Quick Guide

The Mental Game of Trading

BUILD YOUR SYSTEM FOR TRADING PSYCHOLOGY

Map Your Pattern

Basic Action Application

You can’t stop what you
Use the Data Collection Worksheet can’t see. Collect Study what you’ve found so it
to map your pattern of emotion. becomes easier and easier to
detailed information
recognize variation in your emotions
around your emotions and performance and to visualize
and trading mistakes. your Inchworm.
Advanced Action

Create a detailed map of the Chapter 2 Bonus

different levels of your emotions
using the Greed, Fear, Tilt, Complete an A-to-C Game Analysis.
Confidence and Discipline profiles.

Identify the Root

Basic Action
Emotions are not the Application

Based on the data you collected, problem. Take the info Internalize your answers to create a
complete a Mental Hand History
you found and figure meaningful change in your
(MHH) to find the cause of your
out what’s driving the perspective
emotion.
emotion.

Advanced Action
Chapter 3 + Use
Complete a Mental Hand History for
Chapters 4 - 8 to
each distinct level of emotion that
you map. complete your answers

Real-Time Strategy

Basic Action Application

Tackle the problem
Use your answers in the MHH to head-on to reduce your Improve how you handle your
create an Injecting Logic Statement emotional reactions in real-time in
emotions in the
that corrects the cause of your order to permanently correct them.
emotion. Then apply it when you’re moments they are most
aware of that emotion in real-time. costly.

Advanced Action
Create unique Injecting Logic
Statements to correct each emotion.
Bonus
Chapter 9
Refer to your A-to-C-game Analysis
to rely less on PnL, or results, to
evaluate your performance.

Repeat & Adapt

Application
Basic Action Correcting mental game
Sustain progress through repetition
Consistently apply the Injecting problems is a process,
and iteration of your strategy. If
Logic Statement in real-time, at the like chopping down a you’re not improving, troubleshoot
first sign your emotions are rising,
tree with an ax. You why. There's always a reason, find it.
until the problem is corrected.
don’t get a chainsaw,
you have to keep at it If you are improving, apply the
Inchworm concept to continue to
Advanced Action make forward progress.

Chapter 9 + 10
Update your map, MHH and Injecting Bonus
Logic Statement when you find new
details. Complete new ones as more Update A-to-C game analysis
subtle issues become evident. Repeat the cycle monthly to reflect the current state
of your game.

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The Mental Game of Trading
Map Your Pattern
You can’t stop what you can’t see.
Collect detailed information around your
Main Idea emotions and trading mistakes.
Reference Chapter 2
Chapter in The
Mental Game
of Trading
Use the Data Collection Worksheet to
Basic map your pattern of emotion.
Create a detailed map of the different
levels of your emotions using the Greed,
Advanced Fear, Tilt, Confidence and Discipline
profiles.
Complete an A-to-C Game Analysis
Bonus
Study what you’ve found so it becomes
easier and easier to recognize variation
in your emotions and performance and
to visualize your Inchworm.
Application
© Copyright 2021 Jared Tendler
Quick Guide
BUILD YOUR SYSTEM FOR TRADING PSYCHOLOGY
Identify the Root
Emotions are not the problem. Take the
info you found and figure out what’s
driving the emotion.
Chapter 3 + Use chapters 4 to 8 to
complete your answers
Based on the data you collected,
complete a Mental Hand History (MHH)
to find the cause of your emotion.
Complete a Mental Hand History for
each distinct level of emotion that you
map.
Not applicable.
Internalize your answers to create a
meaningful change in your perspective.
www.jaredtendler.com
Real-Time Strategy
Tackle the problem head-on to reduce
your emotions in the moments they are
most costly.
Chapter 9
Use your answers in the MHH to create
an Injecting Logic Statement that
corrects the cause of your emotion. Then
apply it when you’re aware of that
emotion in real-time.
Create unique Injecting Logic
Statements to correct each emotion.
Refer to your A-to-C-game Analysis to
rely less on PnL, or results, to evaluate
your performance.
Improve how you handle your emotional
reactions in real-time in order to
permanently correct them.
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Repeat and Adapt
Correcting mental game problems is a
process, like chopping down a tree with
an ax. You don’t get a chainsaw, you
have to keep at it.
Chapter 9 and 10
Consistently apply the Injecting Logic
Statement in real-time, at the first sign
your emotions are rising, until the
problem is corrected.
Update your map, MHH and Injecting
Logic Statement when you find new
details. Complete new ones as more
subtle issues become evident.
Update A-to-C game analysis monthly to
reflect the current state of your game.
Sustain progress through repetition and
iteration of your strategy. If you’re not
improving, troubleshoot why. There's
always a reason. Find it.
If you are improving, apply the Inchworm
concept to continue to make forward
progress.