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The prominent psychologist Dr. Julian Rotter noted that there are basically two ways to understand and interpret events in one’s life: One can attribute the cause of events to internal forces, s ..

Psychologists studied “fear of success” in the 1970s and this topic received a great deal of attention in the popular media. Today, some trading websites have had discussions as to whether ..

Setbacks are the rule rather than the exception when it comes to trading. Discovering reliable trading strategies is a challenge, and frequently, a promising strategy produces a loss. Losses and other ..

Tom had been going long on a stock trade for two months. He expected a product announcement to boost the price a few points, but nothing happened. Despite rave reviews of the product and high demand, ..

Trading the markets is a stressful occupation. The markets are unpredictable and chaotic. No outcome is a certainty, and many times, when it seems as if you know where the market is going, you discove ..

There are limits to the psychological energy you have available to devote to trading. And this limited energy is diminished when you let too many issues remain unresolved, lingering in the back of you ..

Throughout the day you make everyday decisions that mean little to you. You drive your kids to school and along the way, you make a host of decisions about which route to take, where to turn, or when ..

When trading the markets, there’s a constant need to make profits. You can easily start feeling that there’s too much to do and not enough time to do it. If you’re like most traders, ..

Many novice traders are frustrated when they start trading. It’s common to hear a novice trader complain, “I don’t know what’s going wrong. I study the markets every chance I g ..

The famous psychotherapist Fritz Perls once noted that people feel anxious and fearful when they worry about, and mull over, their past mistakes or worry about the future. A peak performance mindset i ..