🏆 High Performance Coach. PSI Chartered High Performance Psychologist. Get The Mental Edge And Win Bigger💰🥇🏝️ Follow me on YouTube for mental training tips
People think success is achieved by hitting targets and making zero mistakes.
The reality is that success is often decided by the way that you handle defeats. In the moments when you’re knocked down on your ass and you have to make a decision whether to wallow in the misery of
I’m starting a new YouTube series:
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Moving to the next level in your trading is tricky. Whether going from sim to live or increasing the number of contracts you’re trading with, levelling-up can magnify any cracks in your psychology.
Check out my new YouTube video for a practical psychology framework you can use
As long as it takes.
Make that your mantra for your trading career.
Nothing is more formidable than the person who is willing to set aside their ego and keep putting in the work, for as long as it takes, to achieve their goals.
It’s only a matter of time.
Hey traders 👋 As promised I have posted my affirmation audio on YouTube to help you transform mindset blocks and level up your trading 👉AFFIRMATIONS FOR BECOMING A CONSISTENTLY PROFITABLE TRADER
#daytrading
#affirmations
#tradingpsychology
#BBTfamily
The most successful traders are masters of being in the present moment.
Being able to re-set to neutral after a win OR a loss allows you to stay fully committed to executing your trading plan, unaffected by the P&L.
Give yourself permission to forget last week’s/ last month’s
Once you have mastered the technical side of trading, it becomes a game of self-control.
In this game, self-awareness is your biggest asset.
The more you understand about how your beliefs, thoughts and emotions drive your actions, the better equipped you will be to
Imagine what you could achieve if you were not prioritizing avoiding negative outcomes…
As humans we tend to try our best to avoid discomfort at all costs. We become so concerned with avoiding discomfort, failure, loss, hurt etc. that we can end up disempowering ourselves.
In
Trading is meant to profitable NOT painful 🤯
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When you’re in a trade are you “Trading to Win” or “Trading Not to Lose”? If you’re getting out of trades too soon or moving your stops you might have a “Trading Not to Lose” mindset. Check out
@BearBullTraders
pre market show on YouTube today for more
#tradingpsychology
Any traders struggling with taking small losses and sticking to stops? On the
@BearBullTraders
Pre-Market YouTube show today I’m talking about how to get comfortable with losing short-term in order to meet your long-term goals. Join us!
#stockmarket
#daytrading
#tradingpsychology
Whenever you feel stuck or confused about how to move forward, ask yourself the question:
“What would I do right now if I knew that I couldn’t fail and only massive success would come from my actions?”
This helps you bypass fear and cut straight through to massive clarity.
If you are struggling to stick to your trading plan, you don’t need more willpower - you need practical tools to address the root causes behind your self-sabotage. ✅Try these tips to help you stay on course
#stockmarket
#BBTfamily
#tradingpsychology
#daytrading
If you are trying to avoid losing at all costs as a Trader, you’re playing the game wrong.
The skill is really in learning how to bounce back like a Ninja after inevitable losses and setbacks.
Roger Federer said it best:
“Become a master at overcoming hard moments. The best
“Get better everyday. That’s all. You can have really lofty ambitions and dreams that can materialize 15 or 20 years from now, but the only way to get there is to get better every day. A little bit every day. That’s it.”
- Kobe Bryant
If you feel like your trading is progressing slower than a snail on sleeping tablets…it might be that you are working hard instead of smart.
Efficient systems are key to improving performance:
✅ Detailed trading plan
✅ Mental training routine
✅ Pre-trading preparation
🚨If you’re a trader struggling with indiscipline and breaking your rules…this FREE resource can help!
I’m sharing my unique trading psychology system to end destructive habits and reach pro-level consistency in a FREE on-demand masterclass.
Join here 👉
Only 2 weeks to go until I join
@BearBullTraders
and these powerhouses of trading education for the Live Trading Summit in Vancouver.
Can’t wait to help the attendees slay some trading psychology gremlins and cultivate a razor sharp mental edge📈 😎
Are you struggling with an inner critic? Negative self-talk when you make a mistake or don’t measure up to expectations?
🤯News flash - that’s not YOUR voice.
