Thoughts for 2026 This is a Guest Post by Dan Fitzpatrick of StockMarketMentor.com As we enter the new year, I want to share a simple thought that has been on my mind—especially after spending time with family, stepping away from screens for a bit, and observing how traders tend to behave when the calendar turns. […]
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Part 3: Habits, Tracking, and the Rule of 10 — The Path to Sustainable Progress This is a Guest Post by Dan Fitzpatrick of StockMarketMentor.com The S.M.A.R.T.™ Trading Process gives you structure, but structure alone isn’t enough. Consistency is what transforms a set of rules into a genuine trading practice. Many traders know exactly what they
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Trading is often described as a battle between logic and emotion. While technical analysis, fundamental research, and risk management form the foundation of successful trading, emotions can quickly undermine even the most sophisticated strategies. The difference between profitable traders and those who blow up their accounts often comes down to emotional control. Understanding which emotions
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The volatility inherent in the markets can test even the most seasoned traders. Yet within the ancient wisdom of Stoic philosophy lie potent principles that can transform your approach to market psychology. By applying these timeless teachings to modern trading, you can develop stronger emotional regulation, more transparent decision-making, and a more sustainable approach to
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In finance, trading psychology is critical in determining success or failure. It’s not just about having the right technical skills and market knowledge; understanding and managing emotions are equally important. This blog post aims to help you comprehend the critical aspects of trading psychology and learn how to use them to your advantage, ultimately improving
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How Does Color Affect Your Trading Decisions? The color red has long been associated with bullfighting, which symbolizes the bull’s fury, and with financial adversity in the stock market, causing investors to tremble at the mere sight of it. Yet, upon closer examination, the relationship between red and aggression or poor performance is far from
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The Psychology of Trading and Investing The psychology of trading and investing is a crucial aspect of the financial markets that traders and investors often overlook. Understanding the psychological factors influencing trading and investment decisions can help individuals make better decisions and improve their overall market performance. In this article, I will discuss the role
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Do you want to reach your full potential? Have you heard of the Pygmalion Effect and wondered what it is and how it works? The Pygmalion Effect is an interesting psychological phenomenon that shows high expectations can lead to improved performance. By understanding this effect, we can use our expectations as a tool for personal
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Trading psychology refers to traders’ emotions, mindset, and behavior and how they impact decision-making and performance in the financial markets. Mastering trading psychology is essential for any trader, as it can significantly impact their trading success. Trading psychology also indirectly impacts performance by affecting a trader’s overall mindset and attitude toward the markets. A trader
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“All of life is peaks and valleys. Don’t let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.” – John Wooden In today’s competitive world, it’s no secret that many people constantly strive to find ways to give themselves an edge over others. Whether in their personal or professional careers, having an advantage can
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Emotions are the natural instinctive state of mind created internally as a reaction to your circumstances, derived from your mood, or arise based on interactions in relationships with friends, family, or strangers. These are feelings and different from logic, thinking, or knowledge. Emotions are messengers to your nervous system on how to react to a
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Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that there is danger that is likely to cause pain, or a threat. In trading, this can be a financial threat of loss or mental fear based on the ego. The fear is based on the belief in the probability of a future event happening. There
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Patience in trading is the ability to wait to take action until it’s the right time. Ego, impulses, boredom, and greed, can overcome a traders resolve and cause them to take action too soon or too much. Patience is the ability to follow a trading plan in real time with discipline and focus. Discipline is
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You can’t master the markets as no one knows the future or can predict what millions of traders and investors will do today or tomorrow. The best we can do is master our own behavior in disciplined execution of our own system. The majority of new traders look to find consistency making money from one
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I have studied all the most successful traders in history along with the more modern market wizards and trend followers. Here are six of the qualities that I have found in common with all of them. FOCUS Ability to focus their thinking into an edge. Rich traders can have different mental skill sets whether it’s
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The wrong trading psychology is one of the biggest things that cause people to fail in trading the financial markets. No trading system will work, no matter how good, if a trader can’t follow it with discipline and focus over a long period of time. It is emotions and ego that usually cause a trader
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All traders have both wins and losses regardless of their strategy and system. Much like in sports traders don’t succeed on every trade just like baseball players don’t hit every pitch and basketball players don’t sink every basket. Trading is a game of win rate and positive expectancy through bigger wins than losses on average.
Trading psychology is the emotional and ego elements that enter into buy and sale decisions during the decision making processes of buying and selling along with how big of a position to take. Humans are emotional beings and don’t always act rationally. Crowd behavior is what causes the huge asset bubbles that become far removed
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Here are the five primary reasons the majority of traders lose money in the markets. Trading too Soon Trading real capital in the markets before you are ready can be very expensive. Before you begin trading you should have already backtested your strategy if you are a swing trader or trend trader or used a
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The psychology of trading can be just as important as the method chosen, the system development, the strategy used and risk management. Without the right mindset using clear rational and disciplined thinking nothing will work over the long term to create profitable trading as mental errors will sabotage any trading edge. The three primary mental
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