Wednesday 26 June 2019

The Massive Hidden Costs of Not Scaling Up Trade Size


Scaling-up trading size is one of the most contentious and challenging issues I have come across in my work coaching traders. Whether it is private traders working for themselves, or Hedge Fund managers running hundreds of millions of dollars in capital. 

Scaling up refers to the increasing of risk or trade size as your capital grows. (Equally, and not forgotten, scaling down refers to reducing size to conserve capital following losses, however for the sake of this article, I am focusing on 'Scaling-up'). 

The purpose of scaling up is to ensure we use our capital most productively in light of positive expectancy which results applying a system, method or approach. 

Imagine a trader starts with $100,000 of capital in year 1. After trading costs and living costs they earn a return of 15% or $15,000. Their risk sizing approach may be based on a certain trade or lot size, or some formula such as willingness to risk a certain percentage of capital, or perhaps the Kelly Criterion. At the end of year 1, the capital will be $115,000. 

In theory, the trader can now increase bet-size by 15%. However, many people are cautious of stepping up in size. - They fear as they do this, they may face a loss, and given the increased size, their loss will erase last year's profits. They also fear their mindset will be impacted by the larger size. As such they often keep the same size. 

The danger is the same happens the next year, and over time this becomes a repetitive pattern year after year.  

There may not seem too much danger at first in doing this. Indeed, if you look at the chart below, which shows capital growth based on the above parameters for a 7 year period, visually the damage does not seem too bad. Maybe you are happy to accept this for the peace of mind this brought. - Fair enough.


However, in terms of numbers, the difference is $60,000, almost 60% of the original capital. - Ouch, now it matters. - And this is only the start. - Imagine this continued to play out over a trading or investing career of 30 years. 

The next chart shows this extrapolated with the same assumptions for a full 30 years. 


Now it really matters!!

After 30 years, the capital based on scaling up every year on reinvested profits, (assuming you averaged an annual 15% return after costs), would equate to just over $6,600,000. Whereas not reinvesting, and not scaling up, would equate to a capital value of $550,000. A mere 8% of the capital on the scaled-up calculation. 


Before you start taking apart these numbers, I am fully aware there are a ton of what-ifs, other assumptions, and non-accounting for interest, (Which let’s face it, is not very much at best these days). But that misses the central point here. There is a huge opportunity to not scaling up. - A massive 'Output Gap'.

The reason for not scaling up is always emotional. The rational case has been made, the emotional however effects are not easy to deal with. Just yesterday I made note of a quote from the legend that is Howard Marks on a Shane Parish podcast interview. 
‘Our emotions conspire at every turn to get us to do the wrong thing.’
Few things highlight this more graphically than the above example.

There is no simple answer to this, I have worked on this challenge for many years with many clients. It keeps revealing itself in many ways. From traders who are consistently profitable, but not able to increase their size, to hedgies who are achieving great returns on capital allocated but underusing the full capital they are given. I have seen it effect Portfolio Managers who have had their Asset Allocation increased, but then failed to adjust their risk size, to systematic trader who having proved the value of his systems but then feared upping the risk size for fear it would fail on the new size. Paradoxically the same issues as discretionary traders! 

Scaling up size is a deeply emotional issue, which brings out a person's 'loss-aversion' and represents a massive opportunity cost. 


Article by Steven Goldstein 

Steven Goldstein is a Performance, Team and Executive Coach who focuses on Risk and Financial Markets people and businesses.

Core to Steven's work is the belief that everyone has the potential, often latent or hidden within them, to surpass where they are now and to grow into what they want to be. His work as a coach helps people to rediscover that potential, to recognise it, to value it, and to leverage it to be better, happier, and more productive.

Prior to becoming a coach Steven worked for more than 20 years as a Rates and FX trader at some of the world’s leading investment banks. See Steven's Full Profile.

