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Adrienne Laris Toghraie
At The Close by Adrienne Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...At The Close by Adrienne Toghraie
When is it too soon or too late? How much is too much or not enough?
Some of the most important questions that a trader must address have to do with getting the timing and the amount just right. There is an art to finding the right balance in life between too early and too late, and between too little and too much. For a trader, finding the right point to enter and exit a trade is critical to making money and limiting loss. Exercising the right amount of risk is also critical. Too much risk brings the possibility of losing too much money to keep you in the g...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: JAN 2009SUBJECT: Close
The Defensive Trader by Adrienne Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Defensive Trader by Adrienne Toghraie
Not trading as well as you
would like to? Can you take
some constructive criticism?
No?
Sid had a problem
with his
trading that
was losing him
money. Instead of waiting for the buy signal
from his system, Sid would
anticipate the signal and buy
too soon. If the trade took a
slight tick downward after it
was initiated, he would panic
and sell. As soon as he sold,
the market would resume its
upward trend and his signal
to buy would appear.
When asked about the
cause of the problem, Sid
vigorously denied that there
was a problem with his trading
perfor...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: Bonus Issue 2007SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
The Gravity Of Trading by Adrienne Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:13 (18-21): The Gravity Of Trading by Adrienne Toghraie
Make money in the markets? and keep it.
Do you want to make money in the markets and learn how to keep it? Then learn to appreciate gravity. There is an oftencited correlation between the laws of gravity
and the laws of trading. Gravity is not negotiable and its laws are immutable. It does not care if you ignore them and fall, just as it does not care if you follow them and fly. For many years, market gurus have invoked this principle to explain the facts of life as they apply to trading. Here are the reasons ...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: Bonus Issue 2006SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
What It Takes To Survive by Adrienne Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:4 (26-31): What It Takes To Survive by Adrienne Toghraie
As a trader, you need to be a winner and you also need to be a survivor. Here's why.
No matter how good a trader is, he will experience a shattering loss some time in his career. There is almost no way to avoid such an event because no system is completely infallible and the markets are like
heat-seeking missiles that sense vulnerability and do not give up until they hit their target. The professional
trader must, therefore, learn not only how to be a winner
but how to be a survivor as well.
Traders can lear...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: APR 2006SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Letting Go Of Resentment by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:9 (68-70): Letting Go Of Resentment by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Each trading day brings with it an array of emotions, both positive and negative. Here's how you can get a
grip on your negative emotions.
If there is one thing that all traders share, it is the need to handle negative emotions so they do not sabotage
our lives. In an average workday, a trader often has to
deal with the roller-coaster ride of emotions as a trade goes wild. Greed, fear, shame, regret, anger, and anticipation ? all these emotions come on without warning.
Great traders experience those em...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: SEP 2005SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
How Your Stories Shape You by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:1 (68-72): How Your Stories Shape You by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
The stories you tell reflect your worldview -- and they can help you succeed.
We all have stories that chronicle our lives. At first glance, these stories seem harmless enough, but the cost of holding onto them can be very high. Instead of illustrating why things have turned out the way they have, these "harmless" stories hold the potential to determine how successful we will become in the future.
Some of these stories are more influential than others. The more we reflect on a particular story, the mo...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: JAN 2005SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
The Call Me "Mini E" by Afshin Taghechian
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...V. 22:9 (92-95): The Call Me "Mini E" by Afshin Taghechian
Well, actually, it's e-mini, and this article has nothing to do with Dr. Evil. You might find it informative anyway, especially if you're looking for a new instrument to trade.
Since March 2000, when the stock market bubble burst, most equity traders have started to look into other trading and investment vehicles to profit from the market. Because the stock market rally lasted for so long -- 18 years! -- plenty of other market vehicles had
been overlooked by investors and traders during that time. Now, these overlooked markets are attr...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: SEP 2004SUBJECT: Trading Strategies
It Ain't Over Till. . . Well, You Know by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:10 (78-80): It Ain't Over Till. . . Well, You Know by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Are you looking for a way to revive your passion for trading after a long, hot, summer? A visit to the ballpark before baseball season is over may do the trick.
Baseball may be the greatest of all summer pastimes, and it may also be the perfect metaphor for trading. If you want to have a long and successful trading career, you can learn valuable lessons by following baseball. Here are some lessons I've learned about the game that can help you become a better trader.
EVERY MOVE COUNTS
Li...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: OCT 2004SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Deep Freeze by Adrienne Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Deep Freeze by Adrienne Toghraie
Having trouble pulling the trigger?
Stop it right now!
