Journaling to Improve Trading Performance

In this episode of 'Battling the Bias', we tackle the psychological challenges traders face amid today's market volatility. Explore how cognitive biases, from confirmation bias to overconfidence, can distort trading decisions in an era of extreme valuations.We offer insights and strategies to help traders recognize, resist, and overcome these mental traps; ensuring clearer decision-making. Whether you're a novice or a seasoned trader, join us for an enlightening discussion on smart trading strategies that can withstand market mayhem.Learn about Boot Camp at peakcapitaltrading.comSend your suggestions and questions to [email protected]

In this podcast, we catch up with Paras Jandwani and his take on technicals and psychology. Paras is an amazing trader and a great contributor to our trading community. Hope you enjoy this great conversation.Show Notes: Learn more about Paras Trading course at https://academy.tradingterminal.com/course/reading-the-tape-game-changing-edge

In this Episode, Thor and Carlos discuss the damage and impediment of progress traders can have with having an "All or Nothing" mentality. This way of thinking will do more damage than good in you trading; it can also affect personal projects and goals.

In this Episode, Thor and Carlos talk Options with Jarad Champagne, one of the Bear BullTraders moderators that has great experience in trading options. He runs a live chatroom for options traders within our community a few time as week, plus he's put together many trading courses to help traders in our community get started. This is a great episode on the benefits of trading options.. Engineering The Markets Monday -Thursday: 8am to 8:30. Options Chatroom Monday - Wednesday: Morning session 8am - 11am Afternoon session: 12pm - 1pm

Artificial intelligence is a hot topic at the moment and there is no doubt the technology is here to stay. In this episode, Thor and Carlos discuss how AI will affect trading and the markets in general. Will it get to the point were AI can replace retail traders, or will there always be room for retail trading in the stock market? 

In this episode, we host our special guest Susan Rizzi. We discuss her Journey as a trader, to running the BBT Book Club. We also pick her brain on what books she recommends for beginners and experienced traders alike. Show notes: Susan put together this list of all the books she recommends, including the ones she mentioned on the show. - How to Day Trade for a Living - Andrew Aziz - Trading in the Zone & Disciplined Trader by Mark Douglas - Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke - Mindful Trading by Rande Howell (not Amazon) www. mytradersstateofmind.com- A complete Guide to Volume Price Analysis by Anna Coulling- Secrets of a Pivot Boss by Frank Ochoa - A Complete Day Trading System by Thor Young - Introduction to Trading Psychology by Mike Baehr

In this episode, Thor and Carlos review the major benefits of joining a trading community. Out of the 4 topics discussed, 3 of them are benefits that new traders usually do not consider or think about when they start their journey. In this conversation, you will discover the great benefits of a trading community; and we hope that you are able to put some of them into practice if you are not already taking advantage of them.

In this conversation, Thor and Carlos share six actions that can help boost your confidence as a trader. Developing a high level of confidence in your skills takes time and consistent execution of good trading habits. With greater confidence, you'll be better equipped to make sound decisions in your trading.

Experienced traders understand the importance of journaling and keeping a record of all their trades. It’s truly the best way to improve your trading performance over time. In this episode, Carlos and Thor review the methods we use for journaling and what information we track closely.

Having a morning routine prior to trading is important and has proven to help traders get into the zone before they start trading. Not everyone is able to pull off a perfect routine every morning, and even with the best process in place distractions do happen and throw us off our game. In this episode, Thor and I discuss our morning routine and how we deal with distractions.