Recent content by syntrader

From your thread, I can tell you've been reading and basically quoting Mark Douglas. Another trading psychologist who is also an expert on intuition, Andrew Menaker, would agree with much of it, except for a few parts - e.g. "not associating one moment to the next" as always being...

must be able to trust it = confidence that you recognize it as your edge. this is where most traders fail. it takes more than 'an edge' to succeed. this is why trading is mostly psychology. having an edge is the relatively easy part (although most traders don't have that)...

What is TRADING the markets to you? < Best question there is for a trader. Several years ago I was asked a similar version of that question by a mentor/coach. At first, I thought, oh geeeez, what a waste of time. But over the years, the answer to that question has evolved as I continue to...

Robbins made a horrible call a few years ago about US equities, saying the market was going to make new lows below the March 09 low....sorry don't have the link. He also made a huge bullish call on gold last year - he's essentially a follower of Faber and Bass, and a I think Prechter (sp?)...

http://www.andrewmenaker.com/talking-to-an-inpatient-trader/ syntrader AKA xxxskier

Personally, I trade the market, not the economy. Much more profitable.

"whole brain" .... LOL. nlp = pop psychology go read about nlp on wikipedia

you are correct, they are chats....I was lazy and didn't use the correct word. my bad.

NoDoji is one of my favorite posters here, so ND, don't take this personally. (ND, this is xxxskier) I wish I could say that in my own trading I have found that solid back-testing and a solid plan gives me a 'carefree state of mind" as Mark Douglas and some others write about. Maybe for ND it...

If you want a forum with other pro traders you're going to need a Bloomberg terminal. That forum is full of traders on desks, ET is mostly independent traders, hence retail. Yeah, there are a few big boys that post on ET, and few good nuggets here and there from some good indies, but its mostly...

add Andrew Menaker, legit PhD psychologist and he trades.

RN's got it covered. although i might add courage, because that's what it takes to be totally self-honest.

I personally recommend Andrew Menaker as a trading shrink, if you go that route. I read a lot of stuff on trading psychology but it didn't stick until I worked with him.

First, read this, its long but worth it. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/11/luck-and-skill-untangled-qa-with-michael-mauboussin/ Then, listen to this to understand the difference it more on a personal level...

best trading psychology video out there.