If you are curious about how Steven could help you or your business, please email him at info@alpharcubed.com. or call +44 (0)7753 446097. To know more about the work of AlphaRCubed and their broader performance and growth development services, please view their brochure at this link. .

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Market veterans Steven Goldstein & Mark Randall plus the occasional guest, discuss the mental, behavioural & mindset aspects of Trading & Investing Performance. 

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About AlphaMind


AlphaMind is a joint venture between AlphaRCubed and the Mark Randall Consultancy which seeks to help people develop and cultivate optimum mindsets (An Alpha Mindset) for trading and investing success. We offer workshops, group development programmes, and one-to-one coaching to people and individuals in Financial & Commodity Markets

AlphaRCubed offers Trading & Investing Growth Performance and Development Services for private indivudals and businesses involved in trading and investing activities. You can learn more about AlphaRCubed in their electronic brochure here, or via their website. The

Mark Randall Consultancy offers Mindfulness based trading and coaching to people and businesses involved in Trading & Investing and beyond in the wider corporate space. MRC's unique and powerful outcome driven approach is aligned to the US Special Forces “Ultimate Warrior” Mindfitness training programme and is applied to the corporate workspace.

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Saturday 22 June 2019

Mark Randall's Trader Tips


The following are an ongoing series of Trader Tips tweeted by market veteran Mark Randall of @themindguys.

This series is based on Mark Randall's experiences in a long and distinguished career in Financial Markets from the early 1980s through to the 2010s.

Trader Tip #1

Don't bring a negative 'mindset' to face the market, this will turn you away from complex ideas, walk you towards simple trades for the sake of them, reduce patience and awareness, increasing error rate, emotional state and stress. All costing you Alpha.

Trader Tip #2

When you show up to trade and you face your 8 screens to build your view, first ask the question "how am I?" Pre trade preparation of "self" is one of the biggest trading assets in your armoury, see the market and potential alpha with calmness, clarity and control.

Trader Tip #3

Your trading today began with how you managed emotional lumps and bumps yesterday, how you wound down, how you retired, how you slept and how you awoke. Build Mental Capital & razor sharp intuition as part of the process to discover today's Alpha.

Trader Tip #4

Stay on plan, when you are 'risk on' and run a stop against it, it is wise not to turn a stop into a double up if the market approaches the stop level. It is more Alpha optimal to stick to a plan then reset, refresh and refocus once stopped out.


Trader Tip #5
If stressed you will see the market as a tight spotlight, perhaps just seeing the bid, offer and size. You get too close to the trade. Relax, open your awareness & see the breadth of the market. Alpha opportunity exists in the fringes and shadows.

Trader Tip #6

Never underestimate the value of your operations team. Work with them and support them, they need to be as sharp as you in stopping Alpha leakage by spotting errors and miss-postings in real time. They are on your side ! Never ever forget that...!

Trader Tip #7

If you overhear a trade idea, or someone boasts about having risk on gathering alpha - DO NOT jump on the trade. Remember that you are playing your OWN GAME, do not suddenly acquire the game of another trader. stick to YOUR plan and YOUR trade ideas.

Trader Tip #8

Don't get emotionally carried away when you are on a winning streak - managing the emotional 'ups' is as important as managing the "downs". Observe positive and negative events as just the noise of the flow. Such a balance mindset can be taught...

Trader Tip #9 

Clutter. look at your desk, stickits, books or old research. Get "words" out of view.. because what the eye can see as words it will read over and over again. Clutter drags you away from focussing on your critical and complex task of discovering Alpha

Trader Tip #10

You don't have to trade!

Opportunities may not be there or aren't always clear, don't get frustrated and beat yourself up as not being sharp enough. Walk away from the market and Refresh, Reset and Refocus to return with Clarity, Calmness and Control.


Trader Tip #11

Resist trading the "market" in your head. You can set up too much of a positive expectation by making presumptions about targets or market trajectory that may fail to happen, aim to be present and agile minded for when you modify risk in "real time".

