157: "Every Trader Has An Unfair Advantage!" - Tim Racette

Every Trader Has An Unfair Advantage! In episode 157 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview Tim Racette, a successful day and swing trader behind the blog EminiMind. Tim is also on a different podcast which I used to listen to before starting my podcast. He shares his story as a successful trader and highlights several important lessons about success in the field of full-time trading. We talk about goals, challenges, going to full-time trading when you have a full-time job, how to combine the two and a lot, lot, lot more. Watch the video interview here.    Topics Covered In This Episode What Tim Racette does, who he is, and a bit of background about him [1:44] Why and how Tim Racette started trading [2:18] Tim Racette’s mentors [4:46] Strategies that Tim Racette used in the trading pits [6:06] How Tim Racette evolved to trading on his own even with an unfair advantage [7:53] Tim Racette’s trading style and being comfortable with the idea of being different [10:13] Things Tim Racette had to do to go full-time trading for himself [12:50] If day trading was a necessity to trade full-time [14:57] Things that Tim Racette sees in people that they get wrong [15:52] Feeling of “going too fast” in the process of trading full-time and what you have to do [19:46] How traders should set goals for themselves in the beginning of the year [21:54] Starting with something basic and then tweaking it [28:09] Personalities outside trading that can help you become a better trader [29:12] Failing in business but what you should do after and keep trying again [30:25] Creating multiple streams of income as a trader [34:26] The schedule or regimen Tim Racette follows [39:01] Things or behaviors that people need to work on and adapt to become great traders [40:58] Goals Tim Racette has for the future [44:21] Doing back-testing and forward-testing for his ideas [45:54] One piece of advice or one action step people should take to become better traders [47:41] Resources Mentioned SPONSORED: Shoot an email to Jerremy Newsome Goal Setting Ideas for Traders Tim Ferriss and The 4-Hour Workweek  Jim Collins   DesireToTRADE Top Resources Desire To TRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist (free checklist!) One-Page Trading Plan (free template!) DesireToTRADE Academy (exclusive training program)  How To Find Tim Racette? Eminimind.com Twitter: @EminiMind Facebook: EminiMind [email protected] What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!