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traders Pro Trading Blog Trading insights from professional traders HOME WHO ARE WE? Search for: Interview: OpenTrader Student’s 6-Figure Month Trading E-mini Futures Earlier today, we received an email from one of our students (Adam) who just had a 6-figure month trading the E-mini S&P Futures using the methodology we teach in the OpenTrader Training Program. He achieved this using relatively modest position sizing of 20-30 contracts per trade. Making over $100K in a single month is impressive on … Read More … Posted in: Featured , Trading Insights February 20, 2015 3:33 am / 10 Comments / Awais How To Reprogram Your Mind for Trading Success Anyone can talk about effective trading mindsets. But what does it really take to change your thinking and achieve trading success? In our last post, I talked about the incredible power of having a mindset of gratitude, and how it can greatly help your trading. A perceptive reader, aptly called Attitude Trader, mentioned that gratitude was … Read More … Posted in: Featured , Trading Mindset February 19, 2015 12:55 pm / 26 Comments / Ziad A Message to Those Who Think Trading Depends on Luck If you want to get on my bad side, tell me that trading involves a high degree of luck. Nothing gets me going more than that- especially if you’re very adamant about your view. I’m usually quite calm, composed, and level headed. But when I hear those words, they get under my skin. You see, … Read More … Posted in: Everything else , Featured February 18, 2015 10:09 pm / 32 Comments / Ziad 3 Ways to Avoid Getting Chopped Up By The Market It’s a common problem. You stick to your stops with discipline, you practice correct position sizing, and yet you find yourself still losing. While you managed to avoid any large disastrous losses through good risk management, you fell into another trap: death by a thousand cuts. For me personally, this was always my Achilles heel. I respected … Read More … Posted in: Trading Insights February 16, 2015 4:08 pm / 11 Comments / Ziad How to deal with tough markets and drawdowns This is a snippet from our weekly group coaching call that we hold for traders enrolled in our Professional Training Program. The trading environment has been tough for the last couple of weeks and in this video, Ziad explains how to deal with tough markets and drawdowns. Posted in: Trading Mindset September 26, 2013 3:05 am / 2 Comments / Awais In Trading, When To Be Aggressive vs. Conservative This is a snippet from our weekly group coaching call that we hold for traders enrolled in our Professional Training Program. One of the traders asked a question on when to be aggressive vs. conservative. In this video, we cover that question and provide a specific method on how to analyze the trading environment and … Read More … Posted in: Trading Insights July 27, 2013 2:45 pm / 2 Comments / Awais How To Get Over a Trading Slump This is a short snippet from our weekly group coaching calls that we hold for traders enrolled in our Professional Training Program. If you’ve ever had a trading slump and wondered how you can get over it, this may really help you. Posted in: Performance Coaching April 23, 2013 4:11 pm / 5 Comments / Ziad There’s Only 2 Kinds of Traders Making Money There are hundreds of trading styles out there. There are dozens of markets to trade. There are multiple time-frames to trade on. But there are only 2 kinds of traders that are making any money. And the only question you need to be asking yourself is: am I one of them? If you are one … Read More … Posted in: Trading Insights March 6, 2013 6:28 pm / 17 Comments / Ziad The Counter-intuitive Way To Control Your Emotions In Trading I don’t know any trader who doesn’t struggle at times with their emotions. Likewise, I don’t know any trader who doesn’t wish that they could control their emotions better. Here’s an excerpt from an email I just received from a trader named Jill: I have a problem with hesitation. Even though I have a strategy … Read More … Posted in: Featured , Trading Mindset March 5, 2013 6:35 pm / 21 Comments / Ziad We Are Traders: A Tribute To All the Traders Out There When I’m trading, I like to have things that can quickly put me in the right trading mindset. I think it’s important for every trader to be able to place themselves in the right frame of mind before the day begins and during the day when losses, mistakes, or boredom can leave one in a … Read More … Posted in: Featured , Trading Mindset March 4, 2013 12:55 am / 17 Comments / Ziad Post Navigation 1 2 3 … 5 Next » Follow @OpenTrader Featured Posts Interview: OpenTrader Student’s 6-Figure Month Trading E-mini Futures How To Reprogram Your Mind for Trading Success A Message to Those Who Think Trading Depends on Luck The Counter-intuitive Way To Control Your Emotions In Trading We Are Traders: A Tribute To All the Traders Out There Categories Trading Insights Trading Mindset Performance Coaching Partners © Copyright 2012 - 2016 Spark Analytics, LLC. DISCLAIMER Trading of securities, options and futures may not be suitable for everyone and involves the risk of losing part or all of your money. 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