Detox: Psychology of trading

CMC Markets interactive Trading CD Series

1. Detox: Psychology of Trading

Written and presented by Mark Sear. Founder of the UK’s leading CFD trading system with 22 years experience in the financial markets

COURSE CONTENTS INCLUDE 3 LEVELS:
Mechanics (93 mins): Why CFD’s, trading examples, markets to trade, UK, US equities, commodities, FOREX, trading styles, intra day, end of the day, and scalping, swing, trend pairs trding, going short.
Strategy (140 min): Psychology: winners and losres, trading discipline, dealing with risk, self analysis, goal setting, emotion, dealing wiyh loss and profit.
Advanced Strategy (62 min): (Portfolio management, trading plans, hedging, assest allocation.getting started, perparing to go live, hardware and software, capital management, environment, inner self, trading diary.

Mechanics Topic
1.Why CFDs? 8:12
2.CFD trading examples 6:49
3.The uses of CFDs 9:59
4.Markets to trade: UK and European Equity markets 13:46
5.Markets to trade: US Equities, Commodities, Forex and precious metals 18:44
6.Trading styles: Selecting a trading style and scalping 7:23
7.Trading styles: Intra day, end of day and weekly trading 21:54
8.Trading styles: Swing, trend, pairs and basket trading. Going short 8:42

Strategy Topic
1.Psychology: Winners and losers 19:41
2.Psychology: Trading discipline 25:51
3.Psychology: Dealing with risk. Self Analysis. Visualization. Training. Lifestyle 30:32
4.Psychology: Goal setting. Being realistic about your goals 20:38
5.Psychology: Emotion. Dealing with loss and profit 16:10
6.Money management and money management styles: Stop loss orders. Trade as business 28:58

Advanced Strategy Topic
1.Portfolio management: Why? Timeframes. Leverage. Hedging. Asset allocation 8:32
2.Trading plans: Why have a trading plan? 7:10
3.Trading plans: What is a trading plan? 14:36
4.Trading plans: Trading systems and money management 18:56
5.Getting started: preparing to go live. Hardware & software. Capital management. Environment. Inner self. Emergency planning. Trading diary 13:36