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The 9 Secrets
To Becoming A Profitable
Global Stock Trader
(Especially In Uncertain Times)
Introduction
In this Cheat Sheet you will learn the 9 Secrets to becoming a Profitable, &
Consistent Global Stock Trader in all market conditions without losing money or
sleep.
Making money in the current uncertain global economic environment is about

more than choosing good companies or finding good trading indicators and signals.
To win in the uncertain global environment you need to trade more like a
professional hedge fund manager – long and short across multiple trading
strategies and markets.
This may sound like a lot of work, but the reality is, it only takes 30 minutes a day
to manage a portfolio of trading strategies that makes money in all market
conditions
In my flagship trader mentoring program called The Trader Success System, I use a
framework called The Trader Acceleration Model which highlights everything you
need to know to become a consistent, confident and profitable stock trader who
makes money in ALL MARKET CONDITIONS.
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The Trader Acceleration Model
To become a profitable global stock trader who is able to profit in all market
conditions you need to master 3 areas:
A. Protect Your Capital

B. Systemize Your Trading
C. Diversify Your Portfolio of Strategies
If any one of these three is missing your trading performance suffers as shown in
the table on the following page.
Inconsistent Results / Blow-up
If you don’t protect your capital then it does not matter
how much money you make, your trading will always be
volatile and you will continue blowing up your account.
Any profit you make will be lost in sudden drawdowns
and volatility.
The result is you feel constantly worried about whether

you will lose it all, whether you are good enough to win
and build real wealth trading.
Limited Growth Potential

If you don’t diversify your trading adequately then you
will have limited growth potential because there will be
long periods where your portfolio does not grow or is in
drawdown. Bear and sideways markets will lose you
money.
The result is you feel impatient and frustrated for long

periods and constantly wonder if you are going to make
money long term.
High Stress & Effort

If you don’t systemize then all of your decisions are
made manually and every one requires analysis and
thought. Any diversification magnifies the trade
management effort.
The result is you constantly feel stressed about your

performance and your trading takes hours every day to
manage.
High Reward, Low Effort Trading
When you master all three areas everything falls into
place and trading suddenly starts to work. You start to
generate high (and compounding) rewards with very
little effort each day regardless of market conditions.
The result is you feel relaxed and confident and your

trading profits build with seemingly very little time and
effort. You become one of the trading masters.
Within each of the 3 Areas, there are 3 Secrets which catapult you towards trading
success. In the next section we examine each of these 9 Secrets to becoming a
profitable global stock trader who can make money in all market conditions.
The 9 Secrets to trading success

In the section below you will learn why each of these 9 Secrets to trading success is
critical to your long term performance and how they enable you to become a
profitable global stock trader.
A. Protect Your Capital

Secret 1: Implement A Solid Daily Trading Process
“I have specific written daily trading process that covers all steps required to
complete my trading which I follow consistently.”
When you have a solid daily trading process that is written down, your trading
execution becomes methodical and straight forward. You no longer have to second
guess each decision or action because you know exactly what to do every step of
the way.
As a result you will:

✓ Save time by streamlining your process so you can fit your trading into life
✓ Reduce uncertainty because you know exactly what you need to do next
✓ Increase your trading profits by making more consistent decisions
Because of all this you will feel IN CONTROL of your trading and CONSISTENCY in
the results you will get.
Secret 2: Manage Risk Like A Professional
“I take a low level of risk per trade, always follow my risk management rules and
am comfortable with my worst case drawdown.”
When you manage your risk like a professional your probability of long term
success skyrockets. You no longer lose sleep worrying about what the markets will
do next and you can trade confidently knowing that your account will survive no
matter what happens in this uncertain global environment.
To manage your risk effectively you need to go deeper than most traders do.
Controlling the risk per trade (to less than 1% of account) is just one small part of
effective risk management.
In The Trader Success System I teach 8 different categories of risk and 12 types of
risk management levers!

