Grit: The Better Measure of Potential Success

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Jonah Lehrer of The Frontal Cortex shared some important new research on the importance of grit. We can use his thoughts to help us become better traders. The second takeaway involves the growing recognition of “non-cognitive” skills like grit and self-control. While such traits have little or nothing to do with intelligence (as measured by IQ scores), they often explain … Read More

Are We Reading This Wrong?

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It seems like I saw a thousand tweets this week about this paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. The general sense was that the article supported trend following, specifically trend following for day traders, as a profitable trading strategy, but after reading the paper, I came away with a … Read More

Goal Setting: A Conversation with Chicago Sean

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Chicago Sean has become a daily must read since he burst onto the StockTwits Blogosphere.  An experienced trader through many markets earns my ultimate respect immediately.  I want to read what he has to say.  Trading is a very difficult job.  Many can’t.  And many fewer can’t through different markets. Chicago Sean tackled the important topic of goal setting the other … Read More

First Aid for The Lonely Trader

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Are you a “home-office trader” whose “trader friends” are limited to those user names in online trading rooms? Are you lonely? Would you benefit from the face-to-face meeting of other real live humanoid traders in your local community? If yes, then read on…….. I am a female “home-office trader” residing in Scottsdale Arizona, who, 7 years ago, was so desperate … Read More