{"id":37852,"date":"2014-06-01T18:44:42","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T22:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=37852"},"modified":"2014-06-02T07:45:20","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T11:45:20","slug":"are-great-traders-born-or-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/are-great-traders-born-or-made","title":{"rendered":"Are Great Traders Born or Made?"},"content":{"rendered":"

*****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.***** \u2014 Editor\u2019s Note<\/em><\/p>\n

How you answer this question can help determine your eventual success.\u00a0 For instance, if you see your failures as stepping stones to eventual success then you will be much more likely to overcome the obstacles that are inherent in trading. You will see\u00a0the failures (= losing trades)\u00a0as part of the process.\u00a0 If, on the other hand, you blame your failures on a lack of \u201cgenes\u201d you will be much more likely to give up since you were obviously not born to be a successful trader.\u00a0 The outcome, in your mind, has already been pre-determined.\u00a0 So, we come to the age old debate of nature versus nurture.\u00a0 Are we born to be a specific somebody or are we born to be anyone we want to be?\u00a0\u00a0 The following articles should help us explore this very important topic.<\/p>\n