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Mechanical vs Intuitive Trading

Bamber argues that pure mechanical systems fail without an understanding of price intention, while over-reliance on intuition alone leads to sloppy execution. A balanced approach that uses mechanics as a scaffold for intuition yields consistent profitability.

3 insights · 6 quotes

Psychological Foundations: Intuition, Confidence, and Conviction

Developing a six-sense through repeated exposure, building self-trust, and converting confidence into conviction are essential for executing high-probability trades.

3 insights · 6 quotes

Behavioral Biases, Intuition & Out-of-Sample R-Squared

Nang explains why intuition is a subconscious synthesis of data, the limits of out-of-sample R-squared, and how over-confidence can be dangerous.

3 insights · 6 quotes

Distinguishing Real Intuition from Emotional Intuition

True market intuition is a calm, data‑driven gut feeling, while emotional intuition is a stress response. By learning physiological cues, traders can separate the two.

3 insights · 6 quotes
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