After your Assessment - what next?

The Problem:

Neuroscience tells us that our brains deliver twice as much pain for a given loss in comparison to the amount of pleasure we receive from a gain of the same size.

The pain of loss becomes its own pattern, creating fear of execution, premature exits and increasing risk to put off dealing with the painful losses.

Desired Outcome:

We can't control the market activity and the resulting profits or losses, but we can control all the trading behaviors that create consistent trading execution with an edge.

Our goal is to re-frame our thinking about loss and to to create satisfaction with our trading behavior.

Everything in a "lucrative trade" is in our control and every trade can be a winner.

Mind Muscle Development:

Interrupting the brain cycle of loss and pain and replacing it with pride and confidence.

The Problem:

Traders bring their internal variables to a marketplace that is uncertain and also has its own variables. Both the trader's internal processes and the markets behaviors are complex adaptive systems. 

These variables are so complex the trader tends to create simplification where there is none, out of sheer exhaustion.

Desired Outcome:

We can reduce the variables by bringing a stable consistent mental platform to the game.

By creating routines that support our highest trading self, we can then handle the variables of the market place from a stable mindset.

Mind Muscle Development:

This section develops the "Master Mind" mind muscle.

The Problem:

As our life has unfolded from infancy to adulthood, we have been handed hard-wired brain processes that don't serve our trading success.

We have also created brain processes that were the best choices we had when we were growing up. Our name for these processes, both innate and created, are NEMES, or Neuro Meta Structures.

Since trading is a statistical game, these survival processes defeat our intention of developing consistent trading behaviors that lead to consistent and growing profits.

Desired Outcome:

The desired outcome is to bring to awareness the underlying factors such as beliefs and behaviors that don't serve our trading success.

Once we can understand these systems we can then accept them, because they were created for us with a positive intent.

Once we understand the positive intent, then we can work from that platform of understanding to improve our trading behaviors and clarify our goals.

Mind Muscle Development:

This section develops the NEME Awareness mind muscle.

The Problem:

The problem most traders face is they don’t know how to focus on what really matters and measure their efforts towards success.

The markets are a complex adaptive system, and our human brains are also a complex adaptive system. As a result, the variables become overwhelming.

The Mind Metrics application is a game-changer. It allows you to see visually your progress towards trading mastery.

You can see the critical areas that need more attention so that you can focus your creativity on the changes that will support consistent results.

Desired Outcome:

To enable you to easily ascertain the areas of change that are likely to produce the most effective behavioral and trading results.

Mind Muscle Development:

This is a “Confidence” muscle. This muscle produces confidence in your trading, your strategy and most importantly, confidence that you can make the changes that make the biggest difference.

The Problem:

How can you experience trading success without actually being successful at trading? 

The Mind Muscles guided visualizations were designed especially for traders, using the same principles that professionals from chess players to olympic skiers, entrepreneurs, motorcycle racers, boxers and even the military use to hone and perfect their performances, gain a competitive edge and achieve their top goals.

Desired Outcome:

To enable you to experience risk free trading success so you can train your brain to facilitate the most effective behavioral change and as a result, change your trading results.

Mind Muscle Development:

This is a “Confidence” muscle. This mind muscle produces confidence in your trading, your strategy and confidence in your own processes.

How long will I have access to the course?

You will have access for as long as the Mind Muscles Academy exists!

How is this different from other trading courses?

Compass doesn't try to teach you the basics of trading, there are many courses covering tradecraft. Compass focuses on building a Master Trader Mindset so you can get optimum results from your existing knowledge.

You will learn to avoid common trader mind traps, how to measure what matters and create your own step by step path to achieving your ultimate trading goals. 

I am a newby. Is this course for me?

I cannot think of a better time to build a Master Trader Mindset than right at the start, so you instantly recognise and avoid mind traps, fears, emotion and bad habits.

I am a veteran trader. Is this course for me?

No matter your level of experience, if you experience less than optimum results, leave money on the table, sometimes give your profits back, find yourself deviating from your trading plan for no good reason, then yes - Compass can help you expand your mental game and ultimately, your bottom line.

Why is trader mindset so important?

Over 90% of traders lose money consistently, or blow out at least one trading account. Few trading courses give more than lip service to "trader psychology". It is a common practice among traders to look for the next guru, course, trading room or holy grail strategy instead of looking honestly and fearlessly at WHY they're not getting the results they want.

You can have a great trading strategy that you know very well, but if you have unresolved mindset issues, chances are you will eventually sabotage your own success. 

Do you trade for a living?

I have retired from fulltime trading. I have traded (successfully) on the floors of the CME, CBOT and PSE. I went from being called the "worst trainee trader ever" to building my own successful trading firm, and trained the traders I employed to trade my own money.

The principles used in the Mind Muscles Academy courses are based on the techniques I used to achieve my own success as well as train the traders in my firm. 

Will I be successful using your methods?

I have no idea. It is impossible for anyone else to truly know your commitment, intent nor how honestly and fearlessly you will work to make meaningful change!