{"id":42920,"date":"2016-01-04T15:43:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T20:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=42920"},"modified":"2016-01-13T09:17:36","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T14:17:36","slug":"its-all-about-the-grind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/its-all-about-the-grind","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s all about the grind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9BuoZLQ2I6I\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/amazing1.png\" alt=\"amazing\" width=\"484\" height=\"275\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42972\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/amazing1.png 484w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/amazing1-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Winning traders embrace the grind.\u00a0 Above is a spreadsheet from a developing trader on our desk measuring his good days and bad.\u00a0 What did he find?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When he arrives before 8AM, he is a good trader.<\/li>\n<li>When he arrives after 8AM, he stinks.<\/li>\n<li>When his activity is high before work, he is a good trader.<\/li>\n<li>When his activity is low before work, he stinks.<\/li>\n<li>When he meditates before the Open, he is a good trader.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Said another way, when he is ready for the grind he excels.<\/p>\n<p>Many traders are consumed with whether AAPL will crack, or today\u2019s action is a signal that this is the year we will finally correct.\u00a0 But if you are not measuring how you succeed (embracing that grind), you will never be able to execute on these opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Do you keep stats like this?<\/p>\n<p>Are you measuring your trading days so you spot these connections?<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready each day for the grind?<\/p>\n<p>*no relevant positions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smbu.com\/premium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42776 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/joinpremium.gif\" alt=\"joinpremium\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winning traders embrace the grind.\u00a0 Above is a spreadsheet from a developing trader on our desk measuring his good days and bad.\u00a0 What did he find? 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When his activity is low &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/its-all-about-the-grind\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":42921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4822],"class_list":["post-42920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-comments-2","tag-grind"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>It&#039;s all about the grind | 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\/its-all-about-the-grind\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It&#039;s all about the grind | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Winning traders embrace the grind.\u00a0 Above is a spreadsheet from a developing trader on our desk measuring his good days and bad.\u00a0 What did he find? 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