Conscientiousness and Trading
One of the five factors the Market Awareness Profile (MAP) measures is conscientiousness-- the way in which we control, regulate, and direct our impulses. Impulses are not inherently bad; occasionally…
Finding Flow in Your Market Participation
Flow: An optimal state of engagement in which a person perceives challenges to action as neither underutilizing nor overwhelming his or her existing skills and has clear, attainable goals and…
Cognitive dissonance and trading
The old saying “the trend is your friend” is easily one of the most widely used and accepted aphorisms of the markets. Looking back at what the market has done…