Dad wisdom: "Tough times don't last, tough people do!"

When I put on a trade, all I expect is that something will happen - Mark Douglas

Every strategy works sometimes, but no strategy works all the time. #thereisnoholygrail #thereisnotradingsecret Successful traders I know have learned to recognize the conditions that are best for a given strategy. #tradingpsychology #ES_F $SPX $SPY $QQQ #NQ_F $ES_F #QQQ

👇🏼absolutely

Instead of suppressing your emotion what would happen if you asked 1) what msg is it trying to send me? 2) what would I do differently if I had a deeper understanding of this feeling? #tradingpsychology #ES_F $SPX $SPY $QQQ #NQ_F $ES_F #QQQ

What I see w top performing clients. We each have natural strengths/weaknesses, although we need to address weaknesses, ultimately at the highest levels of performance, it comes down to leveraging strengths. Coaching is about being the best version of you #tradingpsychology

A great example is one of my coaching clients who happens to be one of the top energy traders in the world, and had his best year ever in '22, he plans on continuing with regular coaching.

Emotion = information Instead of suppressing your emotion what happens if you asked: What msg is it trying to send me? What would I do differently if I had a deeper understanding of this feeling? #tradingpsychology #ES_F $SPX $SPY $QQQ #NQ_F $ES_F #QQQ

Our brain is wired to seek pleasure and avoid pain - and anxiety is often caused by worrying about the potential pain that we might feel in the future. #tradingpsychology #ES_F $SPX $SPY $QQQ #NQ_F $ES_F #QQQ

Intuition can only be developed through years of experience. Knowledge and raw intelligence aren't enough. If you've been trading or playing poker for <1 year, don't trust your intuitive sense of what's right, your emotions are manipulating you. Quick 🧵

If you've been standing on a diving board too long, unable to jump in, sometimes the right answer is for someone to push you in. Risk aversion can create such paralysis that it becomes a very hard cycle to break. You may need to exaggerate the correction before dialing it back.

If you're thinking negatively/pessimistically about what you can't do, you're overconfident. That's right, overconfident. You THINK you know what you can't do, but you can't know that yet. Only after you've given full effort can't you determine you capacity, not before.

Beware of the overconfidence that can come from early success, including progress mentally/emotionally. You need large samples to prove success or progress. Extrapolating early success/progress into the future is a distraction from the focus you need to make it actually happen.

Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas Summarized in 20 quotes so you don’t have to read it 🧵 $SPY $SPX

A launch is coming…🚀

Michael Patak 🫡🚀

Can you feel the buzz? Stay tuned, launch is approaching. 🧑‍🚀

It's going to be out of this world! Just 2 more days.🛰️

TopstepTV Topstep John Hoagland Hell yeah probably buy 2

Hey John Hoagland: Wanted to say thanks for helping keep us traders level headed. You keep reiterating that we must not try to play “god” while in these markets. I had my best week in my personal account to date, but every session you remind us to remain grounded.