tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898353443999071702024-03-29T09:41:47.204-05:00Become Your Own Trading CoachBrett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-35665924534062092492009-12-26T17:26:00.001-06:002009-12-27T19:21:19.143-06:00Indicator and Trading Pattern Posts - Volume Four<span style="font-weight: bold;">This is the final 2009 archive post covering indicators and trading methods. It covers November and December posts; see the separate archives for </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://becomeyourowntradingcoach.blogspot.com/2009/12/indicator-and-trading-pattern-posts.html">August</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">, </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://becomeyourowntradingcoach.blogspot.com/2009/12/indicator-and-trading-pattern-posts_26.html">September</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">, and </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://becomeyourowntradingcoach.blogspot.com/2009/12/indicator-and-trading-pattern-posts_4411.html">October</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* When </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/midday-briefing-for-november-9th-themes.html">intermarket themes and intraday sentiment</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> are in gear;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/recognizing-range-markets-with-sector.html">Recognizing range markets</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> by tracking sector behavior;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/midday-briefing-for-november-11th.html">Tracking NYSE TICK</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> and range markets;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Following sentiment with </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/putcall-ratio-look-at-recent-sentiment.html">the equity put/call ratio</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">; see also </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/intraday-putcall-ratios-as-short-term.html">intraday put/call ratio</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/volume-dynamics-of-market-consolidation.html">Volume</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> and market consolidation;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Nice tool for </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/quick-way-to-track-etf-intraday.html">tracking ETF performance</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* A look at </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/midday-briefing-for-november-17th-range.html">volume and VWAP during range trade</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">; see also </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/identifying-range-trade.html">this post</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Using </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/using-information-within-bars-on-market.html">volume information *within* bars</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> on a chart;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Characteristics of </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/morning-briefing-for-november-19th.html">a downside market break</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Advantages of </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/two-reasons-i-like-volume-bars-in.html">volume bar charting</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* A way of </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/are-traders-showing-risk-appetite-or.html">tracking traders' risk appetite</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Sentiment and </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/measuring-days-sentiment-with.html">the cumulative NYSE TICK line</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/midday-briefing-for-december-3rd-non.html">Tracking non-confirmations</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> across markets;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* What </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/lessons-for-developing-traders-what.html">moves markets</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">; here's </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/lessons-for-developing-traders-more-on.html">the follow-up post</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Using </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/using-basket-of-stocks-to-track-market.html">a basket of stocks</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> to track market trending;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-we-can-learn-from-stock-market.html">Intraday volume</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> and market opportunity; see also post on </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-waning-market-volume-tells-us.html">when volume becomes low</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* An </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/tick-flow-measure-of-intraday-money.html">intraday measure of money flow</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Tracking market demand </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/look-at-cumulative-delta-indicator.html">with cumulative Delta</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/ticki-as-sentiment-gauge-dow-tick.html">Using Dow TICK</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ($TICKI) to assess short-term sentiment; see also </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/cumulative-ticki-and-short-term-stock.html">this post on cumulative TICKI</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/tracking-stock-markets-short-term.html">Tracking short-term trending</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> with various indicators;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-resources-for-tracking-sector-and.html">Resources</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> for tracking sector and market behavior;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/transition-trade-in-euro-currency.html">Transition pattern</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> in currency futures market;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* The importance of </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-you-trade-counts-as-much-as-how.html">*what* you trade</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/fading-narrow-market-moves.html">Fading moves</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> that lack broad participation;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Gauging market strength with </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/tracking-basket-of-stocks-for-volume.html">a basket of stocks and their VWAP levels</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/playing-moves-back-to-vwap.html">Reversal moves</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> back to VWAP;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/12/swing-trading-with-transition-patterns.html">Transition pattern</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> on a swing time frame;</span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO2hlEba0ac&feature=related">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-5327205066065083162009-12-26T16:20:00.001-06:002009-12-27T19:18:36.476-06:00Indicator and Trading Pattern Posts - Volume Three<span style="font-weight: bold;">This is the third installment in a set of archived posts that focus on trading indicators and methods. These posts come from October, 2009; see the prior archives for </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://becomeyourowntradingcoach.blogspot.com/2009/12/indicator-and-trading-pattern-posts.html">August</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> and </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://becomeyourowntradingcoach.blogspot.com/2009/12/indicator-and-trading-pattern-posts_26.html">September</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Using NYSE TICK and Market Delta to </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/making-trend-identification-with.html">identify intraday sentiment and trend</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/two-valuable-tells-for-stock-market.html">Gauging intraday strength</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> via sentiment and intermarket themes;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Identifying </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/quick-look-at-range-market.html">range markets</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">; using sectors and a basket of stocks </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/identifying-range-markets.html">to identify range conditions</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">* Catching </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/divergences-on-radar.html">market divergences</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/using-nyse-tick-to-gauge-institutional.html">Extreme NYSE TICK values</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">--and their absence--as a trend/range indicator; also </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/nyse-tick-and-intraday-sentiment-at.html">see this post</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* The </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/watching-large-traders-on-breakout-move.html">behavior of large traders during breakout moves</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">* Nice </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/assessing-relative-volume-for.html">relative volume tool</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-on-weekly-price-targets-and-swing.html">Weekly price targets</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> and swing trading; see also </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/weekly-pivotprofit-target-numbers-and.html">this post on weekly targets</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">* $TICKI (Dow TICK) and </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/dow-tick-ticki-and-short-term-sentiment.html">short-term stock market sentiment</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/price-levels-and-market-breakouts.html">Watching price levels</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> to gauge market breakouts;<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">* Nice way of </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/look-at-recent-sector-rotation.html">gauging sector rotation</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/understanding-market-movement-with-vwap.html">Using VWAP</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> to understand market moves and day structure;<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">* Identifying </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/signs-of-trend-day-to-upside.html">an upside trend day</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Tells for a </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/10/signs-of-trend-day-to-downside.html">downside trend day</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBf7QugTFnw">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-88778961421856380592009-12-26T13:03:00.001-06:002009-12-27T19:17:40.019-06:00Indicator and Trading Pattern Posts - Volume Two<span style="font-weight: bold;">Here are trading indicator and technique posts from September; see <a href="http://becomeyourowntradingcoach.blogspot.com/2009/12/indicator-and-trading-pattern-posts.html">the prior set of posts from August</a> for more:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/intermarket-correlations-and-influence.html">Tracking intermarket correlations</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> to understand macro themes;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* When to </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/when-to-exit-trade.html">exit a trade</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Identifying </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/morning-briefing-for-september-3rd.html">false breakouts</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">; see also </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/recent-lows-in-es-were-achieved-on.html">this post</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/quick-look-at-markets-volume-dynamics.html">Using volume dynamics</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> to identify downside break;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/intraday-look-at-transition-trading.html">Transition trading</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">; here's </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/further-conceptual-foundation-for.html">a follow-up to that post</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">; nice </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/example-of-short-term-transition.html">example of transition pattern</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/beginning-look-at-stock-market-momentum.html">Momentum patterns</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> in the stock market; a further </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/further-look-at-short-term-stock-market.html">look at momentum</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">; and </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/more-on-short-term-stock-market.html">another one</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Intraday </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/thoughts-about-trend-days-transitions.html">market transitions</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Tracking </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/tracking-emergence-of-resistance-and.html">the real time development of support and resistance</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Tracking </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/low-momentum-markets-dynamics-of-ranges.html">low momentum in the stock market</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> and what it means;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Using </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/changes-from-market-open-what-we-can.html">a basket of stocks and changes from the open</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> to assess trending;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* More on </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/catching-shifts-in-intraday-market.html">using NYSE TICK to gauge intraday sentiment</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">; also, </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/tracking-buying-interest-with.html">using TICK distribution</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* The value of </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/reading-market-volume-flow.html">assessing the market's volume flow</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">; see also </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/using-volume-flow-to-catch-short-term.html">volume flow and intraday transitions</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">; also, </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/reading-market-volume-flow-in-pre.html">reading volume flow</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> prior to the market open;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/breakouts-and-participation-when-market.html">Evaluating participation</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> during breakout attempts; also </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/using-broad-market-view-to-trade-false.html">see this example</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/denominating-charts-in-volume-units.html">Using volume bars</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> to track the market;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/integrating-perspectives-across-time.html">Using information across time frames</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> for trade ideas;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Primer on </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/reading-market-delta-charts-on.html">reading my Market Delta display</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/two-indications-of-range-trading.html">Identifying range days</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> in the market;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/tracking-market-breakout-to-upside.html">Identifying upside breakouts</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> in the market;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/nyse-tick-non-confirmations-and-market.html">Non-confirmations in NYSE TICK</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> and market reversals; see also </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/looking-at-breakouts-in-nyse-tick.html">NYSE TICK breakouts</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Using volume to </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/identifying-and-trading-off-of-key.html">identify key price levels</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/different-view-of-trending-market.html">Volume dynamics</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> of a trending market;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/screening-for-intraday-strength-and.html">Excellent tool</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> for screening intraday strength and weakness;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* What we can learn from </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/gauging-trend-status-with-intraday.html">intraday advances and declines in the stock market</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* When economic reports are </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/when-economic-reports-are-game-changers.html">game changers for stocks</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=megi-V_Rvtc&feature=fvw">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-72423632184915650422009-12-26T11:38:00.001-06:002009-12-27T19:16:39.501-06:00Indicator and Trading Pattern Posts - Volume One<span style="font-weight: bold;">Here is an archive of posts from August that illustrate specific market indicators and trading patterns. I'll be generating archives from subsequent months, picking out posts specifically relevant to trading methods:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/stock-market-sentiment-and-cumulative.html">Intraday sentiment and trend</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> with cumulative NYSE TICK line;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Tracking sentiment with </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/nyse-tick-and-buying-sentiment.html">a moving average of NYSE TICK</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Tracking sentiment </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/identifying-nyse-tick-environment-and.html">by assessing extreme NYSE TICK readings</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Understanding </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/importance-of-understanding-global.html">the market's macro themes</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Assessing market strength with </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/short-term-new-highs-and-lows-valuable.html">short-term new highs/lows</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Using </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/bottoms-up-view-of-very-short-term.html">trend status of a basket of stocks</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> to assess market condition;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Aligning trading with </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/nyse-tick-and-aligning-trading-with.html">sentiment trends and NYSE TICK</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-stock-index-futures-move-during.html">Volatility patterns</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">, intraday;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Tracking </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/watching-sector-leaders-in-stock-market.html">sector rotation and odds of market continuation</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Identifying </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/midday-briefing-for-august-21st.html">market breakouts</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* A few of </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/uncovering-your-trading-rules.html">my trading rules</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Creating </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/volatility-adjusted-price-targets-for.html">price targets for swing trading</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">;</span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOIj3jZW7wA&feature=fvw">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-76016522231387442342009-12-19T15:30:00.001-06:002009-12-25T19:40:31.238-06:00Creating Your Learning Culture<span style="font-weight: bold;">If I had to identify one characteristic that separated successful traders from their less successful counterparts, I would say that the successful ones maintained what I call a learning culture.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A learning culture is one in which there is an explicit philosophy and set of procedures to reflect upon recent experience, extract lessons from that experience, and use those lessons to guide future experience. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">While such a culture can be maintained individually, it becomes exponentially more powerful when it is shared. Imagine a small group of people, each of whom is extracting lessons from experience and sharing them with all the others. The net effect is to condense time: a person has gained a week's worth of experience in a day, simply by assimilating the lessons of others.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This condensation of time is essential to a field such as trading, in which the learning curve may outlast one's bank account. Most of us have heard of the "ten year rule", which states that expertise in any performance field requires a minimum of ten years of learning and deliberate practice. Clearly, most of us cannot afford ten years of our lives to learn to master financial markets; few trading firms could or would support such an extended process.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Within a learning culture, however, a trader can gain ten years of experience in a fraction of that time. The key is learning from others and making use of proper tools for exploiting that learning. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Imagine, for example, that I am trading with a group of four other people. At the end of every trading session, each of us shares, via video and with annotation, his or her best trade of the day. Those videos and explanations are reviewed intensively, providing high-yield access to multiple trading patterns. Over time, those patterns are reinforced--and each of the traders is seeing many times the patterns of the average trader. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sadly, few trading firms make concerted efforts to embody such learning cultures. Whatever mutual learning occurs is the result of informal conversations and occasional collaborations. Because the traders don't hang together, too many hang separately.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Just one learning colleague can double one's rate of growth; conducting learning in groups can turn a 10-year rule into a several year one. It is no accident that the same training facilities--whether in boxing, chess, college sports, or the arts--produce leading performers year after year. Nor is it an accident that the world's leading laboratories produce consistent world-class discoveries; that the world's leading educational institutions generate the best scholarship.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Culture counts. When you're surrounded by high performers, it brings out the best in you.