Developing visceral intelligence to enhance trading performance

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Visceral intelligence is the literal feeling that you get in your body that correlates with a decision you’re trying to make or an experience you are having.

Whilst many people new to trading, and even many experienced traders focus on acquiring knowledge, it can be the integration of knowledge, with awareness of how we are and how we feel, which really provides the edge in trading. Visceral intelligence is what brings these two elements together, knowing and feeling. 

Denise Shull is a leading expert in this area. Denise is making her second appearance as a guest on the AlphaMind podcast. As one of the leading performance coaches in the trading and investment world, Denise has specialised in applying neuroeconomics and modern psychoanalysis in her work with hedge fund portfolio managers and high-performance professional athletes. She is the author of one of the best-selling books on trader mindset – Market Mind Games.

In this episode we explore Visceral Intelligence and in particular how we spend so much time up in our heads ruminating over the past and stressing about the future, that we miss out on vital clues and insights which our body and its feelings reveal and provide. Whilst we explore these topics through the lens of trading and visceral intelligence, the aim is to help the listener, whether a trader of investor, gain from hearing 3 experienced coaches discuss this fascinating topic.

As we say at AlphaMind, ‘It’s not the markets you conquer, but yourself’. This is another exploration into the self as a trader, and part of our journey, visited each couple of weeks through the AlphaMind Podcast, which can help the listener develop their trading capability by helping them to develop their trader self.