFeed" and a keyword for your issue.  That should yield several posts.  Alternatively, check out the pages for top trading psychology posts; the curated Forbes postings; and the page for the trading books and their topics.

*  DIAGNOSING YOUR TRADING PROBLEM - A good first read

*  DEALING WITH BURNOUT AND LOSS OF ENERGY

*  OVERCOMING PERFECTIONISM AND SELF-CRITICISM

*  ADDRESSING INCONSISTENT TRADING

*  HANDLING FRUSTRATION AND ANGER IN TRADING

*  STRATEGIES FOR HANDLING PERFORMANCE ANXIETY AND STRESS 

*  MINIMIZING DISTRACTION AND IMPROVING FOCUS

*  OVERCOMING OVERTRADING

*  IDENTIFYING AND DEALING WITH TRADING ADDICTION

*  RECOGNIZING AND GETTING PAST OVERCONFIDENCE AND COMPLACENCY

*  TURNING AROUND NEGATIVITY AND PESSIMISM IN TRADING

*  HOW TO CULTIVATE CREATIVITY AND ADAPT TO CHANGING MARKETS

*  IDENTIFYING YOUR TRADING STRENGTHS AND MAKING THE MOST OF THEM

*  IMPROVING SELF-AWARENESS AND MINDFULNESS

*  ADDRESSING YOUR TRADING BY SUPERCHARGING YOUR TRADING JOURNAL


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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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