{"id":51555,"date":"2022-04-26T12:26:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T16:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=51555"},"modified":"2022-04-26T12:42:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T16:42:30","slug":"how-to-maximize-your-time-with-an-experienced-trader-change-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/how-to-maximize-your-time-with-an-experienced-trader-change-idea","title":{"rendered":"How to maximize your time with an experienced trader (change idea)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIn this post you will learn:<\/p>\n

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  1. How to maximize your time with an experienced trader.<\/li>\n
  2. You have many of the trading answers you need to improve.<\/li>\n
  3. Be dilligent because that\u2019s who stands out to successful traders.<\/li>\n
  4. A potential new video series for the trading community on our YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    A friend\/trading colleague, @austinmitchyblu<\/a>, reach out and asked for me to meet with a trading colleague of his- Daniel. I agreed.<\/p>\n

    Daniel wanted my feedback on helping him improve his trading consistency. I have sat in hundreds of these chats. Some are effective and some are disappointedly a waste of time for both parties. But I have learned the disappointing meetings were my fault and came up with a change idea. I wanted this to be effective for Daniel and thus suggested my change idea.<\/p>\n

    I reached out to Daniel setting the stage for an effective meeting with this change idea (in bold). I emailed him:<\/p>\n

    Dan,
    \nMaybe you can swing by the office midday when you are in town.
    \nPerhaps you can identify\u00a0one thing you really want to improve\u00a0in your trading, prepare some solutions on how to fix this, and we can chat about that during your visit.<\/p>\n

    Mike<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Dan responded with a diligent response, one we would expect from an SMB Trader. You can see his response, filled with lots for you to learn here. I read his response before our in-person meeting. Now we had a framework for which to have a productive and effective conversation. This change idea makes all of these meetings better.<\/p>\n

    An Outstanding Trade Review (Example)<\/a><\/p>\n

    When Dan visited we pulled up his document in our conference room in NYC, filled with his solutions to trade with more consistency. We worked from his ideas. Also, I asked Jeff Holden, from our desk, to join us. Jeff and I supplemented Dan\u2019s ideas based on our experience working with traders. During our chat, we identified key solutions to help him improve his trading.<\/p>\n

    They were:<\/p>\n