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">More:<br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/will-to-prepare-to-win-key-to.html">The Will to Prepare to Win</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/previewing-and-reviewing-your-trading.html">Previewing and Reviewing Trading</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-makes-expert-three-surprising.html">What Makes an Expert?</a><br /></span></div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kl7Ou0mJ64&feature=related">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-3493850816012707072009-08-02T13:07:00.000-05:002009-08-02T13:08:43.243-05:00Perspectives on Teamwork and Trading<span style="font-weight: bold;">A big part of success in any performance field is networking and teaming with the right people. Here are some posts to help you build your own team:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/fighting-isolation-of-trading.html">Fighting the Isolation of Trading</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2007/12/virtual-trading-groups-getting-to-next.html">Developing Virtual Trading Groups</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/teamwork-and-trading-success.html">Teamwork, Creativity, and Trading Success</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/more-on-gnarls-barkley-teamwork-and.html">Teamwork and Trading Performance</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/finding-successful-teamwork-in-your.html">Finding Teammates to Build Your Trading Development</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A-vfaspLHM">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-88889512236834418352009-08-01T00:21:00.001-05:002009-08-01T12:24:18.806-05:00Trading Lessons From July<span style="font-weight: bold;">A major objective of this site is to archive readings that can help traders with their psychology and their trading. The following posts from July address important elements of trading practice. See also </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://becomeyourowntradingcoach.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-trade-recent-market-lessons.html">trading lessons from May and June</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> and </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://becomeyourowntradingcoach.blogspot.com/2009/05/trading-patterns-that-set-up-during-day.html">these posts on trade setups</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/trading-with-odds-on-your-side.html">Trading With the Odds</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/when-should-i-consider-joining.html">When to Think of Joining a Proprietary Trading Firm</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-are-reasonable-performance.html">Gauging Reasonable Performance Expectations as a Trader</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/establishing-reference-ranges-early-in.html">Identifying Reference Ranges During the Day</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/making-right-call-on-day-structure.html">Figuring Out the Structure of the Trading Day</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/tracking-vwap-and-range-trading-days.html">Range Days and VWAP</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/when-markets-cant-go-lower-on-bad-news.html">Important Market Lesson: How Markets Respond to Bad News</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/executing-good-trades-avoiding-getting.html">Executing Good Trades</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/trading-screens-keeping-them-simple-but.html">Organizing Your Trading Screens</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/avoiding-getting-chopped-up-in-range.html">How to Plan Trading in a Range Market</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/look-at-transition-turnaround.html">Nice Example of a Transition Pattern</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/finding-transition-reversals-at.html">Transitions and Reversals</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/overcoming-failure-and-fighting-for.html">Overcoming Failures in Trading</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/catching-false-breakouts.html">Catching False Breakouts From Ranges</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/mindfulness-and-mindlessness-in-trading.html">Three Common Mistakes Traders Make</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/matching-time-frames-of-your-analyses.html">Trading *Your* Time Frame</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/questions-to-ask-while-youre-trading.html">Three Questions to Ask Before You Trade</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/three-questions-to-ask-in-trading-range.html">What to Look for When We're Trading in a Range</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/when-range-trades-break-to-upside-what.html">What to Look for in a Breakout From a Range</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/historical-observations-on-day.html">Two Important Lessons Regarding Day Structure</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/psychology-of-trading-slow-range-days.html">Trading Slow Market Days</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/trading-order-flow-lost-skill-important.html">Trading With Order Flow</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/keeping-your-time-frames-consistent.html">Keeping Time Frames Consistent While Trading</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/trading-addiction-side-of-trading-that.html">When Trading Becomes an Addiction</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/tracking-upside-breakout-in-stock.html">Upside Market Breakouts: What to Look For</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/importance-of-tracking-where-volume.html">The Importance of Tracking Volume at Price</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/market-context-importance-of-non.html">Identifying Non-Confirmations of Market Moves</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/becoming-best-you-can-be-as-trader.html">Relentlessly Improving Yourself as a Trader</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/great-traders-five-distinguishing.html">Five Characteristics of Winning Traders</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/making-most-of-twitter-and-morning.html">How to Use the Morning Information From Twitter</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/integrating-information-across-time.html">Integrating Market Information Across Time Frames</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/evaluating-yourself-as-trader.html">A Self-Evaluation Checklist for Traders</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/importance-of-gut-hunches-in-trading.html">The Role of the Gut in Trading</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/nice-view-of-range-day-in-stock-market.html">Identifying Market Range Days</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-do-we-know-trend-is-ending.html">Recognizing When Trends End</a><br /></div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4nAzWExsuc">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-91001513704315584392009-06-27T14:30:00.000-05:002009-06-27T14:32:04.186-05:00How to Trade: Recent Market Lessons<span style="font-weight: bold;">My earlier entry archived TraderFeed posts covering </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://becomeyourowntradingcoach.blogspot.com/2009/05/trading-patterns-that-set-up-during-day.html">trades that set up during the day</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">. Here are a few trading-related posts to add to the collection:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* 5/21/09 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/importance-of-opening-price.html">The Importance of the Opening Price</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* 5/26/09 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/short-term-trends-in-stock-market-are.html">Reversals of Short-Term Trends</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* 5/27/09 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/six-ways-to-identify-range-market.html">Knowing When You're in a Range Market</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* 