Often we internalise the dialogue of society/ our parents/ significant people and we learn to interpret it as our own.
Traders, entrepreneurs, perfectionists and overachievers 😅… Here are 3 quick tips to instantly lift yourself out of pressure and overwhelm:
1. Extend the timeframe for achieving your goals
2. Laser focus on one or two key priorities and take everything else off the to-do
Success requires 100% commitment to the decisions you make.
Does this mean every decision is guaranteed to lead to a positive outcome? No. But the alternative is staying stuck in the purgatory of indecision, hesitation and inaction.
Make the best decision that you can, with
If you want to achieve ambitious goals in 2024, ask yourself who do I need to become to meet these goals?
🔸What beliefs do I need to have?
🔸What mindset do I need to hold?
🔸How do I need to deal with setbacks?
🔸What actions do I need to consistently take?
Then practice
Self-compassion is an underrated skill in trading.
Approaching your mistakes and losses with kindness, patience and understanding can save you from falling into the trap of going on tilt and FOMO-ing into sub-par setups.
It literally pays to be kind to yourself!
Hidden motivations may be costing you money in trading.
This is when your subconscious mind is prioritizing another outcome higher than long-term wealth generation.
Examples of hidden motivations:
🔸The need to be right
🔸The need to avoid losing any money
🔸The need to prove
If you’re trying to overcome indiscipline in your trading, the two key pieces of info to identify are:
1. The exact actions you are taking that are negatively impacting your trading account.
2. The subconscious limiting beliefs or themes that are driving this behaviour.
With
What an amazing few days at the
@BearBullTraders
Live Trading Summit in Vancouver.
Too many highlights to choose from but I deeply appreciated the opportunity to connect in person with the whole BBT Team, the amazing guest speakers and over 250 traders who came to the event.
You can’t solve your trading challenges with the same mindset you used when you created them. Change your mindset - change your results 📈
@StockChartPros
There’s a point on the journey to trading success where you have to be putting the work in blind. Before you see consistent results, before it pays off, before anyone else can see the vision you hold for yourself. Follow the process, believe in your future and Keep Going 💪📈
Trading self-sabotage doesn’t always look like breaking your rules or not following your plan.
Sometimes it looks like; not giving yourself enough time to prepare pre-market, neglecting to review trades, avoiding doing the inner work to master your emotions.
#tradingpsychology
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#TackleYourFeelings
campaign content viewed over 23 million times in 130 countries ✅Changing attitudes ✅Changing behaviours ✅Changing lives. Find out how in the TYF impact report:
How to Recover From a Trading Loss
Losses do not equal failure!
Check out my latest YouTube video for a 3-step process for resetting to neutral after any trading loss.
👉
One of the hardest parts of trading is mastering yourself. What if you could program your own mind to be your most valuable asset?
Check out my FREE Trader Affirmations Audio to program your subconscious mind for success
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Perspective is everything in trading.
These are just some of the mental factors can make or break your account:
✅ Your expectations of the timeline to success
✅ Your focus when in a trade (P&L or focused on execution of your plan)
✅ Your ability to stay in your lane and
You have an effective trading plan...but you struggle to follow it in the heat of the market.
Here are 10 trading psychology reasons why this might be happening:
Don’t get too caught up with trying to fulfil your “potential”.
Potential is an abstract concept that can cause you to outsource your happiness to some point in the future when you have “made it”.
Practice being the person you want to become each day. Aim to experience being
Trading consistency is on the other side of surrender…
Surrendering the negative thinking and limiting beliefs that kept you playing small for too long. Becoming the new version of you that is truly aligned with wealth and success. Is it easy? No. Is it worth it? Hell yes 🚀
There are times in your trading journey where the very best thing you can do for your trading performance is to take a break.
By stepping away from the charts for a week or two and focusing on fun and self-care, you give yourself the opportunity to mentally and emotionally
So “Quiet Your Inner Critic” won 🥇 I ran a similar poll on Instagram and Profit from Pressure” won there . So as a New Year’s boost to help your trading in 2022 I’m going to make both. I’ll post here when they are ready with the YouTube link 📈🏆
@marlowtrades
is not only a fantastic trader, great speaker and super educator - she’s also a beautiful human who I love hanging out with 🤗
It was one of my biggest highlights of the
@BearBullTraders
Vancouver summit to finally meet in person after collaborating online for
Coaches have coaches, and meeting one of mine in person was an absolute joy.
