{"id":44955,"date":"2017-02-06T14:12:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T19:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=44955"},"modified":"2017-02-06T14:12:54","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T19:12:54","slug":"taking-your-trading-to-the-next-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/taking-your-trading-to-the-next-level","title":{"rendered":"Taking your trading to the next level"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a daily trader review or monthly trader review, often I find the words: “to take my trading to the next level.”\u00a0 Traders wish to take their trading to the next level.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s almost like we could start a cult: Next Level Trading.<\/p>\n

The desire is there for most traders.\u00a0 The question is the how.<\/p>\n

Most traders focus on trading better in real-time to “take my trading to the next level.”\u00a0 If they just execute better on a trade here and there, then their trading will be better.\u00a0 If they would have just sized up on a trade, then their week would have been different.\u00a0 You can feel the stress and frustration in their emails about executing better in real-time.<\/p>\n

What if these traders are looking at their trading progress backwards?\u00a0 What if this next level trading doesn’t come from their hyper-focus on real-time trading?\u00a0 What if finding that next level requires a different focus?<\/p>\n

I assert that it does.<\/p>\n

And this report card above is a terrific first step towards changing that focus from real-time trading results to a daily improvement routine.\u00a0 It relieves all that stress of executing better in real-time.\u00a0 It helps you find your true goal of how good you can be.<\/p>\n

What if you judged your day not on your PnL to reach the next level, but on whether you completed your daily improvement routine?\u00a0 As I say, having “nothing special” days.\u00a0 Just days where you compete a competitive daily improvement routine and sit back and enjoy the journey to wherever that leads next.<\/p>\n

What if instead of being hard on yourself for that missed trade, you were hard on yourself in developing a competitive daily improvement routine?<\/p>\n

Also if you make it to that next level as a trader, is that your final destination?\u00a0 I would doubt it is for you.\u00a0 You will want to get even better from there.\u00a0 And how will you accomplish that?\u00a0 Develop a daily improvement routine so you improve from this level.<\/p>\n

Let me offer a new focus.<\/p>\n

Why not try string together a month of “nothing special” days and watch where that takes your trading?<\/p>\n

Related posts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why join a prop trading desk?<\/a><\/p>\n

Win the trading day<\/a><\/p>\n

Happiness precedes trading success<\/a><\/p>\n

*no relevant positions<\/p>\n

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