In the spring of 2019, we got a call to do a workshop at a fund that Jared Dillian (Daily Dirtnap) had referred us to. They were having an offsite meeting for their global team and wanted us to do a comprehensive workshop on the latest psychology of investing and…
A few months ago, when Preet Bharara was fired by Trump and then asked if watching BILLIONS was now weird, he responded "Well, for some people, it's always been weird". As they say, "I feel ya', man". It's a statement I totally get! To watch Maggie Siff play Wendy catapults me…
The latest research on preventing the behavioral risks of emotion overload once again turns out to be counter-intuitive. Instead of using your logic to change your feelings, it appears that embracing your emotions may be the fastest route to calming or changing them. "Tapping into more [emphasis mine] emotions improves…
In the course of my 20+ years in the trading world, the question of when or how to use 'sim' has come up dozens of times. When I traded full-time, I used to wonder. When I added coaching, I got the question all of the time. This week a client…
In response to the post and discussion here by @ppearlman, @andrewunknown asks: Phil's last line: "So, even awareness is overrated. Its a start but really its about your choices. Its where the training begins, not ends." Denise: "What is standing in between the "knowing" and the "doing"?" These quotes rather…
Last Sunday, the most successful trader I knew from the Chicago Options pits texted me this - "Self-examination is the key to noodle making and other accomplishments." Now you should know two things - 1) this guy NEVER texts - we have been friends for going on 20 years and…
Here are the links to my thoughts on the needed new paradigm in risk management (All About Alpha) and the three things anyone can do to be more successful in the financial markets. What were they thinking? From MF to LTCM 3 Things anyone can do better to understand the…
Dear Denise, I hope you are well and that your book is coming along nicely. I haven't written in awhile, but I’ve been having quite a time with the Access course. When I began, I made steady progress through the first four or five chapters, and my trading was improving…
Here are some of the things I've been thinking about: The two areas in trading that separate the men from the boys (so to speak) are: 1.) The ability to divide environmental perceptions in half and process them separately. First I ask myself what I am feeling and in doing…
Somewhere down the road, you just might find you agree with more than you expected. Or worse, learned a thing or two about making better decisions in the face of UOUP (rhymes with soup) - uncertain outcomes uncertain probabilities.
