Think of your view of the ideal person: who they are, what they represent, how they behave, what is important to them, what they undertake. Think hard about what makes this ideal person admirable. Create a character in your imagination: your...

I've written about this in the past, but want to underscore it as we start to talk about performance goals for 2010: Traders often focus on market direction and not so much on market volatility. As a result, they have trouble adjusting to markets...

We're getting close to that time when traders begin thinking about their goals for the coming year. Ideally, those should emerge from reflection about the year just passed, the progress that's been made in trading, and the areas that need...

* The dangers of anchoring in trading; * Many thanks to Market Shrinkology for this video discussion of trading psych, stress, and life balance; * Trading RM is blogging trade setups and ideas; * Great post on how we can deal with doubt in...

* Getting inside the trader's brain; see also trading, intuition, and the brain; * Excellent post on trading your best morning idea; * Worthwhile evening recaps of market action; * Nice tool for Fed watch and more juicy links; * A look at...