Trading for a Living 2020 Results and Recap 2020 was strange but rewarding and 2021 will no doubt be even more strange but possibly life changing! Joshua Deats 10 Jan 2021 • 4 min read
Trading Psychology Dealing with Missed Trading Opportunities Just Because It's Simple, Doesn't Mean It's Easy"The key to trading success is emotional discipline. If intelligence were the key, there would be a lot more people making money Joshua Deats 15 Dec 2020 • 10 min read
Performance Psychology 5 Ways to Simplify Your Trading, Reduce Stress and Increase Profit This Isn't the OfficeUnlike the outside world, trading itself should be a very simple, and repeatable task once "tuned in". This year I have really focused on separating the signal Joshua Deats 14 Oct 2020 • 9 min read
Personal Philosophy Are You Trading the Wrong System for Your Personality? Square Peg Round HoleI am in the middle of a book by Brett Steenbarger, someone I originally wrote off as his book "The Psychology of Trading" seemed very theoretical and Joshua Deats 22 Sep 2020 • 9 min read
Trading Resources Minervini Private Access: Is it Really Worth it? By Popular DemandI have to be honest, I was getting a little disheartened starting this blog and the only question people would ask would be about Mark Minervini, his Private Joshua Deats 13 Jul 2020 • 9 min read
Performance Psychology Responding to a Stock Market Pullback Everything is Clear in HindsightDo you ever buy a 'sure fire' stock that you were certain is going to rocket but somehow pulls back the second you buy it? That Joshua Deats 7 Jul 2020 • 10 min read
Trading Resources How a Trading Journal Changed my Trading and Life A Tale of Two TradersOf all the incoming questions I get through our blog, I seldom get inquiries about the actual process of trading. It's always about how much money Joshua Deats 28 Jun 2020 • 10 min read
Getting Started Trading Pitfalls to Avoid (Part 1 of 2) Everything is Clear in HindsightI've been asked by a few of our friends to write-up about the perils and pitfalls of my early days in stock trading. Funnily enough, there Joshua Deats 11 Jun 2020 • 8 min read
Getting Started Trading Pitfalls to Avoid (Part 2 of 2) Be Your Own CoachMoving on to part 2 of 3 in the series of "Trading Mistakes to Avoid" I soon realized that this could be an encyclopedia of mistakes that Joshua Deats 3 Jun 2020 • 9 min read
Trading Psychology Mass Media and Trading Psychology A Sweeping StatementI always find it funny when someone goes onto social media .... to knock social media. And yet here we are. I don't have any major issues with the Joshua Deats 8 May 2020 • 11 min read
Getting Started Screening for Stocks with Better Odds of Success Finding Winners & Still Having a LifeScreening for stocks is a core tool that should help you create a trading model that helps you focus, and not get get consumed Joshua Deats 17 Apr 2020 • 10 min read
Getting Started Is Trading Stocks the Same as Gambling? Is Trading Stocks Gambling?If you have been trading a while, no doubt have you heard (usually from people who aren't trading or have lost money), that: Investing is super Joshua Deats 4 Mar 2020 • 8 min read
Trading Psychology The Ego - The Larger The Ego, the Lower the Profit The Ego - Your Worst EnemyWriting about the ego is tricky. Most notably because there is a real dichotomy between the advice I give, and how I act in actuality Joshua Deats 17 Jan 2020 • 9 min read
Trading Psychology True Trading Knowledge is Experiential The Illusion of Knowledge "An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory" - Ralph Waldo Emerson Unlike most endeavors we take on, trading is a little different. In Joshua Deats 9 Jun 2019 • 11 min read
Getting Started Choosing the Right Online Broker Trading is a Serious BusinessFar too often, I see alleged "professional traders" gloating about massive wins and seldom mentioning the most fundamental truth about the game, the ultimate red pill Joshua Deats 4 Apr 2019 • 7 min read
Trading Performance Eliminate These 5 Mistakes to Trade Like a Professional Changing Mistakes Creates Long Term SuccessIn trading, as in life, reflecting on how we act, react or approach a new situation can be the difference between victory and defeat. Looking Joshua Deats 28 Feb 2019 • 10 min read
Getting Started Invest in an Index or Trade? What do want long term?Getting started in any endeavor can be daunting and trading or investing is no different. You are probably wondering to invest or trade? There are Joshua Deats 29 Dec 2018 • 8 min read
Trading Psychology How Much do I need to Trade for a Living Trading for a Living: How Much do I NeedThe attraction of trading is obvious to most. The good life. Loads of money for doing practically nothing but sitting behind a Joshua Deats 10 Dec 2018 • 6 min read
