BRETT STEENBARGER'S TRADING PSYCHOLOGY RESOURCE CENTER

Below are resources to help traders become their own trading coaches, improve their trading processes, and develop a positive work-life balance.  All the TraderFeed posts also contain links to valuable resources and perspectives.  

RADICAL RENEWAL - Free blog book on trading, psychology, spirituality, and leading a fulfilling life

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The Three Minute Trading Coach Videos

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Forbes Articles:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettsteenbarger/
  

My coaching work applies evidence-based psychological techniques (see my background and my book on the topic) to the improvement of productivity, quality of life, teamwork, leadership, hiring best practices, and creativity/idea generation.  An important part of the "solution-focused" approach that I write about is that we can often best grow by focusing on what we do well and how we do it--and then doing more of what works for us.  The key is to know our cognitive, interpersonal, and personality strengths and leverage those in the pursuit of performance. 

FURTHER RESOURCES

*  A Creative Way to Use TraderFeed 

*  Brett Steenbarger Bio

*  Brett's Books on Trading Psychology

I wish you the best of luck in your development as a trader and in your personal evolution.  In the end, those are one and the same:  paths to becoming who we already are when we are at our best.

Brett
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Our Religious Beliefs, Our Spirituality, Our Trading: An Invitation

 

In my (free) blog-based online book Radical Renewal, I made a first attempt to explore the spirituality of trading, as opposed to the psychology of trading.  The key question I wanted to address is whether our spiritual development can benefit our development as traders.  As I explored the topic, it seemed to me that many trading problems are ultimately ones in which our egos get in the way of our performance.  The role of spirituality is to transcend ego, not simply eradicate negative emotion.  From that vantage point, the religious and spiritual beliefs that make us better people also can make us better at what we do:  in life and in markets.

I know, I know, I know, most of us are uncomfortable talking about our religious beliefs and practices and sensitive about not wanting to impose them on others.  It is rare indeed to encounter such talk in the field of trading psychology.  So we ignore a major dimension of human experience--which (ironically) may be the very problem that holds us back in our personal and trading success!

My own religious background is Jewish, and I regularly post to a website/blog, Integrative Judaism, that captures spiritual themes and lessons.  I'm continually surprised by how often these are themes that show up in my trading.  For example, repentance is a practice that shows up in many religious and spiritual traditions and that is particularly relevant at this time of year for those in the Jewish faith.  It is also something that helps us grapple with the ways in which we allow our egos to subvert our personal and professional lives--including our trading.

I would love to host an online session for traders of different spiritual/religious beliefs and share how these impact our trading--and our daily lives.  If this is of interest to you and you would like to be part of the sharing/learning, please feel free to email me at steenbab at aol dot com.  It would be fun--and hopefully enlightening--to connect a small community of spiritually-grounded market participants!

Thanks as always for your interest and support--

Brett