How to handle those miserable trading slumps and large losses (Top Senior Prop Trader teaches you) You can try this surprisingly simple Options Trading strategy for monthly income 6 steps to improving your trading patience and discipline 20 habits to become a highly profitable trader AM Meeting: How to prepare to trade the open Trading Psychology: Every elite trader has … Read More
Katz’s Corner: Are There Trading Hot streaks?
Do we have hot streaks as a trader? There is some research here from the must read @jonahlehrer that suggests that the belief there are shooting streaks in basketball is not supported by the data. I asked Dr. Jonathan F. Katz of High Performance Associates and who works with traders for his thoughts (see below): Ah, the age old question, perception … Read More
Trading Slumps: Don’t Stop Believing
Recently one of our guys was struggling. His Luger’s fund (money donated by our desk for a celebratory meal at Peter Luger steakhouse http://www.peterluger.com/) jokingly(?) turned into Mike’s Survival fund as you can see from the picture. Trading slumps as they are usually known, happen to the best of us. To me it is just a psychological barrier that slowly … Read More