High-performance trading coach Steve Ward from TradeAtYourBest.com discusses: How to find the best opportunities during challenging times, Why shifting perspective is such a critical skill for high-performance, How to overcome internal resistance to become more adaptable, “Learning vs … [Read more...]
164 – Performance Accelerators – Steve Ward
This podcast episode made me think back to the very first computer I bought in my high school days. We’re talking about the mid-1980, when computers were still relatively new. Actually, my first computer was a commodore 64 (how good were they!), which my parents bought me, but the first … [Read more...]
160 – How to achieve long-term trading success – Linda Raschke
I just want to start by saying happy new year! I know it was a few weeks back, but I hope you’ve had a good start to the year and I wish you all the best for 2019. Now I’m really excited to be sharing this episode with you for a number of reasons. I think it’s very timely considering this is … [Read more...]
153 – High performance trading – Mandi Pour Rafsendjani
Quite often the focus for traders are the technical aspects of trading - indicators, back-testing procedures, robustness checks, statistics, trading platforms, infrastructure etc. All of these aspects can have an impact on trading performance. However, there are other aspects of trading too … [Read more...]
135 – How “balance” can make us better traders
I can’t believe it’s only 4 weeks until Christmas! We’ve got the Christmas ads running on the TV here already... The local grocery store has the Christmas decorations up... And they’re even playing Christmas carols - can you believe that? At home my 5-year-old daughter is already priming … [Read more...]
132 – How to track poor performing trading strategies
A few weeks ago I got the fright of my life. I found myself in a situation where I could potentially be crushed by a car, or perhaps even a bus or truck. As I’ve mentioned in the past, I like to go riding on my mountain bike, and when I ride my bike, I like to go pretty fast and do things that … [Read more...]
120 – 3 trading inspirations
In this weeks Thursday Trading Thought we’re going to inject some inspiration into the podcast. Trading is a really tough business and sometimes as traders we can get into a bit of a funk, no matter what level of trading we’re at. But we’re only human and we’re all trying to get better, so in … [Read more...]
099 – Where to focus for top trading performance
When I was learning to snowboard, I still remember the first time I got off the lift chair, strapped myself in the board and looked down the mountain. It was really overwhelming and I wondered how I was actually going to get down there without any injuries! My instructor was very comforting … [Read more...]
083 – How to get better at anything, faster
Last week I finished reading a book called ‘Peak – Secrets from the new science of expertise’. I wanted to share a concept from that book with you today because it contains a model that has the potential to: accelerate the learning process and dramatically increase our level of expertise … [Read more...]
038 – Trading goals with Kevin Davey
Happy New Year! The start of a new year is typically the time when people review their accomplishments and progress for the past year, and make fresh plans for the year to come. I thought it might be good to do a quick bonus episode with someone who knows all about setting goals and achieving … [Read more...]
027 – Mindfulness in Trading – Dr Gary Dayton
Dr. Gary Dayton has been an active trader since 1999, trading equities, futures and options. He is a psychologist and holds a doctorate in clinical psychology and a certificate in human performance/sport psychology from Rutgers University. He is President of Peak Psychology, Inc., a consulting … [Read more...]
014 – Improving Trader Performance – Rande Howell
Rande Howell has more than 15 years of practice as a licensed therapist with a Masters in Counselling. In addition to this, he has worked for many years as a personal development coach teaching individuals how to affect positive change, peak performance, personal growth, and leadership … [Read more...]