At a recent professional
basketball
game, a 14-year-old
girl was preparing
for a great honor.
She had been selected to sing the national anthem in
front of a large and enthusiastic
audience. Instead of experiencing
the thrill of a lifetime, however, she
froze, suddenly unable to remember
the lyrics. Seconds ticked by,
with the humiliation and embarrassment
sweeping over her adding
to the whirlwind of fear that consumed
her. Then, Maurice Cheeks,
the coach for one of the basketball
teams, appeared at her s...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: FEB 2004SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
The Wounded Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:4 (62-64): The Wounded Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Don't let your past affect your present performance in the markets.
The business of trading forces you to face the psychological baggage that you carry. It also makes you deal with new issues that develop from losses in the markets. Hard-earned money and dreams lost can leave deep psychological wounds. The prevention of such wounds, and the way you handle them when they do happen, will determine whether you will survive as a professional trader.
READY TO RUMBLE
If you want to become a profitable entrepreneu...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: APR 2004SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Shrinking From Opportunity by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Shrinking From Opportunity by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Stretch your comfort zone of predictable patterns and look for your shot at the gold ring.
Opportunity is all around us. True, occasionally it is a challenge to locate it, when conditions have changed or supply has temporarily shrunk and the competition for
finite resources has increased. But even in the worst of circumstances, opportunity is always there. Since a trader's success depends upon finding opportunities and taking advantage of them, a serious problem exists if he or she loses the ability to identify and pursue opportunity.
RE...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: OCT 2003SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Fresh Start by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Fresh Start by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Start off the New Year on the right foot.
The past several years have been disastrous for many traders. Even concerted attempts by disciplined traders to follow their own trading rules have failed to produce profits. Why has this downward spiral continued? It is because the markets have changed but many traders are choosing not to acknowledge that they must as well. Traders are no longer as confident as they used to be; instead, they are embarrassed, fearful, and angry. To reverse the losing trend, they put more and more time into their trading in the b...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: JAN 2003SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Overcoming Addictions by Adrienne Laris Toghraie, MNLP
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Overcoming Addictions by Adrienne Laris Toghraie, MNLP
Addictions will turn your successful trading into a lost cause.
What to do?
Addictions play a major role in the lives of
many traders. With few exceptions, addictions
inevitably lead to behaviors that can
destroy a trader's professional and personal
life, break down hard-earned performance,
and sabotage success.
How can addictions create such ruin? As the need to satisfy
an addiction grows, traders can be driven to the outer limits
of normal behavior. When an addiction worms its way into
the center of an individual's consciousness, it p...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: FEB 2003SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Life On Hold by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Life On Hold by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
If you have put your trading on hold, you undoubtedly have a compelling reason. To support your case for being stuck, you can find countless others who will
nod in agreement and understanding as they wait to tell you their own sad tales. On the other hand, there are traders whose roadblock stories are just as compelling as yours, but who are successfully trading, nonetheless. How do traders overcome their excuses?
As a new money manager, Joe had only $250,000 to manage. His own operating funds were based on a standard fee of 2% of capital and 20% of th...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: SEP 2001SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
You And Money by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Do you honestly and truly want to make money?
If you are a serious trader, you are in
the business to make money. If you
for some reason do not want to
make money trading, you will
sabotage your trading so you
lose money, or do not make
as much. As a result, you
will find yourself out of the
trading business, probably
sooner than later.
This relationship between trading and money is axiomatic;
it is easy for traders to acknowledge the relationship, but not
to adhere to it. For traders, the problem arises when the simple
issue of making money becomes complicated, as it often
does. Over time, ...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: JAN 2001
Dare To Trade by Adrienne Laris Toghraie, MNLP, MCH
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Making Of The Modern Trader Dare To Trade
To understand how much courage it takes to be a trader, take
the trader's journey.
by Adrienne Laris Toghraie, MNLP, MCH
The markets are not sympathetic to the meek.
Few professions require as much courage
as trading does. For the most part, traders
do battle from the time they come into the
profession until they retire. From the initial education phase, to fighting the negativity of significant
others, to the challenge of finding a methodology that works,
there always seems to be another hurdle to face. Then, the
difficulties of environmental ...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: Bonus Issue 2001SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Should I Trade Today? by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Should I Trade Today?
by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
If youŐre not at your best when youŐre trading the markets, youŐre putting yourself at a disadvantage. Make sure youŐre up to the challenge.
Should I trade today? If you answered this question honestly every day and traded only on your peak performance days, your annual gross income would probably exceed anything you have ever produced. This is, of course, assuming that you have and are following a good trading plan. The chances are that most of you do not want to ask this question of yourself because you will trade regardless of the answer....
