You're smart. You've put in the hours, done the work. You eat, sleep and breathe markets.
We're hitting highs and your system's made for this.
BUT... you're P/L doesn't show it.
We get it. Its hard. Frustration's building. Pressure's mounting. Mindset is Key.
When you’re feeling it, when you’re "on"...
You’re able to trade well
You’re able to make good decisions effortlessly
You have a great time when you go out to dinner
You're actually present with family and friends
But when you’re off it's a slide, a downward spiral.
The question is how fast can you get out of that spiral?
The answer: We've got your back. We're now offering a bespoke practice for traders that quickly gets to the root cause and aligns your objectives at both the conscious and subconscious levels.
We work directly with traders like you to ensure your mindset is aligned with your goals, tuned for performance and ready to work with you towards your objectives. The focus is on results so we create a tailored package for each trader. Reach out for an informal chat and see if its a good fit.
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As traders, we all know that mindset and psychology are critical factors that directly affect the bottom line in both our PnL and our lives overall.
We tend to give a hat-tip to the industry experts like Mark Douglas, Van Tharp, Denise Shull and others. You’ve probably read some if not all of their works on trading psychology but few of us actually DO anything to take action. Why is this?
Van Tharp used to say that trading is 80% psychology. Later he changed it to 100%. So if psychology plays such an important role why do most traders give it the least amount of attention?
For many it may just seem like too much work. Either It takes too long, it's too painful to even go there, or it's too “woo-woo”. How easy is it to lean on an excuse or read a book and tick the box, declaring victory over your own psychology? If you do this... are you doing yourself a disservice?
We went looking for a better way. A way to get to the root cause of the underlying behaviours and beliefs that hold us back or even harm us. Then address that cause head on, rip out the root and replace it with something that will work with us, not against us. And do it fast.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, it operates at two levels: conscious and subconscious.
What we found is a powerful, unconventional practice that draws on some of the most effective principles from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), psychotherapy, neurolinguistics programming (NLP), neuroscience and deep relaxation techniques from hypnotherapy to unblock your challenges and issues.
We use a suite of techniques. Some address the conscious mind, some the subconscious mind and the most powerful is a combination of both.
Below are some of the common challenges we often hear from traders.
You may have experienced some of these yourself and entered into that all too familiar roller-coaster of behavioural loops and patterns. If these sound familiar don't worry - you're in good company.
There's a way to get off the roller-coaster - you can break the behavioural loops.
You are great at what you do
You have achieved and succeeded at many things in your life (work, family, friends, hobbies)
You decide to trade because you can make this work too .. however
You can’t seem to get it to work, or you are worried that the good returns won’t last..
You are constantly second guessing and stressing out
You are unable to take a trade
You leave a trading day frustrated, disappointed, and disheartened
You are spending less time with your family, friends, hobbies and more time at the screen .. not trading…
You are afraid of losing yourself in this process..
You recognise that you are human and therefore prone to error
You decide to engineer a solution and code a system to trade for you and eliminate the ‘fuzzy emotional stuff’… yet
You can not let your system do what it was designed to do without watching it or tinkering with it
You live and die with each tick, with each trade - watching the system execute trades
You do not trust your system
You are unclear … is it the tech that doesnt work, or the system that doesnt work or ..
Is it me?
You no longer trust yourself
You have got a lot on the line and you do not want to waste time
The demands on your time increase
You have a lot to lose (reputation, time invested)
You work harder and longer
You are exhausted
Disheartened and discouraged
You are unable to remain objective, but instead feel every win and loss
Something has to change but
You don’t know where to start
You have a solid track record,
You desire growth and improvement to build on your success
Yet you have hit a brick wall
You worry that this is all there is
You worry that changes may degrade your results (you now have something to lose)
You don’t know what to do next
Anxiety - Stress, Fear, Panic Attacks, Guilt, Trouble Relaxing, Depression, Confidence and Self Esteem issues, Motivational Issues, Trouble achieving goals and Procrastination
Addictions - drinking, smoking, drugs, gambling, compulsive behaviour..
Physical symptoms - Pain, sight, hearing, skin problems, hair growth, mobility, exercise issues, memory, sleep problems. headaches, stomach problems…
Impact on relationships - spouse/partner, children, family, work colleagues, friends…
You have adopted routines to get you into an optimum state to trade and decompress after trading: meditation, journaling, exercising..
You have spent years on self development : books, seminars, self reflection, meditation, tai chi etc
You feel evolved and self aware
Yet you still find yourself experiencing emotions and behaviours that impact your trading
taking profit too early
lack of confidence
over confidence
self judgement
revenge trading
loss avoidance
hesitation (not pulling the trigger)
guilt and shame
You can not understand why you haven’t fixed this yet - afterall it’s logical!
For most traders, not unsurprisingly, we use logic to set goals, understand challenges and resolve errors and problems. For the most part, this makes complete sense - until it doesn’t. We hit a road block. Those road blocks can show up in different ways, such as:
repeated behaviours
familiar emotions (e.g. frustration)
even more familiar results in our P/L
We look to resolve errors and challenges by resorting to logic (be it through study, courses, reading, videos, coaching or mentoring). We try out a few (if not all) of these things and find ourselves yo-yoing, back where we started if not worse off.
Assuming that we understand the craft of trading, we find ourselves held in place, self sabotaging or despairing with an overall feeling of a lack of progress.
Over the years we've observed ourselves and other traders and asked "why do we do the things we do"? And that led us to another question… "are we using the right tool for the job"?
To answer this question, there are more questions (isn’t that always the way? Yes, another question):
What it is that we want?
What it is that we need?
Are we looking in the right places (in time)? A curious question.
Clearly if it’s a knowledge or skills gap the answers may be found through education and training. However, once we know what we’re doing… why are we not progressing? If these questions resonate, feel free to reach out.
The first step to Mastering your Mindset is to book in a free 30 minute discovery call to speak directly with Sonal via Zoom.
This is an opportunity for Sonal to get an understanding of your specific challenges and objectives, craft a bespoke plan for your performance improvement and ultimately see if it’s a good fit for both of you.
You’ll learn more about the practice, what to expect and how to prepare. And rest assured, anything you discuss is strictly private and confidential.