5/29/09 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/when-participation-is-weak-during.html">Fading Moves When Participation is Weak</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* 6/1/09 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/pre-opening-briefing-tracking-volume-at.html">Identifying Key Price Levels From Volume Accumulation</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* 6/1/09 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/five-characteristics-of-upward-trending.html">Identifying Trends to the Upside</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* 6/2/09 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/volume-weighted-average-price-vwap-and.html">VWAP and Range Markets</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* 6/5/09 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/look-at-reversion-trade.html">An Example of a Reversion Trade</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* 6/16/09 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/from-range-trade-to-breakout-making.html">Identifying Market Breakouts</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* 6/19/09 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/gauging-market-strength-and-weakness.html">Using a Basket of Stocks to Gauge Strength/Weaknes</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">s</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* 6/22/09 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/focusing-on-structure-of-days-trade.html">Catching the Structure of the Day Session</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* 6/25/09 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/five-things-to-look-for-in-stock-market.html">What to Look for in a Breakout Trade</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NE7vZH4tv8&feature=related">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-75478598223951409932009-06-27T06:54:00.001-05:002009-06-27T06:55:44.242-05:00Practical Self-Coaching Ideas for Traders<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here are more posts relevant to coaching yourself for sustained trading success.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/three-questions-for-end-of-trading-day.html">What to Ask Yourself at the End of the Trading Day</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/three-questions-for-start-of-trading.html">What to Ask Yourself at the Start of the Trading Day</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/where-is-your-head-when-youre-trading.html">What to Ask Yourself While You're Trading</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/when-body-controls-mind.html">Controlling the Body to Control the Mind</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/we-gravitate-toward-our-self-talk.html">The Importance of Our Self-Talk</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/trading-process-and-mechanics.html">A Structure for Approaching Trading</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/learning-styles-and-trading-success-are.html">Does Your Trading Truly Draw on Your Strengths?</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/coping-effectively-with-trading.html">Effectively Coping With the Stresses of Trading</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/secondary-anxiety-and-trading.html">Combating Secondary Anxiety in Trading</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/focusing-on-trading-solutions.html">Focusing on Solutions, Not Problems</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/key-to-changing-our-psychological.html">Changing Our Psychological Patterns in Real Time</a><br /></div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfLM-LwTurQ">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-27897255813990707962009-06-26T18:23:00.000-05:002009-06-26T18:24:13.857-05:00Recent Readings in Market Psychology and Trading Psychology<span style="font-weight: bold;">Here are recent posts to help you guide your trading success:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/overcoming-procrastination.html">How to Overcome Procrastination</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-do-i-handle-mood-swings-of-trading.html">Handling Mood Swings During Trading</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-lose-money-right-way.html">How to Lose Money the Right Way</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/two-points-relevant-to-trade-execution.html">Two Principles of Trade Execution</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/three-uses-of-biofeedback-for-traders.html">Biofeedback for Traders</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/four-pillars-of-psychological-well.html">The Four Facets of Well-Being</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/identifying-short-term-market.html">Identifying Market Transitions</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/six-ways-to-identify-range-market.html">Identifying Range Bound Markets</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/look-at-dr-bretts-quote-boards.html">Here are the 40 Stocks in My Basket</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/six-questions-worth-asking-at-end-of.html">Six Questions to Ask at the End of the Trading Day</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/five-things-to-look-for-in-stock-market.html">What to Look for in a Breakout Trade</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/most-common-mistake-im-seeing-traders.html">A Most Common Trading Mistake<br /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/five-pitfalls-of-developing-traders.html">Pitfalls of Developing Traders</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/latest-videos-from-dr-brett.html">Dr. Brett's Latest Videos</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/from-range-trade-to-breakout-making.html">Transitioning From Range Trade to Trend Trade</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/capitalization-of-traders-why-it-is.html">Why Adequate Capitalization is Key to Trading Success</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esqr9goFghI&feature=related">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-4413932389912243252009-05-24T13:01:00.001-05:002009-05-24T13:04:03.004-05:00Excerpts From My Trading Books<span style="font-weight: bold;">A common question I get is, "Which of your books should I buy?" Below is some information that may prove helpful to traders shopping around:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">** Here is </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/66/04703985/0470398566.pdf">a chapter</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> from my most recent book, </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Daily-Trading-Coach-Becoming-Psychologist/dp/0470398566/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239797269&sr=1-1">The Daily Trading Coach</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">. It is a self-help book for traders, formatted as 101 short, practical lessons.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">** Here is </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/67/04700386/0470038667.pdf">a chapter</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> from my second book, </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Enhancing-Trader-Performance-Strategies-Psychology/dp/0470038667/ref=pd_sim_b_1">Enhancing Trader Performance</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">. It is the only book that I know that focuses on the trader's learning curve and ways of accelerating it toward expertise.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">** Here is </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/19/04712676/0471267619.pdf">a chapter</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> from my first book, </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Trading-Techniques-Minding-Markets/dp/0471267619/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b">The Psychology of Trading</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">. It is a comprehensive presentation of how psychological factors impact traders and why.