Most traders spend years searching for the perfect system—but what if the real key to success isn’t about finding the “right” strategy, but asking the right questions?

This week, we’re diving deep into the mindset shifts that separate struggling traders from consistent winners, the biggest cognitive biases holding traders back, and a game-changing trading formula that can help you build a systematic, stress-free trading approach in just 10 minutes a day.

Let’s get started.

Trading Success Starts with the Right Questions

Most traders get stuck because they keep looking for answers, when in reality, the biggest breakthroughs come from asking better questions.

Here’s the difference:

❌Weak Question: “Why isn’t my system working?”

✅Better Question: “Am I following my system consistently, or letting emotions interfere?”

❌Weak Question: “What’s the fastest way to make money trading?”

✅Better Question: “What is my edge, and how can I maximize it consistently?”

The traders who succeed long-term aren’t the ones with all the answers—they’re the ones who consistently challenge their own assumptions and refine their process.

Discover how asking the right questions can unlock your trading success.

 

Trading success starts with the right questions

The Cognitive Bias That’s Sabotaging Your Trading

Even experienced traders fall into mental traps that hurt their results. One of the biggest? The Representativeness Heuristic—the tendency to assume that past price patterns will repeat exactly.

This bias leads traders to:

❌Chase recent winners, thinking momentum will continue indefinitely.

❌ Assume a stock is a great investment just because it looks like a past success.

❌ Ignore risk signals because of past market behavior.

The solution? A systematic trading approach.

When you follow a tested system, you remove emotions and assumptions, making data-driven decisions that work across all market conditions.

Learn how to eliminate cognitive biases and trade smarter.

Learn how to eliminate cognitive biases and trade smarter

Trading Tip of the Week

Master the Art of 10-Minute Trading

If you think trading success requires hours in front of charts, think again. The best traders prioritize efficiency over effort—knowing exactly when to trade and when to step away.

 Great traders know when to trade and when to wait.

 Not trading is just as important as trading.

 A missed trade is better than a bad trade.

Actionable Step:

Review your current trading approach. Are you relying on gut feelings, or following a defined process? The less discretion you allow, the better your results will be.

Quote of the Week

"Successful trading is about following a system, not following emotions. The more rules-based your approach, the more consistent your results."

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Stop second-guessing. Start trading with confidence.

Stop second-guessing start trading with confidence

The 10-Minute Trading Formula: A Game-Changer for Traders

Imagine reaching consistent profits in just 10 minutes a day—without stress, without emotional decision-making, and without second-guessing every trade.

That’s exactly what I cover in my latest free training:

Watch the 10-minute trading formula

Remember – You are only one trading system away!

Adrian Reid

Founder, Enlightened Stock Trading

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Adrian Reid Founder and CEO
Adrian is a full-time private trader based in Australia and also the Founder and Trading Coach at Enlightened Stock Trading, which focuses on educating and supporting traders on their journey to profitable systems trading. Following his successful adoption of systematic trading which generated him hundreds of thousands of dollars a year using just 30 minutes a day to manage his system trading workflow, Adrian made the easy decision to leave his professional work in the corporate world in 2012. Adrian trades long/short across US, Australian and international stock markets and the cryptocurrency markets. His trading systems are now fully automated and have consistently outperformed international share markets with dramatically reduced risk over the past 20+ years. Adrian focuses on building portfolios of profitable, stable and robust long term trading systems to beat market returns with high risk adjusted returns. Adrian teaches traders from all over the world how to get profitable, confident and consistent by trading systematically and backtesting their own trading systems. He helps profitable traders grow and smooth returns by implementing a portfolio of trading systems to make money from different markets and market conditions.