I took this photo at dusk part way up Mount Kilimanjaro. It was particularly peaceful that evening and this stock trading tip occurred to me. When there are no distractions, when stress is low and when the noise from all other distractions and obligations in life are low – this is when we are most guided, most clear on our purpose and what we REALLY need to do.

It is in this space that we should be making our big trading decisions. Decisions like changing our stock trading systems, adjusting our risk management and position sizing approach, shifting our portfolio or adding new trading systems to our portfolio.

These decisions can’t be made effectively with all the distractions and noise of the markets bearing down on us. This is why as a trader all your important decisions should be made after market hours!

Trading tips – perspective & clarity – make your big trading decisions outside market hours
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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.