</span><br /></div><br />See also the archived posts on this blog (Become Your Own Trading Coach). There are many good resources here.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-5gipOwIbM">.</a><br /></div></div>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-50171885157952886592009-05-17T10:07:00.000-05:002009-05-17T10:08:23.901-05:00Trading Patterns That Set Up During The Day<span style="font-weight: bold;">The more you see patterns set up in markets, the more prepared you will be to act upon them. Here are some recent posts featuring trading patterns:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/making-hard-trade.html">Reversal Trade From 5/15/09</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/glance-at-buying-and-selling-pressure.html">Sentiment Turning Bullish From 5/14/09</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/using-daily-distribution-of-tick-to.html">Using TICK to Gauge Sentiment From 5/8/09</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/quick-look-at-market-break.html">Downside Breakout Move From 5/7/09</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/when-market-moves-lack-broad.html">Reversal Move From 5/6/09</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/tracking-shifts-in-buying-and-selling.html">Shift in Sentiment From 5/5/09</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/recognizing-strong-trend-day-in-stock.html">Recognizing Upside Trend Day From 5/4/09</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/05/observing-breakaway-moves-in-stocks.html">Breakaway Move From 5/4/09</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/nice-tell-for-range-bound-trade.html">Range Trade From 4/30/09</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/when-markets-hold-strength-on-bad-news.html">Maintaining Strength on Bad News From 4/29/09</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/importance-of-stock-sector.html">False Upside Breakout From 4/29/09</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/using-overnight-range-as-reference.html">Upside Breakout Trade From 4/28/09</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/midday-briefing-for-april-24th.html">Upside Trending Move From 4/24/09</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/sector-non-confirmations-recognizing.html">False Breakout Move and Reversal From 4/22/09</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/catching-market-transition.html">Transitional Pattern From 4/22/09</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/when-market-indicators-are-in-sync.html">Downside Trending Move From 4/20/09</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/adapting-to-range-bound-market.html">Identifying Range Markets From 4/15/09</a><br /></div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njPWBTIv9qw">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-86608532540545229302009-04-30T21:45:00.002-05:002009-04-30T22:05:15.253-05:00Understanding Yourself as a Trader<span style="font-weight: bold;">Here is a collection of recent posts that pertain to trading psychology and the relationship between psychology and trading performance:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/03/power-of-repetition-coaching-traders.html">A Coaching Linkfest for Traders</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/03/importance-of-daily-trading-goals.html">The Importance of Trading Goals</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/03/using-trading-to-find-heroic-within.html">Finding the Heroic Within Ourselves</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/03/four-best-practices-for-maintaining.html">Sustaining Your Market Focus</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/we-gravitate-toward-our-self-talk.html">The Importance of Our Self-Talk</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/03/learning-how-to-trade-managing.html">Managing Trading's Psychological Risks</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/key-to-changing-our-psychological.html">Coaching in Real Time</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/secondary-anxiety-and-trading.html">Secondary Anxiety and Trading</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/trading-on-tilt-regaining-self-control.html">Regaining Self-Control</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/when-body-controls-mind.html">How the Body Controls the Mind</a><br /></span></div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OYxeQWsCCs">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-409674114173244772009-04-06T21:09:00.000-05:002009-04-06T21:10:50.073-05:00Collected Readings in Trading Psychology<span style="font-size:130%;">Some of my earliest market writings have been compiled into a PDF (274 pages worth!). I think you'll find some good reading here, with many of the themes anticipating those in my books. Enjoy!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://up.m-e-c.biz/up/books/Brett%20Steenbarger%20-%20Psychology%20Of%20Trading.pdf"><span style="font-weight: bold;">COLLECTED READINGS IN TRADING PSYCHOLOGY</span></a></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j88-J3BAWCY">.</a><br /></div></div>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-68197536655606524222009-04-04T18:13:00.001-05:002009-04-04T18:31:43.369-05:00The Daily Trading Coach Kindle Edition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2adK3QsIzmPNCz7NWkOotLgOcToJcJpCncWN3m_fHaSXDdOhkT1ALZ8as-tgIASRev7o4em84pFEPih5kK9qpLiPp_m_EbqLpnPUGdGHS7GWM69Ew2XmXo2AKFhf2ewRwuskz8rNF-Yh/s1600-h/DTCKindle.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2adK3QsIzmPNCz7NWkOotLgOcToJcJpCncWN3m_fHaSXDdOhkT1ALZ8as-tgIASRev7o4em84pFEPih5kK9qpLiPp_m_EbqLpnPUGdGHS7GWM69Ew2XmXo2AKFhf2ewRwuskz8rNF-Yh/s400/DTCKindle.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320973472702642066" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I just got word that </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Daily-Trading-Coach-Psychologist-ebook/dp/B0023SDQRG/ref=ed_oe_k">the Kindle edition of The Daily Trading Coach</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> is now available on the Amazon site. Thanks to a kind gift from my favorite Chicago trading firm, I've been playing with my new Kindle and find it easy to use and easy to read. While the electronic version of the book is more expensive than the print version, it does have some functionalities that the hardcover text lacks. For example, you can index and highlight the electronic text and even use Kindle's very basic browser to look up links from the book. An interesting Kindle function that I haven't yet played with creates an electronic voice (male or female) to read the book to you. Not quite as good as a true audiobook, but perhaps a useful feature for situations in which reading would be difficult. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where I see Kindle's greatest potential is as a device that can pick up all sorts of periodical content, blog subscriptions, podcasts, music downloads, and the like on the fly, centralizing a traveler's reading and entertainment in a convenient manner. Indeed, you can </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://blog.feedbooks.com/?p=71">create your own newspaper on Kindle populated by your favorite RSS feeds</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For those looking for an e-book in a non-proprietary form, </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-302475.html?query=Brett+N.+Steenbarger">the Wiley site</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> will soon carry The Daily Trading Coach as a PDF. That will make the book easily accessible around the world as a quick download. I will put the word out when the PDF version becomes available. Once again, thanks for the interest!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brett<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJDsm1Y4kUk">.