Mind over Markets is a weekly show hosted by George Papazov from TRADEPRO Academy. With over 20 years of experience trading the markets, George breaks down and dissects common psychological obstacles that all traders face in their journeys and provide actionable advice and tips to overcome these challenges in order to level up your trading performance. Whether you struggle with FOMO, recency bias or even controlling your ego while trading, the goal of this podcast is to become your go-to res ...
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We've come a really, really long way. But we need to take a break to re-think the podcast and come back stronger than ever, with more engaging and relevant content. In this final (for now) episode I'm gonna explain to you the reasoning behind this decision and how to get more value from us in place of this podcast - and trust me, there is A LOT of …
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Top 10 Trading Psychology Questions Answered
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Episode Summary In this insightful episode, we tackle the top 10 questions new traders have about trading psychology. Mastering the mental aspects of trading is crucial for achieving consistent success and longevity in the market. Here's a breakdown of the key topics we cover: 1. How do I manage fear and anxiety while trading? We explore strategies…
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Trading Hypnosis to Clear Emotion and Mindset
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In today's episode, we delve into the world of trading psychology and explore a powerful tool that can help you maintain your calm, focus, and rational thinking throughout the trading day—hypnosis. Key Topics Discussed: Recognizing Critical Moments in Trading: Have you ever found yourself on the verge of compromising your trading plan, knowing that…
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Adjusting to Summer Market Trading Conditions
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Episode Description: In this episode, we delve into strategies to navigate the slower summer trading season effectively. After a brief apology for missing last week's episode due to travel, we dive into how election years typically influence market behavior, with a focus on the expected drop in volatility this summer. Here's a breakdown of what we …
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Breaking the Trader Cycle of Self-Sabotage (Part 2)
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In this episode of our series on self-sabotage in human psychology, we delve deeper into the subconscious and conscious behaviors that undermine our success, happiness, and well-being. Following the previous episode's discussion on fear of success or failure, low self-esteem, negative self-talk, and comfort zones, we explore four more critical aspe…
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Breaking the Trader Cycle of Self-Sabotage (Part 1)
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In this first of a two part episode, we delve into the intricate dynamics of self-sabotage and its profound impact on individuals' lives. From the fear of success to negative self-talk and the allure of the comfort zone, we uncover the conscious and subconscious manifestations of self-sabotage that hinder personal growth and fulfillment. Host, Geor…
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Navigating the Realities of Regret in Trading
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Podcast Episode Summary: "Navigating the Realities of Regret in Trading" In this episode, we explore the intricate relationship between regret and human psychology within the realm of trading. Through dissecting six key realities of regret, the host offers insights and actionable solutions to mitigate negative emotions and foster a healthier tradin…
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Psychology of Market Trend Changes & How to Adapt
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Podcast Episode Summary: Psychology of Market Trend Changes & How to Adapt In this episode, we delve into the intricate psychology of navigating shifting market conditions and offer actionable strategies to regain profitability. Hosted by an experienced trader, the episode begins by acknowledging the challenge of transitioning from a familiar marke…
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Navigating Psychology of the 6 Stages of Full-Time Trading
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Podcast Episode Summary: "Navigating Psychology of the 6 Stages of Full-Time Trading" In this episode, we delve deep into the unspoken realities of full-time trading, moving through various stages of a trader's career. The conversation begins with a humorous yet poignant clip from Family Guy, highlighting the allure of trading futures and the perce…
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Riding the Bull: Strategies for Trading at Market Peaks
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Episode Summary: Riding the Bull: Strategies for Trading at Market Peaks In today's episode, we tackle the exhilarating yet challenging environment of bull markets and how day traders can adapt to capitalize on markets at all-time highs. While bull markets are often viewed as periods of universal profit, the reality for traders can be far more nuan…
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Understanding How Personality Types Can Impact Your Trading
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Episode Summary: Understanding How Personality Types Can Impact Your Trading In episode #113, we delve into a topic that has been on our radar since the inception of the show - the fascinating interplay between personality types and trading success. Acknowledging the complexity of the subject, we decide to narrow our focus to how specific personali…
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5 Signs You Should Stop Trading for the Day (How I Lost $50K)