@crede_perform
is a gem of a human, and I’m immensely grateful for her and the work she’s done with me.
Our connection goes beyond coaching and has flourished into a professional relationship as well
To become a more disciplined trader you don’t need more willpower…❌ You just need a practical system that helps you to master yourself. ✅
I’m sharing my unique trading psychology system to end destructive habits and reach pro-level consistency in a FREE masterclass. Join here
Trading is an arena that will challenge you in ways you never thought possible.
People think the goal is to master the market. It’s the traders who learn to master themselves who ultimately come out on top.
Trading is a performance sport. Mindset is the competitive advantage.
New Youtube video: Learn how to leverage the mindset secrets of professional athletes for better trading... and the recipe for a razor-sharp mental edge!
👉
Looking forward to delivering my
@BearBullTraders
webinar today - we’re talking about how Mind Traps can mess up your trading and what to do about it.
Perfectionists, self-saboteurs, traders who have a loud inner critic - this one’s for you! 👊📈
#tradingpsychology
In trading, getting distracted from executing your plan can be a costly mistake.
These are some of the most common distractions that I see causing traders to break their rules:
▪️Over-focus on being ‘right’
▪️Trading for the buzz
▪️Being swayed by what other people are
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@CredeSK
🗣️ "I sincerely hope that the players can see the impact and the difference they have made"
Before departing, Créde reflected on the past three years with the
#TackleYourFeelings
campaign.
Read➡️
If anyone is interested in hearing what getting scammed out of a Christmas tree online 🎄has to do with improving your trading 📈 check out the
@BearBullTraders
pre market show today:
Continuing April’s theme of finally meeting Trader clients from all over the world in person…
First there was the
@BearBullTraders
Summit in Vancouver and then Ed Mitton popped up in Dublin for impromptu Saturday tapas 🌎🥘 📈
So good to see you in person after 3 years of
How can Traders conquer emotion-based trading?
Check out my interview with
@jimcagnina
from
@NinjaTrader
Live where we talk about the role of the subconscious mind in trading and mental training tools that can improve composure and consistency.
It was so lovely to finally meet in person
@ParasJandwani
I’ll be looking to you for presenting tips in the future! You delivered a super charismatic and engaging presentation and I thoroughly enjoyed our spirituality chat!
It was great meeting with you
@crede_perform
at
@BearBullTraders
Trading Summit in Vancouver, Canada! Amazing presentation and some deep conversation we had on the correlation of trading with spirituality! Great Learning Experience!
We don’t talk enough about how full-time day trading is basically self-employment and the mental and emotional challenges that come with that like:
🔸Needing to remain utterly self-motivated even on the tough days
🔸Often lacking colleagues who understand exactly what it’s like
Self-awareness is one of the most valuable assets you can possess.
The more you understand yourself, the easier it is to consistently take the actions that lead you to success.
Some quick tips to re-set and stop the bleed when you are in the middle of a losing streak in trading — inspired by my chat with
@tradertvshawn
yesterday 😊📈
Reducing pressure and gaining perspective is key to getting back on track. You can do this by:
✅ Reducing share size
Thrilled to be contributing a series of trading psychology webinars to the
#bearbulltraders
community. Looking forward to helping members develop their
#MentalEdge
and to maximise performance & profit 💪
If you’re focused on the outcome in your trading, then you can’t be fully present with the process. The right focus at the right time can transform your trading 🚀
#stockmarket
#DayTrading
#tradingpsychology
The market will show you how healthy your beliefs about money are.
If you let your P&L dictate your trading at the expense of following your process - it’s time to work on your “Money Mindset”.
#tradingpsychology
Emotions like Fear, Greed, FOMO and Anger are not the reason you are breaking your trading rules. They are just warning lights on your dashboard telling you your subconscious mind has taken over your trading.
If you want to eradicate strong emotions in your trading, you need to
A scarcity money mindset doesn’t change based on the amount of money in your bank account.