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: MAY 2000SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
The Volcanic Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Volcanic Trader
by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Your temper can torpedo your profitability. Find out if itŐs a problem and how to handle it.
When a trader buries his or her emotions because he does not know how to express himself appropriately, these emotions fester. Once the sum of these
unexpressed feelings reaches a critical mass, a single, insignificant annoyance is enough to release them in an eruption of inappropriate anger. What was the occasional result from this? This volcanic eruption of anger creates the move that breaks the traderŐs account.
The potential for emotional buildup...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: JUN 2000SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
In Shock by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...In Shock
by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Trading is unique in that the uncertainty of the markets
brings to bear an unusual stress level. What should you do if
your trading suddenly turns south, or worse, a tragic event
occurs?
Recently, I was in an automobile
accident when a cab driver sped
through a four-way stop sign as
I was entering the intersection.
For a spell, I felt lost in time. In
that moment of unreality, I even
thought that it was all a dream.
I was in shock.
What is shock? According to
the dictionary, it can be a sudden,
jarring impact or the result of a disturbance in your
equilib...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: JAN 1999SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Revenge and Loss by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: DEC 1999SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
The Night/Daymares Of Traders by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Night/Daymares
Of Traders
Your mind doesn't shut down when you go to sleep. Sometimes,
the trading from the daytime can stay with you into the
dreamtime. Here are ways to cope with trading nightmares.
If trading is a high-stakes game
of skill, psychology, and chance
played on a multidimensional
board, then none of the dimensions
can be ignored. Yet one
influential dimension is consistently
overlooked because it is
assumed that it is under control
or has little effect. The dimension in question? Our dream world. This world includes our
dreams from sleep as well as our waking hours. Unwitt...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: AUG 1999SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Midlife Trading by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Perhaps you've reached a point of success in your trading when suddenly you lose interest. Why?
"Nothing's wrong. I'm doing fine.
Really." Jon responded to my
questions in such a way that his
answers were encouraging --
but if everything was fine, why
was he calling me with such
urgency? On paper, everything
was fine. He had come a long
way from his early days as a
young and wild-eyed trader. He and his family lived in a
beautiful home in the Chicago suburbs, his children were
preparing to go off to college, he had a solid marriage, and he had plenty of money in the bank.
Who could have a pr...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: NOV 1998SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Creating Prosperity by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Creating Prosperity by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Can you create prosperity by sharing resources?
What is the key to creating prosperity? Prosperity consciousness is the answer. This state of mind comes from a sense of abundance, which comes in turn from feeling that you have something to share with others. The more generous you can be, the more you will maintain prosperity consciousness. However, you can only be generous to the extent of the resources you have. Think of all the resources a person can accumulate, such as knowledge, wisdom, energy, love, friendship, and material things. Generos...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: MAR 1998SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Trading And The Senses by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Trading And The Senses by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Successful trading requires a mind balanced between intellect and intuition. Here are some ideas toward developing a balanced mental approach to trading.
One of the Market Wizards once told me that he covered his walls with commodity bar charts and went over each chart, bar by bar. Then he would study the waves of each market until he knew them so well that someone could bring out a chart and he could tell you which commodity it was from. This exercise allowed him to feel the probability of market movement in the future.
It was not an intel...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: JUN 1998SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
The Happy Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Happy Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
What does happiness have to do with being a successful trader? Nothing, it seems. In fact, for most traders, successful trading and happiness may actually be in perpetual conflict.
Over the years, I have worked with many successful traders. Many of them were miserable, and only a handful of them were genuinely happy. Yet nearly all of the traders I have ever interviewed said they wanted happiness as their ultimate goal in life, while very few of them had actually achieved it. Why is it so unusual to find a trader who is both successful and happy? ...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: JAN 1998SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Dealing with Change by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Dealing with Change by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Change is a part of life, and for a trader, it can be a problem or an opportunity. Here's how a trader can make sure it's not a problem.
In recent times, I have received countless calls from floor traders on their concerns regarding their move to a new building and/or a new floor. Some of their concerns: Are the new pits too large? Will people be able to see the orders being placed? Will the change in the positioning of the pits and the traders upset their relationships to each other? Will traders from the smaller pits be able to see into the l...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: MAY 1997SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Is Wrong Ever Right? by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Following a strategy is key to success in the markets, but what if you make deliberately wrong decisions and still make money? Here are some ways to avoid this form of self sabotage.
