How to Stay Disciplined When the Trade Goes Against You

How to Stay Disciplined When the Trade Goes Against You Hello Trader,                When people first discover trading, it almost seems like an undiscovered tropical island. A place where (with a little hard work and persistence) all your dreams can come true. It's just pregnant with possibility. And it’s do-able. All you have to do, the thinking goes, is stick it out until you find a system that works – and then follow your plan. What a pipe dream. Then the reality of trading, probability, and uncertainty kick in when the money becomes real. And you cannot follow your plan even when you try with all your might. You know what you are supposed to do, but then the big waves crash on you and you lose emotional control – and your money. So, of course, you try harder because you’re not a quitter. And you hate to lose. You are going to will yourself to victory. This is the shipwreck that awaits the trader sojourner. Much like Jason of the Argonauts and his encounter with the Sirens, traders step into a reality for which they are unprepared. The old rules of success simply don’t apply. Yet most traders never wake up to the altered reality called trading. The mind you brought to trading (built upon survival success and winning) is simply not equipped to deal with the realities (and uncertainties) of risking capital to a future you cannot control. For many, this is where the story ends. Because the trader is stuck in his/her comfort zone of what brings success rather than deciding to shape a new mind from the old. What is needed is a new mind, built for managing uncertainty. And it has to be built. It is not natural. Most traders who are interested in my work have come to the reality of this intersection. The old rules for success are not going to work. But what are the new rules? And how do you build the mind for successful trading? It starts with recognizing that you are not a rational being. You are, instead, an emotional being that rationalizes whatever the Emotional Brain has already decided. This is bad news for trading. The brain you brought to trading is not going to be the one that creates success in trading. Evolution built you for a world that you no longer live in. And the probability nature of trading simply takes that to a new level.  This is the intersection that makes or breaks a trader. Does he stay in his comfort zone and keep trying to muscle his way to success? Or does he choose to evolve his brain to create a mind that is comfortable dealing with uncertainty and not being able to control outcome? Instead, he focuses on performance, rather than outcome. This shift from Caveman’s survival instincts driving performance to the probability-based mind of the successful trader is what is necessary for success in trading. Every trader ends up at this intersection.   If you have figured out that you must evolve (no matter how secure the comfort zone appears to be), I encourage you to explore [Traders State of Mind]( my new [video]( (How to Stay Disciplined When the Trade Goes Against You). Learn about the mountain that you must climb if you are really serious about success in trading. Then come to the [webinar]( where we take it deeper. Not choosing to evolve your trading brain is still choosing. You are choosing the familiar pattern of your comfort zone that keeps limiting your trading. It may be comfortable and feel safe, but it will drain your capital resources. If you embrace the changes necessary for building the mind for trading – then, welcome. Most traders who arrive at this point then go to my [website]( and explore. And they go to my YouTube channel and park for a while. It opens their eyes to see the new world in which you are learning to operate. Come join us. p.s. Hey, we now have Traders State of Mind Facebook and LinkedIn pages. Please click on [Facebook Traders State of Mind]( see that page and [LinkedIn Traders State of Mind]( see our LinkedIn page. We would love for you to Like our Facebook page and Follow Us on LinkedIn. To do so, please click on the icons below...and thanks! Rande [[Facebook] ]( [[LinkedIn] ]( Rande Howell Traders State of Mind www.tradersstateofmind.com Free Rande Howell webinar in March, 2022 Title - How to Stay Disciplined When the Trade Goes Against You Speaker: Rande Howell, MEd., LPC Date/Time: [Thursday, March 17, 4:30-5:30pm EDT]( IMPORTANT! The U.S. moves back to Daylight Savings Time on March 13! So be sure to convert this start time in consideration of that move. Description:   Why can’t you stick to your plan when the trade starts going against you? This is the problem that bedevils traders as they try to master the mind that trades. Your Emotional Brain reads the situation very differently than your Thinking Brain. It thinks your very life is a risk. Meanwhile, your Thinking Brain is clueless to the problem. This is a major problem that must be solved in order for you to become a successful trader. Come learn how. Register for this webinar. Please [click here]( to register for this free webinar.  IMPORTANT! The time shown is in U.S. Eastern Daylight Savings Time. [New free Video - ]( How to Stay Disciplined When the Trade Goes Against You It's so logical until the trade turns on you. Logically you know this is simply part of trading. But emotionally, it's a different game. A primal fear of losing grips you and destroys your trading mind -- again and again. How do you overcome this problem? Come and learn as Rande takes you through a process that can free you from your fear of losing -- so you can trade what you see - not your fears. (Then [register for our March webinar]( Please [click here]( (and scroll down a bit) to view the video. Developing Traders State of Mind Group Course - Spring, 2022 The emotional brain is built to seek safety in a dangerous world. The world that it was created for has long since disappeared. It developed a hair-trigger to the fight/flight response because that is what was needed for survival. Now, it has been taken out of the jungle (where risk meant danger) and is being asked to act civilized in a world of probability - where risk is not lethal. Without re-training and re-programming the emotional limbic system, this is not going to happen. It is built to react to danger quickly. It was never built to ponder your rules when it is experiencing vulnerability, discomfort, and fear. It was programmed to act from your survival instinct.  