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Episode Summary: 5 Signs You Should Stop Trading for the Day (How I Lost $50K) In today's episode, we tackle a topic that many traders shy away from - the bad days, those sessions filled with regret and what we wish we could forget. However, our focus isn't on the negativity but on the invaluable lessons learned from these challenging experiences. …
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Why Holding Winning Trades is So Difficult (How to Fix It)
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Episode Summary: Why Holding Winning Trades is So Difficult (10 Steps to Fix) In this insightful episode, we delve into the complex psychology behind one of the trading industry's most echoed mantras: "Run your winners and cut your losses." While this advice may seem straightforward, the reality of implementing it is anything but simple, especially…
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When to Trust Your Intuition in Trading (How to Develop It)
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Episode Summary: When to Trust Your Intuition in Trading (How to Develop It) In this special episode #111, a number often associated with guidance and enlightenment, we dive into the intriguing intersection of intuition and trading. This episode explores the concept of angel number 111, highlighting its message of seeking guidance to fulfill one's …
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The Hard Realization that Once You’re a Trader…
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Mind Over Markets Podcast Show Notes Summary: Episode - "The Hard Realization that Once You’re a Trader, You’re a Trader Forever” CLICK TO SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK HERE Host: George Papazov. Trading experience: 24 years. Founder of TRADEPRO Academy. Highlights the global community of traders at TRADEPRO Academy. Podcast Is Back: Explanation for the 2-ye…
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Order Flow Trading: DOM Foundations
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Want to learn how to find out what traders are doing? This is called following the smart money, and order flow is a key analysis tool to help you gain an edge on the market. In today’s episode Leo and I discuss our trading into the end of the year, and openly share some of our personal struggles with our trading. More importantly, we go into detail…
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How to Create and Test a New Trading Strategy
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A trading strategy is critical to your success, but do you know the process to create one? Every day we hear someone telling us that WE NEED a trading strategy. So much emphasis is put on this topic, that new traders rush the process and are doomed from the beginning. In today’s episode, we really dive deep into the process you should follow to ref…
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10 Tips to Build and Sustain Peak Performance in Your Trading
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Today we talk about the art of building and sustaining performance like a top athlete. I discuss 10 TIPS to get you to step into the mindset of a top performer. Think of the greatest things in life you have ever accomplished so far? What are you most proud of? Was it easy to get? Was it any easier after you accomplished that thing? Now here’s the r…
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Order Flow Trading: Foundations of Time and Sales
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In this episode Leo and myself talk about the most foundational concept of order flow trading in futures - the time and sales. This is also called “reading the tape”. This is a brand new segment we will be co-hosting and airing together the first Thursday of every month, where we will discuss a new order flow topic each month. For the first ever ep…
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Generating New Streams of Income for your Trading Profits
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In today’s episode I’ll be talking about an exciting topic - what happens when you start making money in the markets? What ways can you generate income streams outside of trading with your profits? We’ll dive into principles of income generation, active and passive source ideas, and I reveal all my income streams on this show. Let’s start out by th…
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Day trading with hotkeys is an amazing way to increase your speed advantage and to get a better handle on your execution. I personally don't day trade without them anymore. However, hotkeys are often used the wrong way and at the wrong time of a trader’s development journey. In this episode, I cover these topics and more on hotkeys for day trading:…
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Fixing Account Blowouts after Weeks of Success
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Do you blow out accounts in one day after days, weeks or even months of success? This is a very common problem for the new trader. I know, because I have been there, and certainly done that. The good news is, that it is fixable, if you are daring to get to the actual ROOT cause of the issue. The reality of this situation is, that it really only com…
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Small Account Challenge to Improve Your Trading
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In today's episode, I talk about taking a small account challenge to get my discipline and confidence back as a trader. I will also share with you some signs it might be time for you to take a new account challenge, and finish off with some tips for growing small accounts. No matter what stage of your journey you are on, this episode is designed to…
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Escaping the Victim Mentality Trap in Trading
