We have a surprise development for you for Episode 162 … Your usual host, Rob Booker, was on the road while we were recording, so we asked Bradley Fried, the CEO of Rob Booker Japan, to stand in as a guest host of The Traders Podcast! And we think you listeners will enjoy hearing from Brad, because he discusses three of his 18 trading rules.

Brad talks about Rule No. 15, which addresses how placing expectations of wealth or solving financial problems with trading injects the process with emotion and disables it. This is the rule where Brad says to focus on process, not profits. Brad also discusses his Rule No. 14, which encourages you to make your trading an active and creative process, not a mechanical one. And Brad also tells us about Rule No. 18, which involves the practice of rewarding yourself. You don’t want to miss this episode — Brad tears it up! Join us, and feel free to leave your comments at the bottom of these show notes.

Links for this episode:

Find out more about Brad’s 18 Trading Rules: TFL365.com

Brad on Twitter: @RobBookerJapan

Rob on Twitter: @RobBooker

The Traders Podcast on Twitter: @TradersPodcast

E-mail us! Producer@TradersPodcast.com

In this wild episode of The Traders Podcast, your host Rob Booker talks with Market Strategist Neal Gilbert, who is the author of “Braving the Rapids,” an eBook trading strategy that Rob says is reasonably simple, and yet, still powerful enough to be consistently profitable. Rob asks Neal to discuss certain aspects of his eBook, including the five stages of grief as applied to the markets, where Neal explains how Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance can, unfortunately, apply to traders.

Rob also discusses some e-mail feedback he recently received from someone who was deeply offended by a story told in Episode 158 about something Rob’s previous employees did on a business trip. Rob apologizes and expresses his unconventional belief that people shouldn’t be embarrassed about their behavior. This leads to a discussion about how we are often embarrassed over our mistakes, even if they were the result of an earnest attempt based on good intentions. Rob calls himself “the first mistake-maker,” and he talks about examining what aspect of our lives is holding us back from getting what we really want.

You don’t want to miss this one, especially the off-the-cuff shenanigans that occur after the podcast…

Links for this episode:

Read a sample of Neal Gilbert’s eBook: “Braving the Rapids”

Follow Neal on Twitter: @FXexaminer

Twitter: @RobBooker

The Traders Podcast on Twitter: @TradersPodcast

TFL365.com

E-mail us! Producer@TradersPodcast.com

In this memorable episode of The Traders Podcast about “Fear and Timing,” your host Rob Booker and the producer, Jason Pyles, answer a valuable e-mail inquiry from a podcast listener named Jason, who asks us how to know when it’s the right time to make the necessary sacrifices to become a successful trader.

Jason the listener also asks how one has the confidence to step out in faith and take that risky leap into the darkness. He also asks how to address the resistance of disapproving family and friends who view such actions as being reckless, foolish and irresponsible.

Naturally, Rob answers these questions with all the fiery conviction and honesty that you’ve come to expect from him. And Jason the producer also offers some heart-to-heart answers, since Jason the listener also directed these questions at him.

Also in this episode, you’ll hear Rob describe a Tweet that made him want to throw the Starbucks furniture through the windows, and you’ll hear a few stories from both Rob and Jason. Thanks for listening!

Links for this episode:

Twitter: @RobBooker

The Traders Podcast on Twitter: @TradersPodcast

TFL365.com

E-mail us! Producer@TradersPodcast.com

In this 49-minute, extended episode of The Traders Podcast, your host Rob Booker chats with Matt LaCoco and Shonn Campbell about all the usual topics that you’d expect — psychics, yaks and traveling through the time-space continuum — sure, but they also discuss the following:

Personal mantras for life; the purpose in having someone to talk with about trading; the practice of skipping the first trade of each day, what it can do for your trading, and if this rule applies to automated trading systems; since robots never get emotional (but humans do), then why does anyone ever want to run their trading account in a discretionary fashion?; the role of intuition or “gut feelings”; the dangers of becoming obsessed with extraordinarily profitable days in the market and the way these big days can alter our thinking about trading; ceasing to worry about “What Could Have Been”; getting fed up with our pitfalls to the point that we’re motivated enough to stop falling into the same traps… just to name a few.

Leave a comment below and let us know your personal mantra! The best mantra submitted within one week of this podcast (by June 24, 2013) will receive a $100 Amazon gift certificate! Thanks for listening. [Note: A reading of some mantra submissions and the winning mantra itself can be heard in Episode 176.]

Links for this episode:

Follow Matt on Twitter: @MattLaCoco

Follow Shonn on Twitter: @PlateauTrader

Twitter: @RobBooker

The Traders Podcast on Twitter: @TradersPodcast

TFL365.com

E-mail us! Producer@TradersPodcast.com