Editor’s Note: This is a long, interactive article designed to help you learn more about your trading style. The path toward becoming a better trader is usually a path toward wholeness, and no two paths are identical. Each of us has to begin where we are in our own life situation. No matter what your path, you must first determine where you are. What are the patterns in your life that block you in your trading, your relationships, etc.? Those patterns can be available to you right now because they show up in your trading and in every other aspect of your life as well. Unfortunately, in most cases, people are not aware of them. Thus, the transformation journey often begins with a crisis. For it is only when an obvious crisis begins that we wake up to the fact that something is wrong in our lives. This article, the first in a

This article was originally published at http://www.tradingontarget.com/articles2.html. Many traders begin looking for the wrong fix when something is amiss in their trading. The result is that they often try to fix things that are not broken while missing completely the one thing that is. Recently, I worked with a trader who started our session by telling me all about his personal problems with his spouse, his family, his associates, and even his pets. One by one, we worked out solutions for these problems. Finally, he said, “Now, let’s talk about the problems I’m having with my trading.” To which I responded, “If you followed your rules, would you be making money?” “Of course,” was his reply. As you can see, he was attempting to fix what was not broken. At that point, I said, “You know, you are anchored to a very high level of peak performance in your trading which, in turn,

MTA Board of Directors Nominations For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2010, four (4) Officer positions are up for consideration for a 2-year term, and two (2) At-large Board positions are up for consideration for a 3-year term. Over the next two months, we are encouraging any Member, Honorary Member or Emeritus  Member in good standing to submit your name for consideration to nominations@mta.org. The nominating committee will then seek out your completion of a tailored questionnaire as part of its review process. In addition, if you do not wish to serve but have suggestions on who might be willing/able to do so, we would encourage you to write us on that as well. Nominations may also be made by petition signed by not fewer than ten (10) percent of the Members, Honorary Members and/or Emeritus Members in good standing. Affiliates, Academic Affiliates and Student Affiliates are not eligible to