If traders are going to succeed over the long haul, they must follow their own rules; and in order to do so, they must maintain a state of personal and emotional balance. This paradigm is the essence of my work with
traders. However, the problem with this strategy is that we are talking about results over time. In the short term, unfortunately, things can happen quite differently; even the most carefully conceive...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: JUL 1997SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Trading Without Limits by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Self-discipline is the key to success in any field. Traders
especially need to maintain discipline to manage themselves
during good times and bad. Here are some of the key issues
on how to keep yourself in line.
The list of personal qualities required
to build a successful trading
career (or a successful career
in any area of the financial
and investing world, for that
matter) sometimes appears to be
endless. However, one quality
is always first on the list: self-discipline.
Self-discipline is, in
turn, composed of many parts, the cornerstone of which is the
ability to set limits.
Setting lim...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: DEC 1997SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Trading in the Moment by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Trading in the Moment by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
You don't have choices regarding the past, but you do have choices regarding your future. Here are some ideas about how you can change your perception of the future.
When a trader lets his imagination take hold instead of concentrating on what the market is actually doing, it can affect his trading decisions. Trading in the moment, without wishful wishing about where the markets may go or negative thinking, is the only way a trader can get the support that he needs to follow his own rules. You may be familiar with these mindsets, mindsets tha...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: APR 1997SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Those Losses that the Trader Creates by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Those Losses That The Trader Creates by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Traders may move from periods of success to periods of loss, but the losses may be created by the trader and not the markets. Here are some guidelines to identifying this problem and how to overcome it.
It still never fails to amaze me how an incident in a trader's childhood can determine whether he can succeed. These incidents, too painful to remember or acknowledge, are often swept under the carpet by sensitive and vulnerable people. While these experiences may be concealed within the trader's consciousness, the damaging psych...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: OCT 1996SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Transforming Trader Self-Talk by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Transforming Trader Self-Talk by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Traders can talk themselves into disastrous losing scenarios. Here are the steps to avoid the problem.
Self-talk controls your trading destiny. Self-talk is that inner voice that interprets what is happening and how you feel about it. Your self-talk can be positive, optimistic and encouraging so that it gives you the energy and confidence to stay the course in the face of
the most overwhelming odds. Unfortunately, however, most of the traders with whom I have worked, regardless of their level of success, engage in negative self-talk, w...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: NOV 1996SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
The Emotional Volatility Trap by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here are some simple guidelines for avoiding volatile emotional swings due to the stresses of trading. By Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Traders are placed under unique stresses, making them particularly susceptible to emotional
swings, and as a result, they may exhibit certain signs of the stress from which they suffer. Over
the years, I have asked many traders this question, and if you have found yourself under such
stress, you may ask yourself the same thing: You're probably not a manic depressive, so why are
you acting like one?
What causes such emotional extremes? If you liken your mind and bo...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: JUL 1996SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
The Unfinished System by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...V.14:2 (65-68): The Unfinished System by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Do you spend all your time trying to develop the perfect system instead of taking the plunge with a simple system? Is avoiding risk no matter what the cost at the
heart of your problem? Take the leap. Here's how.
How's your trading?"" I asked Ted when he called recently. ""Well, I'm still working on my system,"" he
answered.
For the last four years, I've gotten the same status report from Ted. Like many novice traders, Ted is stuck in a pattern of trying to create the Holy Grail trading system. This is a system that will onl...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: FEB 1996SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Proactive vs. Reactive Trading by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Proactive Vs. Reactive Trading by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
There are many different styles used by individual traders, some proactive, some reactive. Either can work and either can fail. Here's why.
One of the reasons why so few traders succeed has to do with whether their approach to trading is proactive or reactive. Which is a better approach? Do successful traders plan for and anticipate everything, or do they jump in without a plan, react to whatever happens and go with the flow? The answer may appear to be self-evident, but in fact, the answer is far more complex than you may realize.
...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: DEC 1996SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
The Lone Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Lone Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
The stresses built into the profession of trading isolates traders from their natural emotional supports. Here are some
ways to ensure those pressures don't reach a boiling point.
If you were to make a movie of this man's life, it would be filled with scenes of him surrounded by all the people
in his life: his adoring wife and three children, his supportive parents, his many friends and associates and his wider
associations in the community where he is regularly elected to head committees and organizations. That's why I was
surprised when Jack confe...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: APR 1996SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
Preventing Trader Burnout by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...TRADING PSYCHOLOGY Preventing Trader Burnout by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Do you ever feel too tired to go on trading? Do you feel as though you're losing the mental energy to even think about trading? You may be suffering from burnout. Here are some hints to overcome or avoid the problems that can come with trading.