</a><br /></span>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-22987194683187869142009-03-29T07:52:00.002-05:002009-04-07T05:34:39.052-05:00Trading Techniques Linkfest<span style="font-weight: bold;">Recent TraderFeed posts have focused on short-term trading techniques. Here are some links that can get you caught up:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/02/using-vwap-to-determine-structure-of.html">Using VWAP to Determine Day Structure</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-identify-and-trade-trend-days-to.html">Identifying Upside Trend Days</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/02/recognizing-range-days-in-stock-market.html">Recognizing Range Days</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/02/breakouts-from-trading-ranges-making.html">Identifying Breakout Moves</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/02/using-price-levels-to-frame-short-term.html">Framing Short-Term Trades With Price Levels</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/02/recognizing-significant-selling.html">Recognizing Selling Pressure in the Market</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/02/recognizing-significant-buying-pressure.html">Recognizing Buying Pressure in the Market</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/03/observing-buying-and-selling-pressure.html">Observing Buying/Selling Pressure at Key Price Levels</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/03/nyse-advance-decline-line-identifying.html">Using the A-D Line to Identify Trending and Range Markets</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/03/fresh-look-at-advance-decline.html">A New Way of Calculating the Advance-Decline Indicator</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/tracking-large-traders-by-tracking.html">Tracking Large Traders</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/03/catching-market-turns-when-one-index.html">Non-Confirmations and Catching Market Turns</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/when-breakouts-turn-false-catching.html">Catching False Breakout Moves</a><br /></div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hr_9H-lVHA">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-34305717841483678102009-02-28T14:07:00.002-06:002009-03-29T07:02:30.554-05:00Trader Mentoring and Coaching Linkfest<span style="font-weight: bold;">Not much has been written on the effective mentoring and coaching of traders. Here are posts that offer some worthwhile perspectives:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/08/reading-communications-and.html">Reading Market Communications</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/02/listening-as-core-trading-skill.html">Listening to the Market</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2007/02/role-of-somatic-markers-in-trading.html">Somatic Markers and Trading</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Emotional Intelligence and Trading:<br /></span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/01/emotional-intelligence-and-trading-part.html">Part One</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> and </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/01/trading-with-emotional-intelligence.html">Part Two</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/02/following-stock-market-like.html">Following the Market Like a Psychologist</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/02/coaching-traders-as-supervisory-process.html">Coaching as a Supervisory Process</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/02/from-education-to-training-developing.html">Coaching as Training</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/02/toward-fresh-vision-of-trader-coaching.html">A Fresh Approach to Mentoring and Coaching</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://becomeyourowntradingcoach.blogspot.com/2008/10/ten-recent-posts-for-self-coaching.html">Self-Coaching Posts</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/03/power-of-repetition-coaching-traders.html">The Power of Repetition: Linkfest</a><br /></div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX9L802jY7c&feature=related">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-48213305034606647532009-01-21T06:33:00.003-06:002009-03-29T07:06:40.996-05:00The Best of TraderFeed 2008<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUEuhFelPHaySpZT3CyiL1E_oUAFbXYIE8zFCEHXs77RuOBZtGIuMUs1LcAu8JnERu_SBZTeKaSHZY98nDrlidiMOi73p7o58V5x7oOUhsbnbC3XqDhoSXVIjjf1SHgsG-dsebrxLM5cp/s1600-h/TraderFeed.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 385px; height: 111px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUEuhFelPHaySpZT3CyiL1E_oUAFbXYIE8zFCEHXs77RuOBZtGIuMUs1LcAu8JnERu_SBZTeKaSHZY98nDrlidiMOi73p7o58V5x7oOUhsbnbC3XqDhoSXVIjjf1SHgsG-dsebrxLM5cp/s400/TraderFeed.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293722385308806082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here are the best of the trading and market psychology posts from 2008; interested readers can check out the </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://becomeyourowntradingcoach.blogspot.com/2009/01/best-of-traderfeed-2007.html">best of 2007</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> and </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://becomeyourowntradingcoach.blogspot.com/2008/12/best-of-traderfeed-2006.html">best of 2006</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">. Within the extent of my knowledge, the TraderFeed collection is the largest free source of trading psychology materials on the Web. For a more in-depth treatment of these topics, check out my other writings at the top right of this blog page. </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/01/trading-and-market-psychology-best-of_09.html">Volume One</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/01/trading-and-market-psychology-best-of_14.html">Volume Two</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/01/trading-and-market-psychology-best-of_21.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Volume Three</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/02/trading-and-market-psychology-best-of.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Volume Four</span></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyUfJVqMtO0&feature=channel">.</a></div></div>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-14088660612873539092009-01-01T16:22:00.005-06:002009-01-06T05:27:14.665-06:00The Best of TraderFeed - 2007<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPi5WpfjTgx52QTHLcCBfk3v_s-C2s5rDSrD-Qn23vGbPb8ddCNhquAovO0P7O0GWxrqveZ_bi1nymenVln4guDKbTKiaIVx7mcSdJBCCO8i4eRv_RX8ZCeM1ySrK0v7tPtfkBDQF8OwR/s1600-h/TraderFeed.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 385px; height: 111px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPi5WpfjTgx52QTHLcCBfk3v_s-C2s5rDSrD-Qn23vGbPb8ddCNhquAovO0P7O0GWxrqveZ_bi1nymenVln4guDKbTKiaIVx7mcSdJBCCO8i4eRv_RX8ZCeM1ySrK0v7tPtfkBDQF8OwR/s400/TraderFeed.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286454264696694514" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here are the best TraderFeed posts from 2007, covering a variety of topics regarding trading and market psychology:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/01/trading-and-market-psychology-best-of.html">Volume One</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/01/trading-and-market-psychology-best-of_02.html">Volume Two</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/01/trading-and-market-psychology-best-of_04.html">Volume Three</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/01/trading-and-market-psychology-best-of_06.html">Volume Four</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3McLqs7x32c">.</a><br /></div>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-36451284987620806862008-12-23T10:57:00.001-06:002009-01-02T16:16:13.225-06:00The Best of TraderFeed - 2006<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMF8s7K6RHNwrL2uurZJdrobA9o2kBjNLrEqQvYU_OktzxVtrpowWtJzjcZAdPjqZNgVH9pFrV84t5K921H_Ep3SSqp7P79d5qr4hyphenhyphenpgP4netAmGdCIs9OqyqR4HNkI8r3YcQwYScpmpN/s1600-h/TraderFeed.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 385px; height: 111px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMF8s7K6RHNwrL2uurZJdrobA9o2kBjNLrEqQvYU_OktzxVtrpowWtJzjcZAdPjqZNgVH9pFrV84t5K921H_Ep3SSqp7P79d5qr4hyphenhyphenpgP4netAmGdCIs9OqyqR4HNkI8r3YcQwYScpmpN/s400/TraderFeed.