Trading Psychology at Dr. Reid Daitzman, Ph.D.
I AM HERE TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR CURRENT SITUATION.
Traders open to learning about the psychology of the markets will benefit from these specialized services. This is an intervention for any trader in the financial markets, who seeks to control their emotions, reduce losses and let profits run.
Day traders
Desk traders (institutions)
Hedge Funds
Trading for own account
Other
Risk management. Trading psychology is part of risk management, and to remain in the game and competitive, an essential factor in trading.
Trading is emotional governed by rules of psychology and economics. If you can control your emotions, you will let your profits run and cut your losses. Of course, if your private life is in turmoil, we first have to address that, then how and why you trade.
I helped found the field now labeled “behavioral economics” with my groundbreaking, award winning research on psychoendocrinology and how biology and psychology are linked. One application is the emotional roller coaster of trading teaching how to regulate fear and greed, and other NORMAL aspects of trading.
I have been working with traders for 25 years. I also traded the S&P for 20 years. I know the markets (equities, debt, commodities) the lingo, strategies and technical analysis. In the end, working with traders is an application of cognitive behavior therapy no different than sport psychology. Don’t see all this it as a “stigma,” but as a logical choice leading to a competitive advantage.
People trade for fun, profit, excitement, boredom, to lose (yes!), for “something to do all day,” to feel alive, to escape, as a job, to exercise control and for that spurt of adrenaline and dopamine (neurotransmitters) that reward leading to overtrading, and addictions. In essence, people trade to self-regulate optimal level of arousal (OLA). What this means to you is explored with tangible results.
I will teach you to identify these positive and negative cues and triggers and make you a more effective trader. Take this questionnaire.
SHORT QUESTIONNAIRE
1 = rarely
2 = occasionally
3 = sometimes
4 = often
5 = most of the time
1) I feel happy when I'm trading _____ (INSERT SCORE 1-5)
2) I feel stressed when I'm trading _____
3) I feel alert and energetic when I'm trading _____
4) I feel discouraged when I'm trading _____
5) I feel capable of succeeding at my trading _____
6) I blame myself when my trading doesn't work out _____
7) I feel satisfied with my trading results _____
8) I feel edgy and frustrated when I'm trading _____
9) I feel in control of what happens in my trading _____
10) I make impulsive decisions when I'm trading _____
SCORING
Add the scores for the odd items. That is your positive emotional experience
score: _____
Add the scores for the even items. That is your negative emotional experience
score: ____
The closer to 1.0 the better.
Don't go it alone. Call Dr. Reid Daitzman, Ph.D. today. He is the only one who listens to your phone calls and messages. Remember, all communications are private and confidential.
Dr. Reid Daitzman’s Credentials
• Connecticut Licensed Psychologist #682
• Board Certified (Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional, “ABPP”)
• Winner; Patients’ Choice Awards
• Former Elected President of Connecticut Behavior Therapy Association (CTBTA)
• Former Coordinator of Fairfield County Psychologists
• Former Elected Connecticut Psychological Association (CPA) Board Member for Fairfield County (District 4 in Congress)
• Former Faculty Member on University of Virginia School of Medicine (Appointments in Psychology and Psychiatry)
• Former Assistant Director of Outpatient Mental Health Clinic University of Virginia Medical School
• Former Director of Biofeedback Services, The New England Center for Headaches (NECH)
• Certified Sex Therapist by AASECT Credentialing Body
• Certified Biofeedback Clinician by the BCIA Credentialing Body
• American Men and Women of Science
• Who’s Who in the Bio-Behavioral Sciences
• Grant reviewer in the neurosciences for the National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Member of the University of Virginia and Yale University Chapters of Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society of North America)
• Behavior Therapy and Research Society Clinical Fellow
• Appointment to National Leadership Coalition For Health Care Reform (1993) by the President of the United States