✓ Keep drawdowns small so you never lose more money than you can handle
✓ Ensure shocks can’t wipe you out so you sleep well no matter what happens
✓ Smooth your returns because the impact of adverse events will be small
Once you master these, you will feel a renewed sense of CONFIDENCE about your
future in the markets and CERTAINTY that no matter what happens you will
survive and profit as a trader long term.
Secret 3: Actively Identify & Eliminate Trading Mistakes
“I keep a trading journal that debriefs my trading mistakes, emotions and

psychology, I actively identify and eliminate sources of trading mistakes.”
You can have the best stock trading strategy in the world and yet still be an
unprofitable trader if you continue making the same trading mistakes that lead
most traders to failure. Unfortunately most traders are not even aware they are
making mistakes.
Yes there are the big obvious mistakes (e.g. Not exiting when your stop is hit and
turning a losing trade into a long term hold) that cost you bigtime, but there are
also countless small mistakes that you wouldn’t even think about in your day to
day trading. The trouble is these small mistakes compound on each other and work
against you.
The best thing you can do is monitor and evaluate your trading against a list of
known trading mistakes to you raise your awareness of what you could be doing
wrong so you can eliminate them.
In The Trader Success System you will learn 51 of the most common trading
mistakes and how to eliminate them.

✓ Increase consistency of your returns by preventing mistake driven losses
✓ Accelerate your profits by increasing your average profit per trade
✓ Dramatically increase your certainty about your long term trading profits
When you actively identify and eliminate mistakes you are making (even if you
don’t currently know they are mistakes) you will quickly discover you have a
LOWER STRESS and STRONGER TRADING PSYCHOLOGY because you are not
constantly undermining your confidence with mistakes.
The best thing about eliminating a trading mistake you are making is it
immediately increases your trading profits!
B. Systemize Your Trading
Secret 4: Trade With Objective Rules & Eliminate Discretion
“I use 100% objective trading systems which tell me exactly when to enter and
exit the market. I understand, trust and follow these rules every time.”
One of the biggest challenges that stops traders from becoming successful and
consistent is our own psychology. We all have unconscious biases, emotions and
past experiences that impact the decisions we make.
No matter what we might think, we don’t deal well with subjectivity, especially in
ambiguous environments… and the markets are absolutely full of ambiguity. For
example, you can look at all your favourite indicators and find that some say buy,
some say sell, some say hold and some are inconclusive!
This ambiguity is maddening for traders, but it is made even worse by

sensationalised news reports, press releases, optimistic analyst reports and
constant flow of economic data that may or may not impact your trading positions.
The solution is to eliminate all of the subjectivity once and for all and adopt 100%
objective trading rules which have a positive expectancy and an equity curve that
you are comfortable trading (see Secret 5). Your trading rules should tell you
exactly when to get in, how much to buy and when to get out (A complete set of
rules like this is called a trading system).
In The Trader Success System you get access to dozens of complete trading
systems that are fully disclosed and pre-coded for you so you can get started
immediately.

✓ Be clear on exactly what rules you are following
✓ Eliminate 95% of the ‘busy work’ so your trading takes much less time
✓ Get higher, more consistent profits by following proven trading rules
When you adopt objective trading systems the CONSISTENCY of your profits will
quickly improve. You will also have much greater CONTROL because you always
know exactly what action to take, you never have to rely on anyone else for your
trading signals and you will never suffer from uncertainty again.
Secret 5: Master Backtesting & Build Rock Solid Confidence
“I have mastered backtesting, know when a system is robust and stable and
when it is curve-fit. I use backtesting to easily answer my trading questions.”
Adopting 100% objective trading rules which have a positive expectancy and an
equity curve that you are comfortable trading will eliminate the subjectivity from
your trading and allow you to make more consistent trading decisions.
The challenge, however, is determining whether your system has positive

expectancy AND building sufficient confidence to put real money against the
system… this is where backtesting comes in!
Many traders will use manual chart based backtesting to evaluate whether their
indicators, however, manual backtesting can only give you a very narrow view of
the trading strategy. It can take weeks to manually backtest a system over several
years for just ONE stock… But this is still grossly inadequate.
To really build confidence that your trading system is profitable, stable and robust,
we need to backtest over 20-30 years of history through multiple bull / bear cycles
over thousands of stocks. This would take a lifetime to do manually, but with the
right trading software and backtesting methodology this can take just minutes.
We also need to be able to improve our trading ideas by testing different rules,
filters and optimizing the input parameters. This is virtually impossible to do
manually, but with the right backtesting software and methodology you can
quickly and easily find ways to improve your trading systems. This is an important
process to learn and one we help you master in The Trader Success System.
When you have mastered backtesting you will:

✓ Know with certainty and confidence that your trading rules are profitable
✓ Be able to quickly test trading ideas and ways to improve your rules
✓ Know how to answer your own questions and investigate what really works
By mastering backtesting you take CONTROL of your trading because you don’t
have to rely on anyone else telling you what to do, you can test everything for
yourself. This gives you the CONFIDENCE to follow your rules because you have
thoroughly tested them using a SCIENTIFIC APPROACH to ensure you have an
EDGE that is RELIABLE.
Secret 6: Continuously Monitor & Improve Your Strategies
“I monitor my trade executions and trading system performance according to a

set schedule to check for improvement opportunities and deterioration.”
Markets change over time because the market participants, rules, technology and
economic environment all change. This means traders must constantly monitor
their trading strategies to ensure their edge remains intact. If you have ever been
using an indicator that just didn’t seem to work as effectively as before, you have
experienced decay of an edge.
Great trading systems do last much longer than poorly designed systems, but even
great systems can have their edge eroded over time by changes in the market
dynamics.
This is where your monitoring and improvement regime comes in. It is not
sufficient to implement a trading system and blindly follow it for the next 10 years
as this could cost you a lot of money (in losses or missed profits).
Instead, you will be much more successful if you implement a regime of regular
monitoring, improvement testing and ongoing trading system development so you
always have new and improved strategies in the pipeline.
When you continuously monitor and improve your strategies you will:
✓ Eliminate the risk of your rules no longer working
✓ Gradually improve your portfolio’s profitability over time
✓ Proactively add improved strategies to your portfolio regularly
By implementing a strategy monitoring and improvement regime the RELIABILITY

of your systems will be much higher and you will STAY IN THE GAME because you
always know your strategies are working and you will be able to TRUST your
signals because you are regularly testing to ensure your EDGE is intact.
C. Diversify Your Portfolio of Strategies
Secret 7: Diversify Across Different Trading Strategies
“I use a variety of trading strategies including trend following, swing trading,

mean reversion and short selling to make money in all market conditions.”
You may have heard the expression ‘If the only tool you have is a hammer,
everything starts to look like a nail’. We know that we need more tools in the tool
belt than just a hammer… and in just the same way we need more than one
trading strategy in our portfolio!
No trading strategy works all of the time. Sometimes the markets are trending up,
sometimes they are trending down, sometimes sideways. In fact I divide the
potential market movements into 9 different types – I call it the Market System
Map:
You can dramatically increase your returns while reducing your drawdown by
implementing a diverse portfolio of trading strategies that profits from different
market conditions. Traders with just a long side trend following approach will not
do nearly as well as diversified traders with trend following, mean reversion and
short selling strategies in their portfolio.
Once you implement a diversified portfolio of strategies you will:

✓ Make profits and new equity highs more consistently
✓ Reduce your worst case drawdown
✓ Be able to compound more smoothly and achieve financial freedom sooner
By implementing a diversified portfolio of trading strategies you will be able to

better MANAGE DRAWDOWN, achieve more CONSISTENT PROFITS and enjoy the
PROCESS of trading more because you will always have something that is in sync
with the market.
Secret 8: Diversify Across Multiple Global Markets
“I trade systematically across multiple markets / asset classes and have a capital
allocation model to manage risk and exposure across all markets.”
How many different stock markets do you trade? The image below shows the
major stock market index from the US, Australia, Canada and Hong Kong stock
exchanges over the past 19 years.
While there is a degree of correlation between markets, there are very distinct
periods where each market leads or lags the others. There was no single leader for
the whole 19 years.
Traders are obsessed with the US market because it has been very strong since
2008... but this won't last forever. It is already much weaker than Canada and
Australia.
If you trade LONG and SHORT across multiple markets then there is a much better
chance to be long the strongest market and short the weakest market. But if you
only trade one market that is very unlikely. Learning to quickly and safely diversify
internationally without stress or ruining your life is one of the HUGE BENEFITS of
the Trader Success System.
Once you know how to trade internationally across multiple markets you:
✓ Increase the probability of having consistently profitable months
✓ Profit more quickly from bear markets by shorting the weakest market
✓ Reduce your reliance on your home economy to generate your wealth
By implementing a diversified portfolio of trading systems across multiple markets
you will generate FREEDOM sooner by capturing the strongest moves in the
strongest markets. You will also MANAGE DRAWDOWN better because of the
differences in bull / bear market strength and timing. You will also reduce the need
for PATIENCE because you won’t just have to wait for a bull market at home, it
could be anywhere and you can still PROFIT!
Secret 9: Diversify Across Multiple Timeframes
“I trade using systems across multiple timeframes and trade durations to benefit
from different market cycles including intraday, daily & weekly.”
Price movements are quite different when viewed in different timeframes. It is