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In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about the victim mindset and how it silently but very quickly and effectively decimates trading accounts. I will walk you through 6 signs you may be in a victim mindset, plus ONE, and ONLY ONE simple thing you NEED to DO NOW to get out of this mindset and turn your entire life around. This is all about escaping t…
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The 100 min Roast of George and Victorio
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We made it to episode 100! Today we have two episodes into one, where Victorio and myself take turns asking each other 10 trading questions, and 10 funny questions designed to embarrass one another and share a good laugh. I want to thank you for listening, and for helping make the podcast a success. Without YOU, there would be no Mind over Markets,…
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Trading Strategy and Execution with Anthony Drager
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Anthony Drager discusses his personal trading strategy and how he executes on order flow in the futures market. He draws on some fascinating experience from the trading floor and his transition to electronic trading at a prop firm. In this episode we get personal and ask him questions about HIS trading. This episode touched on some amazing golden n…
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In this fascinating episode we talk about how buying and selling actually moves the markets. This isn’t an indicator or strategy, this is the VERY REASON that MARKETS MOVE! We do a deep dive on market and limit orders, and how big position traders move through the book. When you understand what you are watching for, it gives you high probability tr…
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In this episode I talk about something really personal and deep. I had a gambling problem, which became a trading problem really quickly and early on in my career. This is an area very few talk about, because it requires deep reflection, and the ability to view yourself as someone who can improve! This can be tough for someone who truly believes “t…
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Order Flow Trading Foundations with Anthony Drager.
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In this episode, former floor and prop trader Anthony Drager comes back for another interview. This time we talk about the foundations of order flow, and unpack some “seemingly simple” concepts into full detail, and explain why most people are doing order flow wrong. Also, Anthony Drager shares his awesome 4 golden rules of trading - and you defini…
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Want To Be A Good Trader? Become A Good Analyst First.
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In this episode we talk about a common mistake all new traders make. The mistake is starting a new career in the wrong position. It’s a costly mistake that ruins would be traders before they even start. There is a way to fix this, and I share the full details on something that will have a HUGE impact and could turn around your trading. We cover the…
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Why Your Trading Goals Are Holding You Back.
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The biggest problem with goals is that they are a prediction of the future. Sure it’s amazing to know what you want, but sometimes planning too much on how exactly you will achieve them leaves blind spots to the reality of how you’re gonna get there. There’s an old saying, “make a plan so you know what’s not gonna happen”. You can’t predict the fut…
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Total profit is the worst performance metric you can use, because it ignores what you actually did to generate it. In this episode I share my favorite 6 performance metrics, and the story they tell about your trading. Using these metrics, you can uncover areas of improvement before these small issues become big problems, and start generating massiv…
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6 Signs Your Trading Size Might be too Small
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At the start of our trading journey, it is a very common problem that newer traders use too much leverage. Why? They are excited, they are new, they don’t know what they don’t know, and they just want to make a lot of money. They want the kind of returns people with 5, 10, 15 years of experience are making - and they want it TODAY! So they trade bi…
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Gerald’s Powerful Story and Trading Journey
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This is a very powerful, and inspirational interview with Gerald. His story spans from extreme business success, to finding himself in prison. In prison, Gerald discovered trading and even started to get quotes on the phone and drawing his own charts and indicators behind bars. Gerald pushed through his challenges, and continued his pursuit to beco…
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Interview with 2 Bulls in a China Shop
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In today's episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing two amazing individuals who share their journey as investors and traders. Dan and Kyle join us from the 2 Bulls in a China Shop podcast, and I get to flip the tables on them. As a previous guest on their show, it was exciting to be the one asking the questions. In the discussion, we did a deep…
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In this episode we talk about 6 tips to help you prevent another account blowup. When traders lose all their capital, it can be a very emotional time. And of course, everyone knows the obvious - if you can improve your risk management, it should never happen again right? Wrong. There are many psychological and technical reasons that traders blow-up…
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Order Flow and Trading Execution with Job and Leo
