IN THIS ISSUE: Upcoming Event: 'Using Your Trading Software to Display Key Decision Zones' – February 14th, 2012 at 1:30 PM (Pacific Time) Timely Observation from the 2012 Super Bowl regarding replaying a trading session From our bookshelf: 'A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future' by Daniel Pink Evaluate Each Shot and Each Trade by Doug McDonald Potpourri - A Collection of Ideas, Thoughts, Notes, Events, Etc., Etc., Etc.

IN THIS ISSUE: WindoTrader Website Update WindoTrader Blue Update Upcoming Event: The 'Anchor Trade' Concept and Your Trading Software WindoViews, the WindoTrader Monthly bulletin, provides subscribers with updates on the WindoTrader Community, WindoTrader, as well as questions asked by subscribers.

As we enter the last two weeks of December 2011, we want to take this opportunity to wish each of you the Happiest of Holidays and an incredible 2012. And, thank you for your interest and support of our work in fulfilling our purpose as both a company and a team of purpose-driven individuals.

 

WindoTrader Update - Three key points in this issue are:

• Webinar and Inquiry appreciation and policy.
• WindoTrader Community FAQ (Additional Options):
• January 2012 events.

Phase I – Part I – Your Core Values

First, I apologize for not posting sooner.  We launched our Charter Subscriber program last month and between phone calls, meetings and webinars, I quite frankly, lost track of time in relation to my ‘Beyond Blue’ blog posting.

In fact, one of the weekly webinars we launched is our ‘Beyond Blue Roundtables’.  These roundtables are open to anyone registered as a WindoTrader Community member and are held on Tuesday’s at 1:30 PM (Pacific Time).  The Beyond Blue Roundtable webinar registration links are e-mailed to the WindoTrader Community members the week prior to each webinar.

Beyond Blue Roundtable webinar topics are based on Community member requests and suggestions.  The topics range from finding and capitalizing on key resources to finding your ‘right fit’, based on your principles, goals, present position, options, plans, support teams and performance.  These topics are applicable to everything from timeframes to markets, educators to brokers, and trading plans to trading performance.   Please note that these webinars are NOT designed to teach you proven trading principles and concepts. For those we recommend several qualified educators and resources.  On the other hand, these webinars are about learning from each other, based on each person’s experience.  The community members participate in facilitated discussions that challenge the status quo; ‘pat’ answers and quick fixes are not given.

Enough about the webinars; soon there will be a webinar section on our website.  Stay tuned.

In making up for missing October’s post, I am going to write about the individual and how individuals can clarify their values.  This can be applied to companies also.

WindoTrader Update - Three key points in this issue are:

• New WindoTrader Team Member.  
• Three new WindoTrader Blue Subscriber Support Webinars.  
• How we support WindoTrader Blue subscribers.

WindoTrader Blue Update - Three key points in this issue are:

• Answers to questions about WindoTrader Blue.  
• Seven unique features of WindoTrader Blue. 
• How we support WindoTrader Blue subscribers.

First, we thank all of the traders and referral sources who have participated in our Guided Tours, asked questions, and provided feedback on the launch of our Charter Subscriber Program.

Second, we thank our new Charter Subscribers for their feedback and positive acceptance of WindoTrader Blue's paradigm shift.

Next, our update of September 10th, plus our webinars and our website, prompted a number of comments, suggestions, and new questions. Because many of these questions were similar in their context, we decided to focus on the most frequently asked in this issue of WindoViews beginning with:

In golf, I’m convinced almost all mental breakdowns come back to over-concern with outcome rather than staying with the process. It’s why we look up before we’ve even hit the ball, or try fifty quick-fixes in a bucket of balls instead of a single high-quality move repeated fifty times. 

And I have these same suspicions when it comes to trading.

Since opening registrations for our WindoTrader Blue 'Guided Tours' and talking with potential Charter Subscribers, we have been asked several questions about what we're doing and why we're doing things the way we are.  Believing those questions would be helpful to others, we decided to share our answers to them in this issue of WindoViews.

The Power of Defined and Lived Culture

In my August 5th post, I referenced Corporate Cultures and Performance by John Kotter and James Heskett of the Harvard Business School and their study on how “Corporate culture has a significant impact on a firm’s long-term economic performance”.  

Interestingly enough, I only received a small number of comments and they focused on how the information I referenced was a study covering the period between 1977 and 1988.

If your trading plan includes some prices where you’d consider taking a trade, and others that will be completely forbidden to you, then you will be waiting for the market to come to you. You will be in control of your reactions to price movement, instead of chasing after trades while at the mercy of your emotions. In other words, planning helps take the emotion out of the equation.