quite possible for a stock or market to simultaneously be in an up trend intraday, a
down trend on the daily chart and an uptrend on the weekly chart.
This may seem frustrating, after all we just want to know which way the market is
moving, but in fact it is one of the biggest trading opportunities we have!
Most traders tend to stick to a timeframe they are comfortable with – Daily charts
are the most common, but many long term traders focus only on weekly charts
and some are just intraday traders.
The benefits of combining all of these timeframes into your portfolio, by having
different trading systems for each timeframe, are immense. In the Trader Success
System you get profitable systems for Intraday, Daily and Weekly timeframes!
When you assemble a portfolio of trading systems that is diversified across

timeframes you will:
✓ Increase your returns and the consistency of returns
✓ Improve utilization of your trading capital so you can compound faster
✓ Reduce drawdown because you’re less reliant on the trend in one timeframe
By trading systematically across multiple timeframes you will improve the

ROBUSTNESS of your portfolio, REDUCE STRESS because you are less reliant on
one major type of move and achieve FREEDOM earlier because of higher and more
consistent returns.
Conclusion
The 9 Secrets to becoming a profitable global stock trader are your best weapon in
the battle for trading profits in the uncertain times we are now faced with.
As traders we can no longer afford to be undisciplined, loose with our risk

management, and continue to make mistakes. There is too much risk of blowing up
your account. In the fast paced, volatile and uncertain world of trading the best
traders create structure and certainty through their processes, risk management
and ruthlessly focus on identifying and eliminating mistakes.
Similarly we can no longer afford to trade with subjective and unproven methods
or backtest our ideas superficially. There is now too much noise, too much fake
news, too much social media hype (and gloom) and too much volatility. Systematic
traders with proven strategies backtested over decades of market cycles can
sweep all of this aside and profit with much less time, effort and stress.
Finally we cannot afford to blindly stick to our home stock market (or just trade the
US because that is the biggest) because biggest is NOT always best and every
market goes through periods of under and over performance. Nor is close to home
always safest!
There is a huge opportunity cost of not diversifying across different strategies,

markets and timeframes and I am not willing to pay it – Are you?
Next Steps
Traders who diversify across multiple strategies, markets and timeframes will WIN
this game. I want to show you exactly how to implement everything we have
discussed in this eBook so that you can win the game and make money trading,
especially in the uncertain times we now live in.
So if you want to confidently assemble a globally diversified portfolio of stock

trading strategies that makes money in up and down markets and builds your
wealth no matter what happens in the markets then your next step is to join The
Trader Success System.
Learn more about The Trader Success System and if it
sounds like what you need, hit the ‘Apply Now’
button on the program page and fill in your details
and answer a few simple questions.
If you are a good fit for the program we will schedule

a Private Trader Acceleration Session to nut out the
details and create a plan together so that you can
WIN in the markets and discover how you can
achieve this by trading systematically in just 30
minutes a day!
Remember – You’re only one trading system away!
Adrian Reid (Founder – Enlightened Stock Trading)

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Making money in the current uncertain global economic environment is about

A. Protect Your Capital

The result is you feel constantly worried about whether

Limited Growth Potential

The result is you feel impatient and frustrated for long

High Stress & Effort

The result is you constantly feel stressed about your

The result is you feel relaxed and confident and your

The 9 Secrets to trading success

A. Protect Your Capital

As a result you will:

As a result you will:

“I keep a trading journal that debriefs my trading mistakes, emotions and

As a result you will:

Secret 4: Trade With Objective Rules & Eliminate Discretion

This ambiguity is maddening for traders, but it is made even worse by

As a result you will:

The challenge, however, is determining whether your system has positive

When you have mastered backtesting you will:

“I monitor my trade executions and trading system performance according to a

By implementing a strategy monitoring and improvement regime the RELIABILITY

Secret 7: Diversify Across Different Trading Strategies

“I use a variety of trading strategies including trend following, swing trading,

Once you implement a diversified portfolio of strategies you will:

By implementing a diversified portfolio of trading strategies you will be able to

Secret 9: Diversify Across Multiple Timeframes

Price movements are quite different when viewed in different timeframes. It is

When you assemble a portfolio of trading systems that is diversified across

By trading systematically across multiple timeframes you will improve the

As traders we can no longer afford to be undisciplined, loose with our risk

There is a huge opportunity cost of not diversifying across different strategies,

So if you want to confidently assemble a globally diversified portfolio of stock

If you are a good fit for the program we will schedule

Remember – You’re only one trading system away!

Adrian Reid (Founder – Enlightened Stock Trading)

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