Have you ever felt like there's a glass ceiling on your profitability?
That no matter how hard you try, you cannot make more than X amount of dollars on any one trading day, week, month, or year?
Do you fill with dread whenever you're having a good run, worried that the rug is going to be pulled at any moment?
Maybe it's not just trading. Are relationships as good as they can get, but you seemingly can't jump over an invisible hurdle to get to where you truly want to be? Are you frustrated that you can't seem to get the promotion that's just out of reach? Or you can't shave that extra stroke off your golf score?
You might, like me, suffer from an occasional—or systemic—"Upper Limit" problem.
These invisible barriers aren't about market conditions or technical skills. They're about the stories we tell ourselves and the unconscious ways we sabotage our own success. The internal dialogue that whispers "you don't deserve this" right when things start going really well.
Today, after the close of trading and before we head into the weekend, Trading Psychologist Andrew Menaker is going to join me for a deep dive into overcoming these hurdles and self-imposed limitations.
Andrew has spent years helping traders identify and break through the psychological patterns that keep them stuck. He understands how the mind works—both for us and against us—in high-pressure situations like trading.
We'll explore why we create these upper limits in the first place, how to recognize when we're hitting them, and most importantly, practical strategies for pushing through to the other side.
If you've ever felt like there's some kind of invisible hand standing in your way of becoming the trader and human you've imagined yourself to be, this conversation is for you.