Have you ever had that dulling, lethargic sensation that accompanies a complete lack of desire to do anything
constructive? When an individual loses the desire and the energy necessary to continue working, he could be
suffering from burnout. In such cases, it's almost as if the...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: SEP 1995
Overcoming Resistance by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Overcoming Resistance by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Sooner or later, many traders encounter problems limiting their success. Often, the solutions are available but people resist changing. Why do they do that, anyway? Toghraie explains how to overcome resistance.
Carl was consistently missing lucrative trades because he was afraid of taking losses. This fear grew out of the
learning process he went through to become a trader. When Carl first started trading, he didn't realize how
important money management is. The result was a 50% drawdown the first year and a fear of trusting himself even when...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: MAR 1995SUBJECT: Trading Psychology
The Whole Brain Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...V.13:07 (313-314): The Whole Brain Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Does the part of the brain that influences you the most affect how you trade? The founder of Trading on Target explains the importance of using skills that are built on both intuitive and deductive mental processes.
Did you know that the side of your brain that is dominant will influence how you think and what kind of trader you will be? No matter which side is dominant, however, you can influence the outcome. How you use and combine information from each side of the brain will determine how successful you become.
LEFT B...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: JUL 1995
Trading And The Emotional Boomerang by Adrienne L. Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...rading And The Emotional Boomerang by Adrienne L. Toghraie
How are your emotions affecting your trading? They don't, you say? But they do. Even though you may not be aware of it, your emotions are always influencing your trading. Since we are forever in one emotional state or another and since our emotions spread out in all directions like ripples on a pond, they affect everything that stands in their path, including our trading. Inwardly, these emotions affect how you make decisions about your trading, and the results of these decisions will, in turn, produce new emotions and send them back ...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: JAN 1995
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: JAN 1995
Turning Trading Weaknesses into Strengths by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Turning Trading Weaknesses Into Strengths by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
The founder of Trading on Target explains how to identify your trading weaknesses and turn them into strengths.
What is your greatest weakness? What if you were to transform your greatest weakness into your greatest strength? Our greatest strengths provide us with the skills, talents and resources to reach our goals. So when weaknesses are acknowledged, overcome and transformed, they can have the power to lead us to our greatest achievements.
Hundreds of traders have told me that the need for excitement is their most com...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: OCT 1994
The Trading Saboteur by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Trading Saboteur by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
STOCKS & COMMODITIES contributor Adrienne Toghraie discusses how traders may not realize they are
sabotaging their own success. Here's how to change that behavior.
Adam's roller-coaster wins and losses followed a predictable pattern. When he would reach a certain
level of success, he would somehow find a way to sabotage it and create losses for himself. At times, his
trading was highly profitable because he had developed an intuitive feel for the markets. By backing up
that intuition with a solid foundation of technical and fundamental knowledg...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: MAY 1994
Strategies For Overcoming Fear by Adrienne Laris Toghraie,
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Strategies For Overcoming Fear by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
How many times has fear blocked your way, whether in trading or otherwise? Worse still, did you know it? Neuro-linguistic programmer Adrienne Toghraie explains how you may be sabotaging your own trading and how you can disarm and conquer that internal saboteur.
Like most beginning traders, Joe had gone through the typical learning curve. At first, beginners' luck
led him to believe that he was a market genius who had discovered a gold mine. Then, when his luck
inevitably turned, Joe was humbled as the markets took back everything he ...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: MAR 1994
The Commitment To Trading by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Commitment To Trading by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
How far would you go to succeed in your trading? Commitment and achievement go hand in hand but they must be balanced.
Top traders know, either instinctively or as a result of experience, that all achievement requires commitment. They also know that the higher the level of achievement, the greater the commitment that is required to reach it. These traders are, usually, not only willing but eager to apply themselves to the challenge. However, what they usually fail to factor into their road map to success is the level of tradeoff that will...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: JUN 1994
Trading Out Of A Slump by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Trading Out Of A Slump by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Anyone who's traded a while can tell you that finding yourself in a slump from time to time is inevitable. But a slump shouldn't be a crippling hurdle; here, Toghraie explains how to climb out of that pit of trading despair and be on your way in the market again.
What do you do when you find yourself in a bad trading spell? Suppose you've had 10 losses in a row, your livelihood is threatened and the world is caving in on you. Suppose you find yourself at a loss and you have no idea what to do next. Suppose someone told you the way to pull yo...
AUTHOR: Adrienne Laris ToghraieDATE: AUG 1994