{"id":7768,"date":"2019-07-30T10:53:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T14:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optimusfutures.com\/tradeblog\/?p=7768"},"modified":"2019-07-30T10:53:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T14:53:39","slug":"4-stages-of-futures-trading-competence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/optimusfutures.com\/blog\/4-stages-of-futures-trading-competence\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Stages of Futures Trading Competence | A Hypothetical Evolution of An Elite-Level Trader"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article on\u00a0 the 4 Stages of Futures Trading Competence is the opinion of Optimus Futures<\/em><\/p>\n

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If you\u2019ve ever taken the time to learn a skill properly, you would\u2019ve realized rather quickly that the more you know, the more you actually don\u2019t<\/em> know. You\u2019ve likely figured out that there\u2019s yet another hill to climb, an even higher one, having reached the previous hill\u2019s peak.<\/p>\n

To take another metaphorical approach, now that you\u2019ve dipped your toe into the water, you look out to see that the entire ocean is much deeper and more expansive than you had initially thought. And it seems never-ending.<\/p>\n

So how can you gauge your competence? Well, in trading, one way is to pay attention to your real P\/L (real, not demo, as that doesn\u2019t count). But besides that, how might you determine your competence level as a trader? Ironically, by the time you reach a competence level with regards to knowledge, skills, and experience, you might not even be aware of it.<\/p>\n

Yes, you can be a competent trader without actually knowing the full depth of your competence (assuming you\u2019re actually profitable, which is the only real measure of competence). But how is it possible to not recognize one\u2019s own competence? To answer that, we\u2019ll have to borrow a bit from psychology. Let\u2019s look at the Four Stages of Competence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Trading<\/a>Image source: Wikipedia<\/p>\n

What Are the Four Stages of Competence?<\/h2>\n

The four stages of competence were first described as \u201cthe four levels of teaching\u201d in a 1969 book titled The Dynamics of Life Skills Coaching<\/em> by management trainer, Martin M. Broadwell. Let\u2019s cut to the chase and describe each level in plain language, and then we\u2019ll go over each level slowly.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll breeze through each description in a somewhat crude but clear manner.<\/p>\n

Stage 1: Unconscious Incompetence<\/strong> is where you don\u2019t realize how much you actually suck at something. You\u2019re quite bad at it, and you just can\u2019t even see it.<\/p>\n

Stage 2: Conscious Incompetence<\/strong> is the stage at which you begin realizing just how bad you are at a given skill. This is where, having dipped your toe in the water, you see an ocean that\u2019s on the verge of either swallowing you up or wiping you out.<\/p>\n

Stage 3: Conscious Competence<\/strong> is the stage at which you\u2019ve managed to build your knowledge and skills, knowing full well your capabilities and limitations.<\/p>\n

Stage 4: Unconscious Competence<\/strong>, the final stage, is where your experience has accumulated to the point that a skill has become second nature; it\u2019s where you can get into an intuitive flow state in a given area of practice; and despite realizing how much more there still may be to learn, you no longer realize that<\/em> your baseline level of competence is already far greater than that of the average practitioner<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Four Stages of Trading <\/em>Competence<\/h2>\n

Now, let\u2019s backtrack and go over each step, following the hypothetical evolution of an elite-level trader.<\/p>\n

<\/div>UNCONSCIOUS INCOMPETENCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Not realizing how much you don\u2019t know.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So what characterizes a trader who is unconsciously incompetent? It certainly isn\u2019t profitability, as some traders may be profitable in the earlier stages. Perhaps its beginners luck, or perhaps s\/he learned of a methodology that actually works (a one-, two-, or three-trick pony?).<\/p>\n

Traders in the unconscious incompetence stage know their limits. But what characterizes them from consciously incompetent traders is that they do not realize how limited they actually might be.<\/p>\n

They might not realize that their knowledge base is literally a fraction of a fraction of what they need to know. They may not see that certain risks lurking in the markets are much more dangerous than they appear to be.<\/p>\n

In short, they may acknowledge what they don\u2019t know. But they don\u2019t know exactly how much <\/em>they don\u2019t know (if that makes sense). Hence, they are vulnerable to risks or missed opportunities simply because they just couldn\u2019t see what\u2019s often in front of their faces<\/em>.<\/p>\n

You know the saying, \u201cyou wouldn\u2019t recognize a [fill in the blank] if it bit you in the behind.\u201d Well, that pretty much sums up the unconsciously incompetent trader.<\/p>\n

<\/div><\/strong>CONSCIOUS INCOMPETENCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Seeing an entire field of knowledge from the outside<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps it\u2019s a humbling experience, one typically brought on by a devastating loss (or string of losses), or the frustration of not being able to do anything right in the markets. Whatever the case may be, you willingly go back to the drawing board.<\/p>\n

What comes next often takes the form of multiple iterations, much of which may end in failure. But as the clich\u00e9 goes, you \u201cfail forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s important in this stage is that you see an ocean of limitations. But you also realize that not every part of the ocean is worth covering. You draw a space, a little territory, but one whose relation to the \u201coutside\u201d is well monitored. You may be, say, a short-term swing trader by preference, but you are also aware of the pros and cons and stats or probabilities of your style.<\/p>\n

You are aware that by choosing to swing trade in your particular way<\/em> (as there are numerous ways to swing trade), you are closing the door to plenty of other approaches. And you\u2019re okay with it. You are well aware of what you don\u2019t <\/em>know, but you are also determining what things are better left unknown<\/em>.<\/p>\n

<\/div><\/strong>CONSCIOUS COMPETENCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Acting on what works and building on it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You know how to place a series of well-executed trades. You know how to identify it, contextualize it, and properly act on it. More importantly, you understand the boundaries and limitations of your methodology.<\/p>\n

For example, you work with Fibonaccis, a method that favorably resonates with your style of thinking and trading. But you also have to take the time to break things down: measure the Fibs across all potential trends and micro trends, calculate the risk-to-return levels, measure the retracements–overall, following a strict sequence from price action identification to execution.<\/p>\n

In other words, you know you what you are (and are not) good at, and you are working toward expanding your current skills. Your execution is still somewhat mechanical as you haven\u2019t yet internalized the processes to the level of intuitive function. But slowly, given enough time, practice, and thought, you may get to the last stage of optimal functionality.<\/p>\n

<\/div><\/strong>UNCONSCIOUS COMPETENCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Your high-level skills have become so normalized that you don\u2019t even realize how good you\u2019ve become.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At this last stage, your average performance may be considered superior in the eyes of an average practitioner. You may still be following strict procedures, but your sense of the entire process has become somewhat intuitive.<\/p>\n

Perhaps you are able to focus on different potential angles at once, from various technical and fundamental perspectives to variances by way of position management and execution.<\/p>\n

You get a sense as to whether a defensive or offensive money management strategy might be more suitable for a given trade, and you are able to seamlessly switch between technical perspectives–approaches that may be incompatible with one another. And you are able to do this confidently and with a great degree of certainty (whether the trade actually works out favorably or not).<\/p>\n

The unconsciously competent trader is able to execute trades with a level of skill that no longer requires a mechanically burdensome effort. Trading has become \u201csecond nature\u201d to the practitioner.<\/p>\n

Although not every trader will reach this level of trading, every trader is at least capable of reaching this level as long as s\/he is able to find what resonates most with a trader\u2019s natural inclination with regard to thought and action. Finding what resonates with you is the closest thing you will ever find to the holy grail. But finding it is also key to progressing through each level of competence as described in this article.<\/p>\n

There is a substantial risk of loss in futures trading. Past performance is not indicative of future results.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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