Trader Tip #12

Errors. Close out and mentally move on. In my experience errors come in 3's, if you can't park it and move on, the "what a fool am I" internal chat will drag your focus away from the opportunity of the market and you will make other simple mistakes! Let it go!

Trader Tip #13 

More often than not a novice trader will just be "seeing" the market, the optic of screens, charts, feeds, market depth etc. A professional trader will "feel" the market. That difference, "The Edge", is determined by nurturing Emotional Intelligence 

Trader Tip #14

 Remember that at a fundamental level, to stay mentally sharp, agile minded, decisive, creative and calm under pressure your brain and cognitive function needs REST, FRESH AIR and HYDRATION . Your Alpha opportunity starts with you managing you !

Trader Tip #15

Don't think of the market as directional, think of it vibrationally. Your trading style will match certain vibrations but not others. And within the vibration understand that every upmove starts with a downmove and vice versa.

Trader Tip #16

If you are anxious, tired and fighting with decision making - Get fresh air. Avoid caffeine, in most people it increases anxiety, mood swings, self doubt, stress, switches on tunnel vision, turns off cognitive ability creating a non optimal state.

Trading Tip #17

Trading intuition requires a finely tuned body system and a positive Mindset that is paying attention with curiosity and full open awareness to an evolving market event in real time.

Trader Tip #18

Know your market !

E.g. If you are trading fixed income futures make sure you overlay key yield levels from the cash market on charts you are interpreting. They are critical in determining macro trading ranges and very often overlooked by the novice trader. 

Trader Tip #19

Be careful in having trade exposure beyond Friday lunchtime. Unnatural pressures of weekend risk protection, go home early close outs, stop seekers. etc can create unexpected movements in thin conditions that can ruin alpha (and your weekend.)

Trader Tip #20

Studies show we are mentally "here" about 50% of our waking hours as our thoughts distract us, but 70%+ presence is achievable using Mindfitness techniques. Heightened market awareness, trading edge and positive mindset lies in that 40% uplift in presence

Trader Tips are brought to you by Mark Randall: To here Mark's excellent interview on the AlphaMind podcast. Click on the advert below: 

As Mark publishes each new Trader Tip on his @themindguys Twitter page or on the AlphaMind @alphamind101 Twitter page, this will be added to this list. You can follow Mark on Twitter at this link.

Article by Mark Randall


Mark is veteran of the Financial Markets with over 30 years’ experience broking futures and options for leading firms such as Greenwich Capital and NatWest Markets.

Mark has developed cutting edge Mindfitness programmes and services based on high impact Mindfulness techniques devised and used to such powerful effect by US Military Special Forces.

Mark developed his powerful Mindfitness Programmes from his own use of mindfulness as a tool to be effective in chaotic and unpredictable market environments, enabling him to achieve such a long and successful career as a broker.

Mark delivers his programmes and workshops inside corporations, insurance firms and trading businesses, delivering mass programmes across entire businesses, and working with core groups of senior managers, including board level teams at major investment firms.
About AlphaMind


AlphaMind is a joint venture between Steven Goldstein of AlphaRCubed and Mark Randall of the Mark Randall Consultancy

AlphaRCubed offers Trading & Investing Growth Performance and Development Services for private individuals and businesses involved in trading and investing activities. Underlying their approach is the idea that Traders face a battle with the market & a battle with their self. Their coaching helps traders to win the battle with their self. You can learn more about AlphaRCubed in their electronic brochure here, or via their website.

Mark Randall Consultancy offers Mindfulness based trading and coaching to people and businesses involved in Trading & Investing and beyond in the wider corporate space. MRC's unique and powerful outcome driven approach is aligned to the US Special Forces “Ultimate Warrior” Mindfitness training programme and is applied to the corporate workspace.

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Trading Journal Tips



The following is an unfolding series of tweets and posts from the AlphaMind Twitter Feed which will build up into a series of tips about 'Keeping a Trading Journal'.


