Best of Dr. Brett for 2008

Here we have the best of the posts from the third quarter of 2008. Archives can be found for the first two quarters of 2008; 2007; and 2006 via the Trading Coach blog site.

The Limits of Self-Esteem

Embracing Your Mistakes

Emotional IQ and Trading - Part One; Part Two; Part Three

NYSE and the Intraday Trend

Do Daytraders Make Money?

How Common is Elite Talent Among Daytraders?

Most Common Reason Traders Lose Money

Trading's Cardinal Virtue

What Accounts for Trading Expertise

Ideas for a Trading Curriculum

2007 Performance Posts - Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Happiness and Success

The Importance of Leadership

Traders' Greatest Mistake

Examining the Distribution of Your Returns

Understanding Anxiety in Trading

Controlling Anxiety With Risk Management

Trade What You See?

Trading and Depression

Prop Firms and Training

Finding Themes in the Market

How Much Coaching is Enough?

Using Trading Journals to Improve Performance

Using Journals to Change Your Patterns

Formatting Your Trading Journal

Coaching: Promises and Limits

Trading and Denial

Risk Control and the Brain

Changing Negative Thought Patterns

Breaking Patterns of Frustrated Trading

A Technique for Preventing Frustration

Trading Psychology Observations

When Traders Press Too Hard to Win

The Importance of Keeping Score

Trading Like a Sniper

Achieving Greatness as a Trader

Key Ideas From Trading Psychology

Signs of a Range Bound Market

Conquering Trading Demons

Market Volatility and Psychology

How Trading Dreams Come True

Making Changes to Your Trading

Changing Our Viewing and Doing

Psychological Change and Discrepancy

Changing Minds and Changing Markets

The Trader as Business Manager

Getting Off the Performance Roller Coaster

Knowing When to Stop

Solution Patterns for Traders

Trading and Intuition

The Psychology of Risk and Return

The Fear of Missing Out on Trades

The Psychology of Profitability

The Idiot Wave

Consistent Returns With Small Edges

Adapting to Shifts in Market Regimes

The "Should Have" Syndrome

Distinguishing Trend and Range Days

False Breakouts and Reversals

Trading Success and Teamwork

Where to Place Stops

Position Sizing and Risk Management

Avoiding Overtrading

Trading Stress and Emotion

Mindful and Mindless Trading

Greatness in Life and Trading

Market Communications and Metacommunications

Implicit Learning and Detachment

Implicit Learning and Trading Performance

A Common Coaching Error

The Psychology of Mechanical Trading

Behavioral Finance and Trading

Personality Traits and Trading Success

Risk Taking and Personality

Market Gamblers and Entrepreneurs

Trading and Regret