4/2/2025 -
Whatever we process most deeply, we are most likely to retain. Many times, we work on our trading by doing the right things but in a shallow and distracted state of consciousness. As a result, we don't make lasting changes and we wonder why we lack "discipline".
What if we can train ourselves to sustain a state of heightened attention and awareness? What if we specifically review our best trading practices and our most relevant lessons from our recent trading while we're completely focused?
Could it be the case that we know exactly what we need to do in order to improve our trading, but are in the wrong mind state for internalizing our lessons?
That's a potential game changer; more to come--
4/1/2025 -
We become what we repetitively do.We internalize our experience.
Insight and emotional experience catalyze change. Habits make our changes lasting parts of us.
What makes us fall in love is not what sustains loving relationships. The failure to make loving acts part of our daily experience explains why it's so common to fall in love and end in divorce.
Many traders fall in love with trading and markets. They fail to sustain their passion through small, daily acts of success and fulfillment.
Many careers begin in excitement and run aground in mind-numbing routine.
If our daily trading processes draw upon our greatest talents and interests, our experience will be fulfilling whether or not that day happens to be profitable.
What makes trading rewarding for you outside of P/L? Is it the intellectual curiosity of finding new ideas and opportunities? Is it teamwork and the opportunity to learn and teach? Is it mastering fresh skills and adapting to unique challenges?
Every trading day should tap into the passion that brought you to markets.
Mike Bellafiore of SMB Capital emphasized the importance of grounding our trading one trade at a time: by placing One Good Trade.
Success comes from grounding our trading careers one day at a time: starting with One Good Trading Day.
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