Mental Agility in Trading: 5 Rules to Stay Objective With Open Positions Last updated: 11 August 2026 · By Spencer Li, CFTe Mental agility in trading is the ability to drop an opinion the moment the market disagrees with it, even when you are holding the position that opinion put you in. It rests on […]
By Spencer Li, CFTe · Last updated: 26 October 2026 To manage losing trades, decide what you are willing to lose before you enter, put your stop-loss where your plan says it goes, and when price reaches it, take the loss and move on. That means no moving the stop, no averaging down and no […]
Patience and Discipline in Trading: Why Waiting Is the Edge Last updated: 13 September 2026 · By Spencer Li, CFTe Patience and discipline are what let you trade good timing instead of guessing at it. Trading is 99% waiting and researching, and 1% executing, so the discipline to sit still through the 99% is the […]
5 Habits to Beat Cognitive Biases in Trading Last updated: 14 July 2026 · By Spencer Li, CFTe You cannot delete cognitive biases (the mental shortcuts that quietly push you into bad trades), but you can build habits that stop them from reaching your account. The five that do the most work are simple: stay […]
Cognitive Biases in Trading: What They Are and How to Overcome Them Last updated: 3 October 2026 · By Spencer Li, CFTe A cognitive bias is a systematic error in thinking that pushes you toward a decision that feels rational but is not. In trading, these biases are why a smart person holds a loser […]