Emotional Self-Mastery of the Trading Mind

Emotional Self-Mastery of the Trading Mind Under Stress Hello Trader,                The war has never been “out there” in the world of systems, knowledge, and markets. When you first step into the journey that trading becomes, it appears that success is about acquiring the right knowledge. But as you gain experience, you discover that it is not the system that trades. Rather, it is YOU and the beliefs that you project onto the markets. Specifically, trading is controlled by the beliefs that drive your perception as you engage Uncertainty where real risk is present. It is here, at this moment of engagement, that demands emotional self-mastery. Anybody can talk the talk of trading when there is not a price tag attached to Uncertainty - think paper trading where the risk is not real and there is a reset button. The beliefs that drive your mind in that situation are shallow. They are not tested by experience.  But walking the walk where the money is real, and the risk of loss is palpable – that’s a different matter entirely. Here, in the moment of a perceived threat, a very different set of beliefs muscle their way into your performance mind. This is where emotional self-mastery becomes a requirement for consistent profitability. It is the gateway to all the dreams you have about becoming a successful trader. What does this look like? Recently, I was working with a client, fine tuning his heart rate as a function of emotional arousal. We knew the heart rate range that is required for him to trade effectively and what happens emotionally when he falls out of that range. He explained as we examined a particular moment on his chart and the corresponding heart rate – Rande, with my heart rate in my performance range, I “see” a particular chart and I am working comfortably with the information managing my trade. Then, the telephone rings with some bad news. In that moment my heart rate jumps out of my optimal range, and I “see” a completely different chart – and it is not good what happened after that.  A state of fear erupted where a disciplined and impartial mind had been. Same chart, but very different observers of the market (with corresponding heart rates) acted on the information. The trader did get his emotional nature back under control and takes a small loss. It was clear to him that the chart “talks” to him differently depending on the dominant emotion giving rise to his trading mind – particularly with money on the line. It was an eye-opening moment for him. This is the need for Emotional Self-Mastery of the Trading Mind Under Stress.  It is time to master emotional self-control. To get started, [click here]( to be taken to the new video on this very topic. Then, [sign up for the webinar]( we will be exploring Emotional Self Mastery. And, while you’re at it, come to the next [Developing Traders State of Mind (DSTM) Group Course]( you can actually learn how to produce emotional self-control rather than just talk about it. (Or, for a personalized, mentoring relationship with me, consider the [Ignite Your Spark Individual Course]( Every trader is on this journey. Most will fail because they are not willing to do whatever it takes to build the mind for trading. It is not the markets or trading that is stopping them. They are stopping themselves. The mind you brought to trading is not built to trade. It has to be developed. Come and learn.   [[Facebook] ]( [[LinkedIn] ]( Rande Howell Traders State of Mind www.tradersstateofmind.com Free Rande Howell webinar in May, 2022 Title - Emotional Self-Mastery of the Trading Mind Under Stress Speaker: Rande Howell, MEd., LPC Date/Time: [Wednesday, May 11, 5:15-6:15pm EDT]( IMPORTANT! The time shown is in U.S. Eastern Daylight Time! Description:   The performance problems you have in trading are not caused by anything “out there” in the markets. Depending on what emotionally based mind-set you are in at a particular moment, you will “see” your charts differently. Most step into the batter’s box already primed by fear, excitement, or aggression – so they perceive their charts based on tainted emotional biases that lead to poor judgment in critical moments. It is here that the trader has to learn emotional self-mastery. The emotion you are gripped by governs the way you see and act. Learn to manage your emotions so that you perceive your charts from an emotionally disciplined mindset. Come and learn. Sign up 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 - ]( Emotional Self-Mastery of the Trading Mind Under Stress Emotions are indispensable for creating an effective trading mind. They can become allies or detractors to your pursuit of consistent profitability, depending on your skill in using them. Yet few know how to work with emotions in a way that builds that mind. Come join Rande Howell, trading psychologist, as he opens the door to understanding and using emotions to create self-mastery of the mind that trades under stress. Come and learn.  (Then [register for our May webinar]( Please [click here]( (and scroll down a bit) to view the video. Developing Traders State of Mind Group Course - Summer, 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 June 16. 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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