Our 6 Core Tenets
Trading success leaves clues. It is teachable; it is learnable… provided your desire is strong enough.
Here are the 10 core principles that have guided the success of the top traders we've supported over the years...
Your Success is Your Responsibility
Our work with traders involves structure, ongoing guidance, motivation, accountability… but the more fundamental drivers of success are your commitment and determination. No one can make you change if you're not ready or willing—not us, not Tony Robbins, not anyone! Personal growth and development begin from within, especially when the pain of the status quo gets greater than the pain of change.
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And speaking of pain…
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Pain is Good
"Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor." Have you ever heard this saying? Progress is painful because your entire being resists change, clinging to the status quo. It’s a survival mechanism. Defying this instinct is uncomfortable and challenging. However, you must persist; this is the only path forward. Pain only means that change is happening. Keep pushing.
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If You’re Looking for Guarantees, Look Elsewhere
Market aside, life rarely offers guarantees and certainties; instead, it presents opportunities laden with risks and rewards. This is a foundational principle you must embrace if you plan to be happy and successful. Most of our clients achieve and maintain consistency since they are carefully selected for their commitment. We have a process that is proven to work. Now, will it work for you? Let us answer rhetorically: Are you committed?
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Your Accomplishments Outside of Trading Don’t Entitle You to Success In Trading
Being an excellent analyst isn’t enough to succeed in trading. Your educational background and talent outside of the market can help, but it’s up to you to become the best trader you can be by being receptive to things that may be outside of your perspective, especially when it comes to the mental aspect of trading.
Those who sit back and expect success to just happen will inevitably fail. Those who proactively work on their behavioral consistency and trading psychology will ultimately win.
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If It’s All in Your Head, Success Is Unachievable
When your trading rules, advice you've been given, and hard earned lessons you've experienced,live in your head, they become easily swayed by emotional impulses. To take your trading to the next level, you must document. In fact, trading aside, this is one of the first steps to creating massive freedom in your life and empowering yourself to create even better outcomes.
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Trading Growth Always Follows Personal Growth
Your trading can only grow to the extent that you do. Other than overcoming a major health crisis and raising kids, being a trader is the most challenging and rewarding spiritual/growth journey you can take. It’s full of ups and downs, successes and failures, celebrations and tears. It’s not for the faint of heart. That’s why most traders ultimately fail.
Profitable traders are constantly learning, growing, and evolving... and that's why they win! They understand that to DO and HAVE what you want in life, you must first BE the type of person who is ready for it. They understand that the best education is self-education because the more they grow, the more their trading does as well.