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Job, Leo and myself talk all order flow, trading execution and strategy. In this episode we deep dive into a lot of topics new traders have a struggle with; picking a market to trade and utilizing a strategy with an edge. This is a fantastic discussion with two order flow gurus you do not want to miss. The first episode with Job was a hit, and you …
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My 5 Biggest Failures and Learning Lessons
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Traders are professional loss takers - that's what makes us different. In today's episode I will share with you my 5 biggest failures, and how they actually helped me in both life and trading. I personally believe in a saying, "there is no failure, only feedback". From this angle, we can take any experience and extract the positives, while letting …
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Trading discipline is a loosely thrown around term, but what does it actually mean? What causes you to break down discipline, and how do you fix these actions to improve your trading performance? This episode discusses the 5 reasons your trading discipline breaks down, with specific instructions on how to fix each. This episode includes tips on the…
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When is it time to stop trading for good? Quitting has been made extremely hard by society's ideas of "fighting through" and our fascination with the underdog story. However, there comes a time when you may want to consider making an exit from the industry. This was a somewhat difficult topic to cover with Victorio, as it can really be triggering t…
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Shocking Effects of Subliminal Priming on your Trading
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You are receiving messages daily, which you have no conscious awareness of. In fact, subliminal priming can influence your behavior without your knowledge. This has been used by marketers for decades, but in today's episode I tell you how it is impacting your trading negatively. Also, I share with you how you can actually flip this around and use s…
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In this episode, we are going to be interviewing a successful prop trader, Seth Coley. Seth started his trading journey after a career change, and is a current member of the TRADEPRO Academy community. Seth transitioned from stocks to futures, and after struggling at first - he found a breakout strategy that worked for him on Nasdaq futures. He the…
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Looking to Get Funded? Truth about Prop Firms
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In today’s episode, we are going to be discussing the reality of online prop firms and getting funded as a trader. Do you need to get funded to succeed? When should you consider this option? When to avoid external funding, and how to succeed if you choose to take outside money. Choosing to get funded is a deeply personal choice, and most traders ma…
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In today’s episode, George is joined by options trader Victorio Stefanov, of TRADEPRO Academy. George and Victorio talk about the different trading styles, and how you can decide yours to match your personality and unique goals. During this episode, we deep dive into these topics and more: Breaking down the 3 styles: day trading, swing trading and …
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In today’s episode, we are going to be discussing the psychology behind trading news events, and how to actually trade them like professional traders. The reality is so different from what new traders assume, it will shock you! George talks about the two different types of news events, and the different approach you need to take for each. Also, he …
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In this exciting episode, we have a guest interview with Twitter futures trader and former member Job. You can follow Job here on Twitter. On the interview we discuss everything about order flow trading, and why this technique provides a trading strategy edge. We discuss why trading the future market is a great opportunity: Centralized order book T…
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In today’s episode, we discuss why the trend is not always your friend when it comes to trading. There’s an old saying in the financial markets that the trend is your friend, meaning that you will do well as long as you place your trades onside with the current price trend. The only problem is that you can never know what the current trend is - you…
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Trade What You See Not What You Want to Happen
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In today’s episode, we are going to discuss why it’s so important to trade what you see and not what you want to happen! You will often hear traders throwing around the phrase “trade what you see”, however, the reality for most traders is the opposite - they trade based on what they think will happen - driven by emotions and wishful thinking. Psych…
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Tips and Tricks to Grow a Small Trading Account
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In today’s episode, we are going to be discussing some tips & tricks to help you grow a small trading account! The best investment in life is one in yourself and when you are starting out in any new industry, it's best to start small! The reason for this is that your mistakes are the cheapest at the beginning which is important because you will mak…
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Dealing Effectively with Trading Mistakes
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In today’s episode, we are going to be discussing how traders can deal effectively with execution mistakes! Mistakes happen to everyone and they can be extremely frustrating especially because, in this industry, they can and often do, end up costing us money. What defines you as a trader is not whether you make mistakes or not, but how you deal wit…
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