It’s a lens through which you view the world.
If you want to feel wealthy/ secure in your finances, you need to also cultivate wealthy perceptions and beliefs.
If your trading this week hasn’t gone the way you planned - remember it’s your NEXT actions that matter. You’ve 2 choices 👉 dwell on the losses and let them bleed into next week’s trading OR take the lesson, forgive yourself & start again from neutral
#daytrading
#processfocus
Super excited to launch my NEW Trading Psychology short course:
🔥 12 Minutes to Market-Ready™️
Create your 12 minute pre-trading routine to prime your trading flow state, every time you enter the market! Special launch offer until end of June 👉
How to get out of a performance slump:
If you feel like you’re not making progress towards any of your goals, choose one small area to focus on.
Aim to make a small improvement in just this one area. When you see progress and results it will boost your confidence and motivation
If you have the best trading plan in the world it won’t matter unless you can actually execute it in the heat of the market.
If you want to make sure you stick to your trading plan on every trade, work on your trading psychology.
#mentaledge
#tradingpsychology
It’s happening 🙌🥳 So excited to be joining the
@BearBullTraders
team for the BBT Live Trading Summit in New York in July!
Join us for live trading, trading psychology training and presentations and breakout sessions with
@marlowtrades
and other BBT Mods.
Tickets available
Great chatting to
@KieranShannon7
about how sport is helping raise awareness around mental health. Really comprehensive article from Kieran about the work going on in this space. Lots more still to be done!
Irish sports figures & organisations have been engaged in raising mental health awareness but more is required. ‘I’d prefer if we were more proactive.’ Featuring contributions from
@breslin_g
@CredeSK
@Rego101
& Marcus Horan
Happy Thanksgiving to all the US-based Traders 🎉 Here’s a new YouTube video for the day that’s in it:
5 Gifts to Give Yourself to Become a Better Trader 🎁
It was such a pleasure to meet
@AlphaMind101
at the
@BearBullTraders
Summit in Vancouver. It was really interesting to share performance coaching experiences and discuss different coaching styles and approaches.
I’ve heard great reviews of Steven’s book! I’m excited to dive into
Frickin LOVE this photo
@marlowtrades
! 🙌 Great example of how trading psychology isn’t all just affirmations and visualization. Sometimes it’s actually about putting structure and accountability around self-care and self-compassion. It all adds up to results 🤩
Been tracking how often I put myself first & how it affects my trading (thanks to my one-on-one work w/
@TradingPsychQ
). After watching my "me first" score slowly dwindle over the past week, I cancelled all of my meetings, went for a trail run, & then cannonballed into the pool.
95% of the decisions we make, actions we take and emotions we experience are driven by our subconscious mind.
Genuine question then:
If 95% of your trading activity is driven by subconscious impulses, what % of your trading week do you spend working on optimizing your mindset?
Another fantastic night at the
#RugbyAwards18
Big thanks to
@DejaVuRanelagh
who solved my dress panic - who knew how productive a lunch time trip to Ranelagh could be! 😄💃😍
Talked myself out of setting an order @ my level. Missed the move. Got frustrated. Felt tilt mode turn on. Packed it in for the day. No need to ruin the weekend. 🕺
Big thanks to
@TradingPsychQ
for getting me to a place of staying connected and knowing when to walk away.
If trading was only a matter of technical ability there would be more millionaires in the market.
Yes, technical skill is critical. But becoming a master of your own mindset is what will lift you out of inconsistency and into profitability.
#tradingpsychology
Here is my fav part of our interview yesterday with
@TradingPsychQ
Money mindset can be your blind spot in trading. How you feel about money impact your trading decision unconsciously.
Catch the full interview here:
Yesterday I was hit by a wave of random gratitude that I no longer have to commute 2 hours on the M50 Motorway to get to work. 1️⃣ Gratitude for the small things really makes a difference 2️⃣ My subconscious must have genuinely logged that as a minor trauma whaaaat? 😳 🤯
Pressure in trading is inevitable.
It’s the combination of unnecessary pressure and the pressure inherent in trading that can cause problems for your account.
Make a list of sources of unnecessary pressure (that are in your control) and aim to resolve every item on the list.