EP 266 | Mind Your Business - Be Like an Employee | Mark Bennell

An engineer at the core, Mark Bennell, a Private Trader who has been trading full-time for 15 years breaks down what it really means to “Treat Trading As a Business” and why this mindset was incredibly important in turning his trading around and why it has kept him in the game for this long.

About Mark Bennell

Mark Bennell is a Private Trader who has been trading for the last 18 years, 15 of those being as a full time trader. He holds a Diploma in Technical Analysis, a Diploma in Share Trading and Investment and the International Accreditation as a Certified Financial Technician (CFTe). His trading preferences include discretionary swing trading, scalping Australian equities, and swing trading and scalping the Forex markets.

Mark is also a trading mentor and enjoys utilizing his knowledge and experience to conduct live daily analysis on the Forex, Commodities and Indices markets, weekly workshop sessions and assisting others on their journey to become consistent traders. He has also been on stage and presented for the Australian Technical Analysts Association – Victorian Chapter and National Conference, and appeared in Trader’s Edge magazine in Australia, ‘Traders Story’ article.

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Topics & Timestamps:
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0:00 Intro and Background
12:30 Hard Times
16:30 Aha Moments
18:30 Low Barriers to Entry
22:20 Treating Trading as a Business
26:00 Trading Business Plan
28:00 Be the Employee of Your Business
29:35 Who Are You Accountable to?
32:40 Reframe Your Thinking from a Business Perspective
34:00 Importance of Journaling
36:00 Business Plan vs Trading Plan
38:30 Trading Psychology Plan
46:00 SWOT Analysis
56:30 Celebrate Your Successes
1:11:51 Struggles
1:17:00 Trade-Life Balance
1:25:00 How to Reach Mark


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