I’m presenting a psychology of trading webinar for free with the good folks at TradeKing. The webinar will be Tuesday, August 24th at 5pm ET If you’re interested, click the logo below to be taken to the page to register. I hope you’ll find the time to attend.

In Adlerian psychology there are what’s known as safeguarding behaviors and they have a place in trading as well. Basically, we as humans want to protect ourselves from three threats to the self. Physical harm – we might get sick, die, etc. Social threat – we might not look good in the eyes of others. [...]

The image to the left should be recognizable by most of us as the American alphabet. It is from these 26 letters that billions of people are able to communicate on a daily basis. We learn the alphabet early on with rhymes and rote memorization so that we may contribute to society through our interactions. [...]