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  The first post in this series took a look at how one of the greatest challenges to our trading psychology comes from failing to navigate ...

  There is a common assumption among traders that if they are falling short of their performance expectations, it must be because of their m...

  A heroic life is one driven by a noble purpose, an all-absorbing sense of mission.  Past posts have asked the question, " What is the...

  Back in 2014, I wrote about the Momentum Curve and how it is useful in visualizing market breadth and strength/weakness across different ...

Note the premise of the Cooperrider quote above:  our questions create our world .  If you want to know--truly know--someone, find out the q...

  When my colleagues and I reviewed the research literature on psychological change processes , an interesting finding came to light:  It...

  Unsuccessful traders look for markets to trade in a style that fits *their* personality.  They look for momentum or trend or reversals of ...

  Here are a few observations from my recent research and work with traders: 1)  The success of a trader is directly related to the speed by...

  The previous post noted a late week bounce in stocks that had a defensive quality, with consumer staples and utility shares outpacing stoc...

  For years, I have kept breadth data on the overall stock market, tracking shares making fresh highs and lows over various periods and the ...

  This post begins with a music video, old concert footage of Neil Young and company doing "Like a Hurricane ".  It's a great ...

  If everyone agreed on the value of an asset, there would be no price movement.  When price movement becomes volatile, we know that there i...

  As I emphasized in the Trading Psychology 2.0 book , research in psychology is clear that we are most productive, creative, and successful...

  There is a myth among developing traders that all you need to do for success is find a style of trading that fits your personality and the...

  In her remarkable book Gentle Power , Emilia Elisabet Lahti describes how true leadership requires an integration of strength and power on...

  In a recent post , I highlighted the role of physical experience in our psychological states.  That post raised a fascinating possibility:...

  Many traders long for great profits.  How many do truly great things to achieve those profits?  If you were to do the things that would ea...

  A fascinating finding from research in psychology is that lasting changes in thought, feeling, and behavior require processing of our exp...