The Psychological Gap Stopping Most Investors From Becoming Consistently Profitable…

The main reason why even the most knowledgeable investors, who know how to identify patterns and read the market, don’t rake in consistent profits: Inability to transform their understanding of how the market ticks into consistent actions. There’s a huge difference between seeing a pricing chart and saying “Hey, the market will go up (or […]
The 4 Hard Lessons Every Investor Must Go Through

Discover the 4 lessons you must internalize if you want to become a consistently profitable stock market investor.
16 Traits Of Successful Investors (Part 2)

Discover the 16 Traits virtually all successful investors share… and how to integrate them into your own investing process
16 Traits Of Successful Investors (Part 1)

Discover the 16 Traits virtually all successful investors share… and how to integrate them into your own investing process
Volatility: 4 Mental Techniques To Help You Accept And Overcome It

Short-term volatility is the No. 1 reason self-directed investors undo themselves in the stock market.
But with the right mental preparation and a trusted investing system, you can avoid this fate.
A traders mental toolbox
When discussing the psychological skill set needed to be successful over the long term in trading and investing, comparisons are often made with various sports. This discussion usually centers around individual activities such as golf, triathlons, and other endurance activities that involve a combination of both physical and mental prowess. One team sport that has […]
“We trade our beliefs about the market”
Two quotes were provided by one of the comments to my posting last week which in turn provide the opportunity to continue discussing this very important area of trading, that of beliefs and what you believe, which I started discussing 2 weeks ago. The two quotes are: “beliefs are not based on evidence” and “without […]
The Unseen
“I believe in the sun, even when it doesn’t shine. I believe in love, even when it isn’t shown.” What other things do you believe in that are unseen? Gravity? Radio waves? Microwaves? Gravity, causes the apple fall to the ground from the apple tree. Radio waves, used by your ‘wireless’. Microwaves, used by mobile […]
The Tale of Two Markets
I find myself living in two trading worlds (or cities) at the moment, one where I am totally out of the market and the other where I am fully invested! Yes, both are long equities portfolios that deploy exactly the same processes and rules. How does this come about? I’ll start with Mark Douglas’s First […]
What is your life process?
Do you have a life process? Or life processes? Some will answer an emphatic “Yes” to this question and others will answer with a counter-question: “What planet are you on asking me if I have a life process?” You may not have documented it but we all have a life process. For most, their life […]