This series is based on Steven Goldstein's experiences as a trader in a career which lasted from 1987 to 2010. It also draws on his experience since then as a Behavioural Performance Coach working with Traders and Investment professionals from across the Financial and Commodity Markets. 

As we publish each new Tweet this will be added to this list. 


Please feel free to share with colleagues and friends, or to keep as part of your own library of Trading resources. If you have any comments or useful insights to add, please feel free to put these in the comments sessions at the bottom of this post.

The photo above shows a series of Steven's Trading Journals, which he kept by hand from 2005 to 2010 and which were coincidental to his best period of trading performance.

Trading Journal Tip #1

A trading journal is of little value if you don’t look back and review past journals and behaviours. 

There is huge value in reviewing what you did in the past, evaluating those behaviours and identifying both good & bad patterns of personal behaviour.


Trading Journal Tip #2
Do a behaviour review at every month end. Use it to identify productive behaviours, future areas of growth, progress. 

Ask 3 questions:
  • What 3 things did I do well?
  • What 3 things could I have done better?
  • What 1 thing must I work on going forward?


Trading Journal Tip #3

When you look back over past journals, try & identify patterns of behaviours that may be hidden to you in your every day work.

These hidden behaviours can reveal aspects of yourself which ‘knowledge of’ can be transformational to your performance. 


I found repeated behaviours I was blind to that I had to address. Chief amongst these was a tendency to pull bids & offers as price came close to them in order to gain a few extra ticks, or due to self-doubt. 


Often the levels I had originally placed held. Thus as a consequence I would not get the trade on, or chased it to inferior levels with inferior risk-reward. 


I was blind to how often I was doing this until one of my periodic look-backs over several old journals highlighted how I had missed out on vast amounts of p&l. 


This was part of a huge ‘output gap’

Output Gap = Potential - Performance.

The irony was my colleagues were well aware of these behaviours in me. You rarely see yourself objectively, but the clues are there if you know where to look. 


Trading Journal Tip #4
A journal is the trading equivalent of practice & training for athletes. 

It’s boring, time-consuming, hard-work. But like runners pounding the streets it builds strength & character.Its the ‘Hard Yards of Trading’

Trading Journal Tip #5
One of the most powerful aspects of journaling is reviewing past trades you didn't do but did plan for, and seeing how they performed. 

This showed me how good my set-ups were, but also how much I left on the tables.

Trading Journal Tip #6
Don't confuse journaling with trade recording or a blotter. They are not the same. 

Journaling should be an active process that includes a record of plans, memos, feelings, thoughts, actions, that you return to for assessment and review. 

Trading Journal Tip #7
There are some excellent electronic journals now available, however I always prefered handwritten. Writing engaged my mind in a different way and could capture my emotions better. Holding a pen between your second finger and thumb has more impact on our thoughts and feelings subconsciously. See article here.

I know some people who combine, electronic journals and written journals. Which ever you dom it is vital to remain active in your journaling. 

Trading Journal Tip #8 
Use your journal to plan trades and build a record of your trade plans. Include personal memos too. 

It can be hugely valuable to see what you did in the the past. My journal highlighted how distorted my memories of past events was. 

Trading Journal Tip #9
Create your own list of Trading Principles and Guidelines. These can be invaluable in helping you navigate your continuing and on-going journey through the markets, ensuring your remain on the right path, and guiding you back to it when you stray too far. 

I have attached my own list of Guidelines and Principles which I kept in my trading years, and which were pasted to the inside cover of every trading journal I ever kept. These can be seen at the link below: 


Trading Journal Tip #10
I have repeated this, as I wish rto emphasis the improtance of this to your growth. 

Write month end reviews (I have deliberately repeated this point, because it is so valuable, but so easily forgotton). 

At each month end ask 3 Questions: 1) What did I do well this month? (3 answers) 2) What could I have some better? (3 answers) 3) What do I need to improve upon next month. (1 theme) 

Over the months & years this will help you identify stubborn patterns and work on developing new habits or breaking bad ones In time the themes you work on to improve should become one of the things you did well. 

