by Sean Sawyer | Oct 23, 2025 | SES, DIRECT, OBSERVE
You’re down 2R. The failed setup was textbook—nothing wrong with the entry. But instead of taking the stop, you’re watching the ticker, running the internal monologue: “Just get back to breakeven.” That’s not analysis. That’s your...
by Sean Sawyer | Oct 16, 2025 | SES, DIRECT, INTEGRATE
Key Points: Intuition is pattern recognition, not magic. You can train it through tracking and body awareness, but only if you decide in advance which calls are based on intuition and which aren’t. Most traders confuse signal with noise. A simple log reveals...
by Sean Sawyer | Jul 28, 2025 | SES, INTEGRATE, OBSERVE
Key Points ✅ Testosterone may influence risk-taking and confidence in trading, but its impact is far from deterministic.✅ Both low and high testosterone can have trade-offs—discipline and self-awareness ultimately matter more than hormone levels.✅ Cortisol and stress...
by Sean Sawyer | Jul 15, 2025 | SES, DEFUSE, DIRECT
Key Points: Sonder is the recognition that every trader, including you, carries an internal world shaped by history, survival patterns, and developmental blueprints that drive market behavior. Trading psychology fails when it reduces complex humans to...
by Sean Sawyer | Feb 19, 2025 | Mindful Trading Live
Key Takeaways: The right-hand exercise highlights how discomfort (emotion) often dominates attention, overshadowing logical decision-making (TA). Mindfulness is about learning to observe both emotions and TA simultaneously rather than allowing emotions to override...
