Enhancing Trader Performance Even When It Is Out Of Your Control

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*****David Blair, The Crosshairs Trader, is a blogger/trader/educator who does a wonderful job of sharing research on elite performance and how it relates to trading. Below is his latest post for the SMB trading community.***** — Editor’s Note How much control do you have over the success of your next trade?  Before you answer that question what will you base … Read More

Enhancing Trader Performance: Understanding The Perils Of Overconfidence

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*****David Blair, The Crosshairs Trader, is a blogger/trader/educator who does a wonderful job of sharing research on elite performance and how it relates to trading. Below is his latest post for the SMB trading community.***** — Editor’s Note We have all been there. We develop a new edge, test it with a few trades, make money on these trades, believe … Read More

Enhancing Trader Performance by Learning from the Lessons of Failure

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*****David Blair, The Crosshairs Trader, is a blogger/trader/educator who does a wonderful job of sharing research on elite performance and how it relates to trading. Below is his latest post for the SMB trading community.***** — Editor’s Note Like many of you I am a technical trader.  I look for a particular set of parameters that meet my definition of … Read More

Enhancing Trader Performance With 2500 Year Old Wisdom

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*****David Blair, The Crosshairs Trader, is a blogger/trader/educator who does a wonderful job of sharing research on elite performance and how it relates to trading. Below is his latest post for the SMB trading community.***** — Editor’s Note Sun Tzu, known for his treatise The Art of War, would have made an excellent trader.  The principles he taught for successful military … Read More

Enhancing Trader Performance Via Habit Development

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*****David Blair, The Crosshairs Trader, is a blogger/trader/educator who does a wonderful job of sharing research on elite performance and how it relates to trading. Below is his latest post for the SMB trading community.***** — Editor’s Note For stock traders a habit is nothing more than taking a well defined trading edge- let’s call it a process- and following that process … Read More

Enhancing Trader Performance by Taking Some Nasty-Tasting Medicine

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*****David Blair, The Crosshairs Trader, is a blogger/trader/educator who does a wonderful job of sharing research on elite performance and how it relates to trading. Below is his latest post for the SMB trading community.***** — Editor’s Note Enhancing our trading performance means we must swallow some nasty-tasting medicine from time to time. But I have found the nastier the … Read More

Enhancing Trader Performance with James Montier

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*****David Blair, The Crosshairs Trader, is a blogger/trader/educator who does a wonderful job of sharing research on elite performance and how it relates to trading. Below is his latest post for the SMB trading community.***** — Editor’s Note If you are not studying the markets with those who study market participants you are missing out on a vitally important aspect … Read More

Enhancing Trader Performance with Brett Steenbarger

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*****David Blair, The Crosshairs Trader, is a blogger/trader/educator who does a wonderful job of sharing research on elite performance and how it relates to trading. Below is his latest post for the SMB trading community.***** — Editor’s Note In the past week Brett Steenbarger, well-known trader and psychologist, announced his return to the blogosphere from a multi-year hiatus. For years, Dr. Steenbarger … Read More