The first key to changing your trading is to prioritize the changes you want to make and focus on one change at a time. Change requires concentrated effort, and it requires consistent effort. When we try to change everything, the odds are good that this is coming from frustration, not from a sustainable plan.
As described earlier on the blog and in the Positive Trading Psychology book, the first step toward change is the solution-focused recognition that the odds are good that the change you want to make is already happening, but on occasions you're not recognizing. When your trading problems are not occurring, you quite possibly are doing something right and already making the change that you want to see more consistently in your trading. So that is why it is important to journal and analyze occasions when you trade well and figure out how you did that. For instance, a more focused preview of markets and preparation of your trading may have prevented you from overtrading. That is super important. Once you recognize this, you can turn the focused preview into a consistent daily process.
The solution-focused mindset is a game-changer. We don't have to make ourselves totally different. We simply need to be more consistent in being who we already are at our best. In the next post, we'll look at how you can achieve that consistency.
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