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Skill comes through learning, application and practice.

Do You Know What You Are Being Patient for?

Shane Blankenship

Patience in trading is the discipline of being with your restless energy when things aren’t happening the way you want them to. If we are to be patient, we must know what it is we … READ MORE

Context and Learning To Change With Change

Shane Blankenship

One of the hardest things for traders, or anyone for that matter, is to adapt to change. Mostly we get stuck when things change, which makes trading difficult since the very nature of markets is … READ MORE

A Bad Trade Plan Is Better Than No Trade Plan

Shane Blankenship

Traders often talk about the need to be patient but to be patient, we must know what we are being patient for. That is why we have a trade plan and know ahead of time … READ MORE

Nothing Works, Either The Trader Works or Doesn’t Work

Shane Blankenship

In this post, I’ll be sharing a trade plan for IOT, demonstrating the importance of creating a consistent and structured approach to trading. A well-defined trade plan offers the only control a trader has in … READ MORE

Trade Planning: Learning Through Consistency and Discipline

Shane Blankenship

I’m going to do a series of posts focused on trade planning, aiming to learn about consistency and discipline through practice. In this exercise, I will consistently plan, execute the planned trades, and document a … READ MORE

Clip From Live Session: It’s All About Price, Not You

Shane Blankenship

This is a clip for one of our Live Language of Markets sessions. It was an active day in the markets, so I used the opportunity to demonstrate and ground teachings in an S&P E-Mini … READ MORE

How To Practice Part II: Learning Through Consistency and Discipline

Shane Blankenship

Consistency and discipline with your method are more important than searching for more methods. In How To Practice Part I: I spoke about how our perception of markets gets distorted, and how that affects our … READ MORE

How To Practice Part I: Learning to Change With Change

Shane Blankenship

This series is taken from portions of the “How To Practice” course I am currently building for Language of Markets and is designed to shift how you perceive or experience markets. Our actions are always … READ MORE

Discipline and Consistency in Trading

Shane Blankenship

By changing the structure of or mental environment, we change how we experience markets.

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