The picture below shows an example from my journal.


Trading Journal Tip #11
Daniel Kahneman said ‘We are Blind to our Blindness’. A great benefits of a journal is helping you identify ‘Patterns of Behaviour’ you were blind to. 

A single bad outcome may not reveal much, but patterns do. Spotting habitual patterns of behaviour that have a negative effect, gives you the chance to work on these. Use the journal to raise & elevate them, then use it to start helping you eliminate the negative pattern - See Tip#10 on the list.

Trading Journal Tip #12
Keep track of your ideas and hold yourself to account on them.

Below is a snapshot of a spreadsheet that was part of the journaling process of a HF client. 

This client developed this process to ensure he remembered the ideas he had, why, and what his original commitment was to the trade. 


Trading Journal Tip #13
A Trader’s ‘Output Gap’ is the difference between their potential and their performance. 

The Performance equation : Performance = Potential less Interference. 

Interference = The Output Gap. 

Keeping a trader journal is an excellent tool to identify the interference and then to try to remedy it. It can also be used as a ‘stretch tool’ to try and raise potential.

Trading Journal Tip #14

Being over-negative on oneself is never healthy, it fules, self-doubt, damages self-beleif and impacts confidence. Good honest critique however is highly beneficial, when allied to objective self-reflection. Trading journals can aid that process.

Trading Journal Tip #15
The purpose of your journal is to help you grow and improve as a trader. You need to be proactive in how you use. It can be invaluable contributor to your success as a trader, but you need to use it wisely and proactively.
Trading Journal Tip #16
A huge part of your trading performance is non-conscious. Insight, intuition, perception, unconscious biases, impulse, fear. desire, instinct, regret. Bringing them as much into consciousness is one of the aims of a trading journal. Journaling helps you shed light on these aspects of yourself. If you cannot see them, you cannot improve them. Use the journal to allow them to surface as often as possible.

More Trading Journal Tips will be added as they are published. 



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Article by Steven Goldstein 

Steven Goldstein is a Performance, Team and Executive Coach who focuses on Risk and Financial Markets people and businesses.

Core to Steven's work is the belief that everyone has the potential, often latent or hidden within them, to surpass where they are now and to grow into what they want to be. His work as a coach helps people to rediscover that potential, to recognise it, to value it, and to leverage it to be better, happier, and more productive.

Prior to becoming a coach Steven worked for more than 20 years as a Rates and FX trader at some of the world’s leading investment banks. See Steven's Full Profile.

If you are curious about how Steven could help you or your business, please email him at info@alpharcubed.com. or call +44 (0)7753 446097. To know more about the work of AlphaRCubed and their broader performance and growth development services, please view their brochure at this link

Click here to follow Steven goldstein on Twitter, here to follow Steven on Instagram, or here to join his open Linkedin Group.

AlphaRCubed: Powering Trader Performance: See online brochure below to learn more about AlphaRCubed and their innovative Trader and Trading & Investment Business Coaching and Development Programmes specifically geared to Financial Markets. 

About AlphaMind

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Join the AlphaMind Linkedin Group. 

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AlphaMind is a joint venture between AlphaRCubed and the Mark Randall Consultancy which seeks to help people develop and cultivate optimum mindsets (An Alpha Mindset) for trading and investing success. We offer workshops, group development programmes, and one-to-one coaching to people and individuals in Financial & Commodity Markets 

AlphaRCubed offers Trading & Investing Growth Performance and Development Services for private indivudals and businesses involved in trading and investing activities. You can learn more about AlphaRCubed in their electronic brochure here, or via their website

Mark Randall Consultancy offers Mindfulness based trading and coaching to people and businesses involved in Trading & Investing and beyond in the wider corporate space. MRC's unique and powerful outcome driven approach is aligned to the US Special Forces “Ultimate Warrior” Mindfitness training programme and is applied to the corporate workspace.


