{"id":45265,"date":"2017-05-02T16:54:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T20:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=45265"},"modified":"2017-05-02T16:54:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T20:54:12","slug":"i-want-my-business-judged-on-my-trades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/i-want-my-business-judged-on-my-trades","title":{"rendered":"I want my business judged on MY trades!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45268\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tradespostit.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tradespostit.png 650w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tradespostit-300x274.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have been mentoring a futures trader recently. \u00a0In a daily review (below), he provided feedback that mentoring encouraging him to focus on his best trades was powerful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/merritt3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"729\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/merritt3.jpg 729w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/merritt3-300x116.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am working with a developing equities trader, who is very profitable when he focuses on his trade. \u00a0He can tell you what it is. \u00a0He writes in his reviews that he wishes to wait for these trades. \u00a0Most recently, I suggested he place a post it on his trading screen: I want to be judged on MY trades!<\/p>\n<p>This is a simple exercise, yet powerful. \u00a0Try it.<\/p>\n<p>*no relevant positions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been mentoring a futures trader recently. \u00a0In a daily review (below), he provided feedback that mentoring encouraging him to focus on his best trades was powerful. &nbsp; I am working with a developing equities trader, who is very profitable when he focuses on his trade. \u00a0He can tell you what it is. \u00a0He writes in his reviews that &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/i-want-my-business-judged-on-my-trades\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":45268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,5096,653,1996,1354,1989],"class_list":["post-45265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-comments-2","tag-smb-capital","tag-trader-mentoring","tag-trader-training","tag-trading-class","tag-trading-coach","tag-trading-course"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I want my business judged on MY trades! | 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\/i-want-my-business-judged-on-my-trades\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I want my business judged on MY trades! | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have been mentoring a futures trader recently. \u00a0In a daily review (below), he provided feedback that mentoring encouraging him to focus on his best trades was powerful. &nbsp; I am working with a developing equities trader, who is very profitable when he focuses on his trade. \u00a0He can tell you what it is. \u00a0He writes in his reviews that ... 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