{"id":39794,"date":"2015-01-23T10:57:48","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T15:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=39794"},"modified":"2015-01-23T12:35:52","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T17:35:52","slug":"trader-improvement-on-steroids-with-the-playbook-checkup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/trader-improvement-on-steroids-with-the-playbook-checkup","title":{"rendered":"Trader Improvement on Steroids with The PlayBook Checkup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Critical feedback is essential for you to reach your potential as a trader. In my second book, <em>The PlayBook<\/em>, I offer examples of how we give critical feedback to our professional traders in NYC. The PlayBook Checkup is one such way, as you can see in the video below.<\/p>\n<p>The most compelling case for the importance of critical feedback might have been made by Matthew Syed in <em>Bounce<\/em>. Simply, the author demonstrates that there is little evidence of many high level performers becoming great at their sport, any sport, without outstanding coaching- critical feedback. We introduced The PlayBook Checkup as a way for our traders to receive this essential critical feedback on their trading.<\/p>\n<p>In The PlayBook Checkup:<\/p>\n<p>1) Traders improve their entries and exits<br \/>\n2) Learn which trades are not worth their energy<br \/>\n3) Are forced to defend their trades under intense questioning dramatically speeding up their learning curve<br \/>\n4) Spot which trades deserve more risk as a senior trader highlights where to get bigger<br \/>\n5) Traders are exposed to new setups<br \/>\n6) Interact with their peers in an educational, collegiate environment<br \/>\n7) Gain valuable feedback about the best short term trade setups on which to focus from veteran traders<\/p>\n<p>Our output as traders is as good as our trading PlayBook and skill. The PlayBook Checkup is trader training on steroids for our desk.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy our latest PlayBook Checkup.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wistia_embed\" src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/xkvtksv9ea\" name=\"wistia_embed\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.net\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Seminar Invitation: January 26<sup>th<\/sup>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn more about developing a playbook, join us on January 26 for a comprehensive discussion on this topic plus much, much more.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/smbclassroom.clickwebinar.com\/How_to_Transform_Your_Trading_Habits__Skills_and_Results_in_the_Next_90_days_\/register\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39780\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/90daywebinar.png\" alt=\"90daywebinar\" width=\"600\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/90daywebinar.png 600w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/90daywebinar-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>*no relevant positions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critical feedback is essential for you to reach your potential as a trader. 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The most compelling case for the importance of critical feedback might &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/trader-improvement-on-steroids-with-the-playbook-checkup\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3622,745,4271,144,76],"class_list":["post-39794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-comments-2","tag-checkup","tag-playbook","tag-steroids","tag-trader","tag-training","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trader Improvement on Steroids with The PlayBook Checkup | SMB Training<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/trader-improvement-on-steroids-with-the-playbook-checkup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trader Improvement on Steroids with The PlayBook Checkup | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Critical feedback is essential for you to reach your potential as a trader. 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