Thursday 20 June 2019

AlphaMind Podcast Ep.2 : Mental 'Edge' in Trading with Mark Randall and Steven Goldstein



















The 2nd Episode of the AlphaMind Podcast is now available 


In this episode we jointly explore the subject of 'Mental Edge'.


This conversation covers a broad swathe of themes around the subject of 'Mental Edge' in trading, including:

  • - Risk Intelligence and how thinking about 'edge' in terms of positive expectancy.
  • - Poker, trading and having an 'edge'.
  • - Walking away and getting 'closure', as an 'edge'.
  • - Resetting and refreshing 'Self'. as an 'edge'.
  • - The 'Trading Turtles', and 'Psychological Edge'.
  • - Physical aspects of Performance: Sleep, Alcohol, Caffeine.
  • - How caffeine increases anxiety, and alcohol dulls performance, to create a negative edge.
  • - Time of day trading, decision-making and performance.
  • - Military and Mindfulness 'mindfitness' to enhance decision-making, focus and attention.
  • - 'Mindfitness' as a tool for developing laser-like focus and greater presence.
  • - Trading and the personal battle with 'self and ego'.
If you want to elevate your trading psychology, there is so much great wisdom shared in this conversation. We think you will really enjoy it.

Listen to the episode at these links on Itunes or Buzzsprout

About AlphaMind














AlphaMind takes a look at the human, mindset and behavioural challenges of trading and investing. It is a collaboration between market veterans Steven Goldstein and Mark Randall which seeks to help people develop and cultivate optimum mindsets (An Alpha Mindset) for trading and investing success. 

Tune-in to the AlphaMind podcast on iTunes or Buzzsprout:

Subscribe to the 'AlphaMind' Newsletter at this link.

Join the AlphaMind Linkedin Group. 

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In an article yesterday 'How the US Dollar Was the Crypto of Its Time', I explored the humble roots of the US Dollar.

I this article I explore how the Dollar sign came to be.

Whilst the origins of the term ‘Dollar’ and its transformation to common usage in the US appears to follow a well laid-out path. The evolution of the $ sign itself is somewhat more uncertain. There are a number of competing theories, each of which are seemingly possible, though some with more credence than others.

The most likely is the theory that it comes from a handwritten 'ps', an abbreviation used in correspondence as a plural form of 'Peso'. Manuscripts from the late 18th and early 19th century show the ‘s’ gradually being written over the ‘p’, and the upward stroke of the ‘p’gaining dominance over the curved upper part. This eventually developed into something resembling the ‘$’ sign. (see below)


The 'ps' symbol first occurs in the 1770s, in manuscript documents of English-Americans who had business dealings with Spanish-Americans, and it starts to appear in print more commonly after 1800.  

Other theories for the $ sign include:
  • It is inspired by the mint mark on the Spanish ‘Pieces of Eight’ coin which became known as the Spanish Dollar. The coins were minted in Potosí in present day Bolivia. The mint mark was composed of the letters "PTSI" superimposed upon each other. The mark bears a strong resemblance to the single-stroke dollar sign (see photo right). 
  • The $ sign is derived from the Number 8, whereby the Spanish Dollar was originally a ‘Piece of Eight’. The P of Peso and the 8 were said to be combined. The modification would have occurred to avoid confusion between the number and the signal. – This explanation would however seem implausible, as the confusion between a number and currency sign would have probably been too great. 
These theories seem plausible, though no one is sure for certain itseems. Even more uncertain however is where the drawing of the $ sign with 2 lines running through it derives from.
  • The sign was inspired by the Spanish coat of arms engraved on the colonial silver coins which were in
    circulation in Spain's colonies in America and Asia. These coins, depicted the Pillars of Hercules a small "S"-shaped horizontal ribbon wrapped around each pillar. For the sake of simplicity, traders might have written signs that, instead of saying dollar or peso that may have evolved into a simple S with two vertical bars. – Highly speculative though plausible. (See picture on right)
  • A dollar sign with two vertical lines could have started off as a monogram of 'US', used on money bags issued by the United States Mint. The letters U and S superimposed resemble the historical double-stroke dollar sign: the bottom of the 'U' disappears into the bottom curve of the 'S', leaving two vertical lines. Ayn Rand, the American libertarian philosopher, endorsed this theory in her novel Atlas Shrugged. However there is no documentary evidence for this theory though,. 
As for the designs and evolution of US banknotes, this is a separate and very interesting story. Time magazine prodiced an excellent article on this which can be seen here: https://time.com/5383055/dollar-bill-design-history/