Until this is done, your emotional brain will continue to hijack your thinking brain when you feel the discomfort of uncertainty and risk. This is your silent partner. The question is: Are you going to try to continue to pretend it's not part of your trading mind? Or, are you ready to re-program it for the modern world of trading and probability. Fortunately, this can be done. The Developing Traders State of Mind Group Course Teaches You How to Master Reactive Emotions The Group Course has been called a wake-up call by many traders. Most simply have no idea how the brain and mind work to produce performance in the clutch with risk on. You learn here. It's more than a wake-up call - it a door that opens you to a whole new world. You learn how the emotional brain (so focused on survival) needs to be handled to become an effective working partner with the thinking brain. This course is eye-opening. I had no idea how to fix the problems I had with my trading until this course. Learning how to manage emotions is only the start. You learn how to create a mind built to manage uncertainty. Bottom line is that I know longer sabotage myself and have become profitable. I wish I had taken the group course a long time ago. It's a difference maker. SD From the start you learn how to calm survival emotions down before they become big and hijack your trading mind. That's just the first step. The major benefit is that you learn how to create a mind built for trading, rather than survival in the past. This is what has to happen for success in trading. You have been using a brain/mind created for circumstances that no longer exist. What is needed is a brain/mind built for probability management. Where you learn to become comfortable with the discomfort of uncertainty rather than triggering to your survival instinct. This is what every trader, to be successful, has to learn. Time to register! The first review session for the Group Course is March 24. By this date you need to have studied the Class 101 materials in depth. So, give yourself lots of time to study, and get started now! The survival Instinct is not going to just go away. It is your partner. Do you want to learn to work with it so that it helps you to become the trader you can be? [Please Click here to register ]( the Group Course. [Please Click here to view a video about the Group Course or for more information.]( The DTSM Group Course teaches the same basic skills that are taught in my individual course, but is only $1195. This is spread out as five payments of $239/each over a 10-week time period. It's a whole lot of training for a reasonable cost. SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING PAYMENT - PayPal CANNOT be used as a payment method for this Group Course since PayPal does not allow for rebilling. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact Delores at delores@mytradersstateofmind.com Mindful Trading: Mastering Your Emotions and the Inner Game Author: J. Rande Howell, MEd., LPC If you know how to trade when not in the pressure of trading, but you have not been able to trade live from a calm, detached, and disciplined state of mind, this book will open your eyes. Mindful Trading actually shows you HOW to develop a peak performance state of mind specifically for trading. This book gets in the head of a trader. You will meet a number of real life traders who have overcome self doubt, fear, and impulsiveness. You will see how they overcame self-limiting beliefs and began trading from an empowered state of mind. You will discover your core beliefs that actually trade your system and methodology. And without change at this fundamental level, old self-limiting patterns of thought and belief re-assert themselves shortly after your brain pushes off any "tricks and tips" you learned from self-help seminars. It is this change at the organization of meaning and biology that makes this book so different. A number of disciplines are folded into a unified process that really gets at long term change. Those disciplines include neuro-biology, emotional intelligence, ontological reconstruction of the self, attachment theory and the meaning of the self, and Jungian archetypes. In Mindful Trading, imbedded in self-limiting beliefs, you are carried through a change process that transforms traders mired in mediocrity to a re-organization of the mind for peak performance trading. Mindful Trading is available both as an [Audio book]( a [paper book]( and a [downloadable e-book](. [Read an excerpt from Mindful Trading]( free and you get to look inside a trader's mind) And consider the companion study tool: the  [Mindful Trading Companion]( [e-Workbook!]( Explore a Trader's State of Mind Coaching Relationship with Rande Howell This is a personalized course for the trader who is ready to move beyond being stuck in self limiting beliefs. If you have recognized that it is you that stands in the way of your becoming a more successful trader, then this challenge can become an opportunity for re-invention of yourself as a trader, rather than something to avoid. It's like a door opening to an entirely new world. Great athletes recognize that the mental aspect of their game requires a performance coach for them to reach their potential. Trading is the same. Self-limiting beliefs have to be rooted out and changed - and a peak performance mindset has to be developed. It's all part of the training. Having a methodology that gives you an edge is not enough. You have to develop your mind so that it gives you the psychological edge to use your methodology and platform so that the uncertainty found in trading favors you. This is trading beyond fear. It is trading from a disciplined, impartial, patient, and courageous state of mind. Without emotional regulation training, this can take years (if ever) to achieve on your own. Teasing apart uncertainty from fear is simply something that the brain will not do on its own. The psychology to this has to be developed...or you stay stuck in the same old self-fulfilling prophesies of mediocrity. Do you want to move beyond fear and trade from a calm, detached, and disciplined state of mind?  If you are seriously considering registering for the Individual Course, then c[lick here to check out a free, no obligation consult with Rande Howell]( get to see how this powerful technology of the mind can move your trading to the next level. To make this free consult productive for you, I recommend that you first attend one of my free webinars. This will lay down a lot of groundwork so that when you speak with me -- you'll be hitting on all cylinders. 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