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283029210885359954" border="0" /></a><br />I'm in the process of assembling the best trading psychology posts from TraderFeed over the past three years. My hope is that these posts can help you prepare for the coming trading year. Here are the links for 2006's "best of" installment:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Best TraderFeed posts of 2006 - <a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2007/01/trading-psychology-and-trader_02.html">Volume Three</a><br /><br />Best TraderFeed posts of 2006 - <a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2007/01/trading-psychology-and-trader.html">Volume Two</a><br /><br />Best TraderFeed posts of 2006 - <a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2006/12/trading-psychology-and-trader.html">Volume One</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JU2HjLR-ts">.</a><br /></div>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-87018165961424210552008-12-10T17:11:00.002-06:002009-04-07T05:51:29.583-05:00Developing Yourself as a Trader<span style="font-weight: bold;">Successful self-coaching requires an ongoing commitment to tracking and improving performance. Here are some posts that will help guide your self-development as a trader:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >* </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2007/06/how-can-i-learn-trading.html">How Can I Learn Trading?</a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >* </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2007/12/coaching-yourself-for-profitable.html">Coaching Yourself for Profitable Performance</a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >* </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2007/12/self-efficacy-physical-exercise-and.html">Self-Efficacy and Attaining Goals</a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >* </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2007/12/greatness-happiness-and-performance.html">What Contributes to Success</a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >* </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/12/turning-goals-into-consistent-habit.html">Turning Goals Into Habit Patterns</a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >* </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/12/setting-effective-trading-goals.html">Setting Effective Goals</a><br /><br />* <a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/one-secret-to-life-success.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Secret to Life Success</span></a><br /><br />* <a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/03/using-trading-to-find-heroic-within.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Finding the Heroic Within Us</span></a><br /></span></div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfomhHyNIpU&feature=related">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-16529867670318311582008-11-15T07:12:00.000-06:002008-11-15T07:13:27.037-06:00Cognitive Perspectives on Trading PerformanceIn these posts I elaborate a perspective on trader performance that informs my coaching work with professional traders and portfolio managers.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/11/toward-cognitive-theory-of-trader.html">Toward a Cognitive Theory of Trader Performance</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/11/role-of-creativity-in-trading.html">The Role of Creativity in Trading</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/11/conflict-and-creativity-in-trading.html">Conflict and Creativity in Trader Performance</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HMKImKWLfA">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-27637997921387419512008-11-11T16:11:00.002-06:002008-11-12T07:19:23.459-06:00Trading Discipline LinkfestA big part of coaching yourself as a trader is staying in control when you are risking your capital. Here are some posts relevant to maintaining trading discipline:<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/11/self-coaching-and-sound-training-of.html">Training Yourself for Discipline</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/11/staying-cool-in-heat-of-battle-key.html">Staying Cool in the Heat of Battle</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2006/11/brief-therapy-techniques-how-traders_12.html"></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2006/10/understanding-lapses-in-trading.html">Understanding Lapses in Trading Discipline</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2006/06/top-ten-reasons-traders-lose-their.html">Top Reasons Traders Lose Discipline</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2007/04/changing-your-self-talk-by-talking-to.html">Changing Your Self-Talk</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/08/dozen-thoughts-on-trading-stress-and.html">Trading Stress and Emotion</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-do-i-avoid-overtrading.html">Avoiding Overtrading</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Self-Coaching Techniques - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2006/11/brief-therapy-techniques-how-traders.html">Part 1</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">, </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2006/11/brief-therapy-techniques-how-traders_11.html">Part 2</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">, </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2006/11/brief-therapy-techniques-how-traders_12.html">Part 3</a><br /></div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JU2HjLR-ts">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-54273160418927497912008-11-09T13:48:00.004-06:002008-11-09T13:57:40.596-06:00Learning to Trade LinkfestA big part of self-coaching is teaching yourself the skills of trading. These recent posts may prove helpful:<br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/11/learning-to-trade-viewing-yourself.html">Learning to Trade: Reviewing Trading</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/11/learning-to-win-at-trading-by-learning.html">Learning How to Lose</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/11/research-with-practical-relevance.html">Learning to Trade by Trading</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/11/learning-how-to-trade.html">Resources for Learning to Trade</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxvpctgU_s8&feature=related">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689835344399907170.post-65433519457854100572008-10-28T07:42:00.001-05:002008-11-01T14:20:53.176-05:00Ten Recent Posts For Self-CoachingThese recent posts may be of particular help to traders in their self-development:<br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/10/resources-for-traders-and-reflections.html">Resources and Reflections for Traders</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/10/five-trading-behaviors-im-seeing-among.html">Five Successful Trading Behaviors</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/10/when-good-trading-leads-to-bad-trading.html">Breaking Cycles of Trading Problems</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/10/thoughts-about-breaking-trading-slumps.html">Breaking Trading Slumps</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/10/two-trading-problems-im-hearing-most.html">Two Common Trading Problems</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/10/need-to-be-right-versus-need-to-make.html">The Need to Be Right vs. The Need to Make Money</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-can-i-trade-way-i-want-to-trade.html">Trading the Way You Want to Trade</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/09/hindsight-bias-and-regret-in-trading.html">Hindsight Bias and Regret in Trading</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/09/gamblers-and-entrepreneurs-further-look.html">The Gambler vs. The Entrepreneur</a><br /><br /><a href="http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2008/09/financial-risk-taking-and-personality.html">How Personality Affects Risk Taking</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W8GshbJ4r0">.</a>Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11988667917563876202noreply@blogger.com0