Enhancing Trader Performance: Risk Versus Uncertainty

David BlairDavid Blair, General Comments, Guest Blog, Trading PsychologyLeave a Comment

*****One blogger/trader/educator who does a wonderful job of sharing research on elite performance and how it relates to trading is David Blair, The Crosshairs Trader. Below is his latest post for the SMB Trading Community. We hope you enjoy!***** — Editor’s Note Do traders manage risk or uncertainty? Is there a distinction between the two? Does it matter? When we … Read More

Confirmation Bias and Trading

David BlairDavid Blair, General Comments, Guest Blog, Trading PsychologyLeave a Comment

******One blogger/trader/educator who does a wonderful job of sharing research on elite performance and how it relates to trading is David Blair, The Crosshairs Trader. Below is his latest post for the SMB Trading Community. We hope you enjoy!****** — Editor’s note — When it comes to trading, enhancing our performance inside the charts requires an awareness of various “outside the … Read More

Your Brain on Neuroeconomics

David BlairDavid Blair, General Comments, Guest Blog, Trading Psychology1 Comment

******One blogger/trader/educator who does a wonderful job of sharing research on elite performance and how it relates to trading is David Blair, The Crosshairs Trader. Below is his latest Sunday Links post for the SMB Trading Community. We hope you enjoy!****** — Editor’s note Neuroeconomics is the study of human decision-making. Combining several fields of study from behavioral economics to … Read More

The Eight Principles of Elite Traders

David BlairDavid Blair, General Comments, Guest Blog, Trading PsychologyLeave a Comment

******One blogger/trader/educator who does a wonderful job of sharing research on elite performance and how it relates to trading is David Blair, The Crosshairs Trader. Below is his latest Sunday Links post for the SMB Trading Community. We hope you enjoy!****** — Editor’s note Charles Garfield, the author of the 1984 classic, Peak Performance: Mental Training Techniques of the World’s … Read More

Enhancing Performance With Bias Awareness

David BlairDavid Blair, General Comments, Guest Blog, Trading Psychology1 Comment

******One blogger/trader/educator who does a wonderful job of sharing research on elite performance and how it relates to trading is David Blair, The Crosshairs Trader. SMBU thought a Sunday Links post from him would be of interest to the SMB Trading Community. Below is his first for you. We hope you enjoy!******* Editor’s note A cognitive bias is ever present … Read More

Trades Getting Out of Hand?

Greg LoehrGeneral Comments, Guest Blog, Options Education, SMB OptionsLeave a Comment

Ever start out simple, with just one or two trades, and then end up with an entire mess of options?  Congratulations!  You’re now trading a “position”.  Perhaps you’ve heard the term but aren’t sure what it means.  You’re trading a “position” when you’ve gone beyond using just one strategy. Trading a position is typically going to be much different than … Read More