Morning Pages for Traders: A Simple Exercise for Clarity
In my previous blog post, I explored how our desires shape trading outcomes—everyone gets what they want from the market. The problem is that wants are not simple—on some level,…
Five steps to being fully present in the moment
What you think you see is not what you see. What you think is happening is not what is happening. Everything we experience is filtered through our inner dialog and…
The practice of conscious gratitude
As we head into the US holiday of Thanksgiving, I want to share a practice that has made a real difference for me--for me as a trader, and also for…
Mostly meditation: my Stocktwits podcast interview
I was honored to be featured on the Stocktwits Must Follow Podcast series a few weeks ago. I had an interesting conversation with Sean McLaughlin in which we focused heavily…
MarketLife Ep 4 – Things people trade and… why don’t you have a cup of tea?
This episode of MarketLife continues Episode 3's discussion of the markets and asset classes people trade and invest in. Markets for trading and investing (Part 2) Currencies Currencies can be…
MarketLife Ep 3 – Things people trade and meditation
In this episode of MarketLife, we look at some of the things (markets or instruments) that people trade. (In the introduction to the podcast I said we'd get through more…
A look at the meditation experience
Sixteen days ago, I started publishing a series of short daily podcasts on meditation. So many people are writing about meditation and its benefits, but there's also a lot of…
Experience meditation, starting today, starting now
The twenty two day guided meditation experience is now live. I will not be posting regular updates here, but follow me on twitter (@AdamHGrimes) or bookmark this page for daily…
February update: meditation, support and resistance, and coding
I want to share an email I sent to my blog subscribers last week. If you don't get these updates, please sign up in the sidebar. There will be more…
Meditation: what can go wrong
Yesterday's post ended with a look at some of the effects and benefits of meditation, and some recent studies that show meditation is able to change your body and your…
Meditation: what it is and what it does
Talking about meditation seems to be the current rage in investing/trading circles. Everyone is writing and talking about meditation, maybe taking some courses, reading a few books, but there are…
Reader question: Falling asleep in trance sessions?
I'll paraphrase a question I received from a reader on the trance portion of my trading course: When I do the trance recordings I get so relaxed that I sometimes…
Meditation Week 2: Breathe In. Breathe Out
[dc]S[/dc]o, if you read my first article on meditation here, and tried my suggested plan, you have gotten a taste of meditation. (To recap, I suggested sitting for five minutes…