Personal Philosophy Books on Philosophy that Helped me Become a Better Trader I truly wish I stopped reading books about "Trading systems" and began reading Philosophy earlier. I think these are some great starting points. Joshua Deats 1 Jan 2021 • 6 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
Trading Psychology The Importance of Self-Reflection In Trading Psychology How Can we Know What we Don't KnowI was in the middle of writing an article on 'Simple Trading Patterns' and had to stop dead in my tracks. I am Joshua Deats 1 May 2020 • 11 min read
Getting Started The Perils of Trading 'Gurus' and Signal Services If Everyone Knew so Much, Why Share?Over the last 10 years I have had my fair share of ups and downs in the markets. I've read hundreds of books Joshua Deats 19 Jan 2020 • 9 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 Resources Mark Minervini's Master Trader Program: An Honest Review Take it From a SkepticBefore I start this review of Mark Minvervini's Trading Course (Master Trader Program) I need to be perfectly clear: I struggle to spend money... education is Joshua Deats 17 Oct 2019 • 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
Trading Psychology Stress and Trading Trading is a Psychological Battle "Stress narrow's your focus and makes you revert to earlier response patterns. You do what you did when you were a beginner. You do what Joshua Deats 12 May 2019 • 9 min read
Trading Psychology Accountability is Everything Perception is RealityTo be accountable is the only true path to freedom, both financially and personally. I need to warn you up-front that this article may 'trigger' some people. It Joshua Deats 9 May 2019 • 11 min read
Trading Psychology The Reality Of Trading Learning to Think Outside of HeuristicsThis article may not appeal to most. The reason being, it calls out a few objective truths that will make you uncomfortable. It calls into Joshua Deats 13 Mar 2019 • 9 min read