Article by Steven Goldstein 


Steven Goldstein is a Performance, Team and Executive Coach who focuses on Risk and Financial Markets people and businesses.

Core to Steven's work is the belief that everyone has the potential, often latent or hidden within them, to surpass where they are now and to grow into what they want to be. His work as a coach helps people to rediscover that potential, to recognise it, to value it, and to leverage it to be better, happier, and more productive.

Prior to becoming a coach Steven worked for more than 20 years as a Rates and FX trader at some of the world’s leading investment banks. See Steven's Full Profile.

If you are curious about how Steven could help you or your business, please email him at info@alpharcubed.com. or call +44 (0)7753 446097. To know more about the work of AlphaRCubed and their broader performance and growth development services, please view their brochure at this link. .
About AlphaMind







AlphaMind takes a look at the human, mindset and behavioural challenges of trading and investing. It is a collaboration between market veterans Steven Goldstein and Mark Randall which seeks to help people develop and cultivate optimum mindsets (An Alpha Mindset) for trading and investing success. 

Tune-in to the AlphaMind podcast on iTunes or Buzzsprout:

Subscribe to the 'AlphaMind' Newsletter at this link.

Join the AlphaMind Linkedin Group. 

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Wednesday 19 June 2019

My interview with Beyond the Trades

Beyond the Trades publish interviews each week with traders and risk professionals.Their aim is to provide a series of resources for traders at all levels. The interviews are posted raw.

Last week I was interviewed as part of this series. You can read my interview here.

Beyond the Trades have published some outstanding interviews with experienced and novice traders. Its a great source of knowledge, insight and alterntive persepctive.

Their website can be viewed at https://beyondthetrades.wordpress.com/ on twitter they can be seen at  https://twitter.com/beyondthetrades?lang=en




Steven Goldstein is a leading Performance, Team and Executive Coach who focuses on Risk and Financial Markets people and businesses.

Core to his work is the belief that everyone has the potential, often latent or hidden within them, to surpass where they are now and to grow into what they want to be. His work as a coach helps people to rediscover that potential, to recognise it, to value it, and to leverage it to be better, happier, and more productive.

Prior to becoming a coach Steven worked for more than 20 years as a Rates and FX trader at some of the world’s leading investment banks. See Steven's Full Profile.

If you are curious about how Steven could help you or your business, please email him at info@alpharcubed.com. or call +44 (0)7753 446097. To know more about the work of AlphaRCubed and their broader performance and growth development services, please view their brochure at this link. .

About AlphaMind







AlphaMind takes a look at the human, mindset and behavioural challenges of trading and investing. It is a collaboration between market veterans Steven Goldstein and Mark Randall which seeks to help people develop and cultivate optimum mindsets (An Alpha Mindset) for trading and investing success. 

Tune-in to the AlphaMind podcast on iTunes or Buzzsprout:

Subscribe to the 'AlphaMind' Newsletter at this link.

Join the AlphaMind Linkedin Group. 

Follow us on Twitter

AlphaMind podcast #107 A US Navy Seal Commander, A Mindfulness Expert, and Self-Compassion

In the brutal world of trading and markets, we can often turn in on ourselves, and end up becoming our biggest problem. The ability to stay ...