Published in June 30th, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: Habits of Success
First off the blog announces the Habits of Success webinar to be held over two weekends:
Sat & Sun Aug 29 & 30 @ 7.30pm - 11.30pm HK/Singapore time
Sat & Sun Sep 5 & 5 @ 7.30pm - 11.30pm HK/Singapore time
And now to the reasons for the change from a seminar to […]
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Published in June 29th, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: Our Unconscious Motivators V
An example
The last trades I took in the DX (US Dollar Index Futures) and the ES (e-mini S&P Index Futures) highlight the importance of being aware of our unconscious motivators.
Regular readers of this blog know that I started 2009 trading results with a whimper. I failed to recognize that my […]
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Published in June 26th, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: Our Unconscious Motivators IV
In this past week, I have been focusing on identifying our unconscious motivators. The key one is the one I label our ‘default future’; unconscious, automatic responses learnt in our childhoodl the stuff that governs our default responses which, unless identified and dealt with, will continue to provide the same responses […]
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Published in June 25th, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: FOMC Trading Pattern
First off an apology: I wrote my piece late last night - actually early this morning - and with preparing for FOMC and attending to the new Forum/Twitter Service, I overlooked clicking the ‘Publish’ icon. As a result, my “Unconscious Motivators III’ has been delayed by 24 hours.
Today I want to […]
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Published in June 25th, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: Our Unconscious Motivators III
The biggest block to our trading success is what I call our ‘default future’. In our childhood we encounter events to which we develop strategies to enable us to be safe, secure and survive. In time, these strategies become automatic, unconscious responses. To the extent we come from a functional […]
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Published in June 23rd, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: Our Unconscious Motivator II
Tonight I’ll continue with Monday’s topic. But before I do that, I want to address a point Krasimir raised. He postulated that the time it takes to progress from novice to master partially accounts for the large loss rate (80% to 90%). I partially agree with the observation. But […]
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Published in June 23rd, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: Answering Questions on New Service
I have been inundated with e-mails asking about the new service. Here are my answers:
There is no charge.
This is not a tipping service; it is designed to assist my students and readers of my book the Nature of Trends. Treat it as an educational tool - as a way […]
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Published in June 22nd, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: Our Unconscious Motivators
Given the tremendous advancement in understanding how our brain works and the role of emotion, I’d have expected that the ratio of successful traders to unsuccessful traders would have improved since I started trading over 30 years ago. But, looking at the figures, the ratio remains the same - 80% to 90% […]
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Published in June 22nd, 2009
Hi All
First off, a great big thank you to all the volunteers who monitored and gave feedbacks. Some of the recommendations were particularly insightful. All the great points of the resulting service are owed to your input; I bear responsibility for any negative aspects.
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Secondly a brief description of the […]
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Published in June 19th, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: Trading Success
I started trading in the early ’70s to mid ’70s. Looking back I can see the great strides made in the understanding of the human psyche - how we make decisions, what drives us, etc; we have also made great strides in our ability to test our trading theories. But despite […]
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