About Richard Weissman

Richard Weissman is a professional trader with over thirty years’ experience. He has provided private consultations and training to traders and risk managers for twenty years. In addition to trading, Weissman serves as a Senior Instructor with the DTN Institute, where he teaches trading and risk courses. Weissman’s first book, Mechanical Trading Systems, was published by John Wiley & Sons in 2004. His second book, Trade Like a Casino: Find Your Edge, Manage Risk, and Win Like the House, was selected as a Finalist for the Technical Analyst 2012 Book of the Year Award.

Show Notes

• Introduction
  
•  The three things you can guarantee in the market and its application in real life.
  
• Why Richard gets excited when the market is boring.
  
• How to become at peace, whether the market up or down.
  
• How to minimize the risk by focusing on the things you can control
  
• How to not let emotions get in your own way.
  
• The #1 lesson that Richard learned from the market crash in 1987 stick with him until today.
  
• What was Richard's first successful trading model?
  
• The two things that helped Richard to gain more confidence in his trading.
  
• How to deal with emotional pain in trading
  
• The one subject that he read every single book about
  
• The market wizard's interviews that impacted his trading journey
  
• How to embody unwavering decipline without being rigid.
  
• How to have an open mind and learn when to be flexible and when to be rigid.

• How did he gain the title "I don't care" guy
  
• The one subject that he read every single book about
  
• When did Richard decide to return to his first love (writing fiction)
  
• How your beliefs about money and self-worth can impact your trading
  
• How to connect with Richard: https://www.dtn.com/energy/education-and-consulting/