by Sean Sawyer | May 1, 2024 | Trading Psychology Group Coaching
Key Points: Third-party reinforcement in trading decisions is only effective with external control. Emotional awareness is crucial for identifying when not to trade. Grounding techniques can help manage emotional responses and improve decision-making. Summary: In this...
by Sean Sawyer | Apr 28, 2024 | Trading Psychology Group Coaching
Key Points: Cognitive biases in trading can complicate decision-making despite their function as mental shortcuts. Understanding your biases begins with self-awareness and setting a baseline. Using mindfulness and journaling helps you recognize and manage biases more...
by Sean Sawyer | Apr 24, 2024 | Trading Psychology Group Coaching
Key Points: The four-step Sound Psych Schematic is designed to help traders manage emotions and improve decision-making. Recognizing and interrupting negative thought patterns is crucial to maintaining a healthy trading mindset. The connection between values and...
by Sean Sawyer | Apr 21, 2024 | Trading Psychology Group Coaching
Key Points: The session emphasizes detaching from market outcomes and dealing with the internal narratives that arise from trading losses. Mindfulness is central to understanding and managing the emotions and thoughts triggered by trading. The key to being a...
by Sean Sawyer | Apr 17, 2024 | Trading Psychology Group Coaching
Key Points: Discussed the distinction between values and goals in trading. Emphasized the role of cognitive defusion in handling trading challenges. Explored how trading can become an unhealthy coping mechanism. Summary: In this session, Sean and the SPP community...
by Sean Sawyer | Apr 14, 2024 | Trading Psychology Group Coaching
Key Points: Participants explored the practical application of cognitive defusion by repeating and altering self-critical phrases. The session introduced the “milk exercise” to demonstrate how repetition can diminish the emotional impact of words....
