Mastering the Trader Within: Success Strategies with Anmol Singh

Mastering the Trader Within: Success Strategies with Anmol Singh

Welcome back to the Daily Mastermind, George Wright III with your daily dose of inspiration, motivation, and education. I'm excited to be joined today on the podcast by Anmol Singh. So Anmol, how are you doing today?

I'm doing great. How are you?

Good. Good. I love it when a couple of busy guys like us can actually coordinate getting together. So I appreciate you taking time. I want to give everybody a little bit of your background. We're gonna get into a lot of it, but you're a trader, investor, author of Prepping for Success, and you actually had a new book come out—Mastering the Trader Within—which is great. I think we're gonna get into some mindset as well as trading today.

But for those of you that don’t know him—and maybe you’ve seen him featured—he’s been in Business Insider, Forbes, International Business Times. He’s the founder of Live Traders, author, speaker, and runs a powerful mastermind. We're gonna get into some of those things today, but we're just—we're glad to have you here. So thank you so much for being here. Maybe you could fill in the blanks a little bit for me and just give me a little bit about what took you down this path of trading specifically?

Definitely. I was 18 years old in my dorm room. Typical introvert, shy kid on Xbox all the time. So I was like, okay, what can I do from home that I don’t have to talk to people? I can be on my computer and get it done. So I think it just started off at 18, looking for internships like a lot of people. And I saw all my friends got great jobs, great internships. I think I was one of the only ones that just wasn't able to figure it out or get an internship.

So I had a whole year to figure this out. I was in my dorm room researching, reading everything I could get my hands on—and losing money. I lost money my whole first year of trying to do this until I joined a prop firm. I started working for the company, trading their money. They would take a percentage of everything I made.

I worked my way into the company eventually. That’s how I got into coaching with their newer trading hires that they would bring in. I’d coach them, train them, off they go—next person. I was brought on as a coach for the new hires, so that’s what got me into trading.

But I always was fascinated—even as a kid—like, why do stocks move up? Why do they go down? Who decides those prices? How does that even function? I think the curiosity just kept me going and made me want to read everything on the subject.

That’s awesome. I have known a lot of traders in my life. And when I say that—for those of you listening—you might be part-time, full-time, whatever it is when it comes to investing your money. But at the end of the day, it does take a mindset to get over that. And like you said, you lost a lot of money along the way—which is really the path, right? The real path for most investors. What kept you in there? Had you made the decision you were gonna be an investor and just stuck through the times where you were losing money? Or do you feel like it just was in your DNA? What made you decide to stick through all those ups and downs of learning to trade?

Yeah, it definitely was not in the DNA. Growing up I was horrible at math or anything to do with numbers. So I was like, okay, trading was not even on my radar of things that I could ever do or be good at. But I think the more I just learned, the more I read about it, I was like, “Okay, what’s next? What about this? How does this function?”

That curiosity is the number one key for success. If money is the only reason you do something, the first sign of trouble, the first sign of weakness, you’re going to quit. But when you genuinely enjoy learning about it, reading or researching doesn’t seem like work. For me, I was just fascinated—I’d be up late at night reading about it.

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The Turning Point: From Frustration to Execution

But I think the more I started to do it and the more I saw glimmers of hope—even in bad trades, even in days where things were not working, even when I was losing money—I saw, “Okay, there’s some things working.”

The strategy is actually really good. I can see the setups, I can see the trades working as they should. It’s just me. I’m not able to hold on. I sell it too soon. I’m getting out of my losers quickly. I’m not letting them play out. So I was like, okay, that’s more of a me issue than a trading issue.

Yeah, because the strategy on paper is working. I’m just not able to execute on it. So I think looking at data like that and looking at the spreadsheet and saying, “Wow, if you just held it to your target, you would’ve made X amount of money,” whereas you got out of the stock too soon, so that’s why you didn’t make money—showed me that, okay, this thing works.

It’s just I have to be strong enough for myself to be able to do this. And I think what really helped is I started early on when I was 18 years old. So even though I lost money, it wasn’t a lot I could lose. I think that was a benefit—that the learning curve happened with a very low risk level. So I learned and made mistakes with a small account and eventually worked my way to grow that.

Yeah, it’s interesting 'cause I hear that same thing from successful people all the time. And individuals—especially with your success—it’s like, if you put in the work, if you get enough experiences, most people just don’t do it. That’s why they don’t get through it, right? They don’t continue to work at it.

But you said something I really love, which is when you do something you’re curious about and you enjoy. Most people are not curious about the stuff they do on a day-to-day—even when it comes to investing. But if you can find that area, that niche, that thing that you’re curious about but also enjoy, that does help you push through, because there’s only success on the other side of that.

So it’s interesting that you did that. I’m curious—and this maybe will help me to understand—your comment about getting more into the coaching side. It really is a mindset, right? You talk a lot about this mindset, the mindset of an investor. And so I’m curious: Did you pick that up as you went along? And what bridge did you make from being an investor and investing money to the coaching side or to working with individuals? That obviously involved a lot more than just showing them how to invest their money.

Trading was the biggest personal development journey I ever embarked on. It showed me so much about myself that I didn’t even know I had issues with. 'Cause you're like, “Okay, I figured it out,” whatever. But trading shows you your true mirror—your relationship to money, and you have those instincts that come up of wanting to just risk it all, to gamble, try to make it all back. Or you’re like, “How did that stock do that to me? I’m gonna get it all back on the next one.”

You start noticing all these voices that—without trading—there’s very few businesses where you can truly see yourself face to face. Let’s say you make a commitment: “From tomorrow onwards, I’m gonna follow my trading system completely. I’m not gonna deviate from it.” And then you do it again and you’re like, “Why did I just do that? I couldn’t keep a simple commitment with myself.”

Or if I say, “Okay, if a stock goes to this exit point, I’m going to take a small loss and walk away,” and I’m still holding—then where’s the integrity? There’s a disconnect. You learn so much about yourself. That’s what made me a good coach—because I went through that journey myself and overcame it.

Then I think a good coach also needs to look through the filters of people, because people try to appear as the best version of themselves. So even if you’re coaching traders—we all have ego, newer traders still have ego—even though I was experienced at the company, they’d still have their ego. “No, I got this. It’s just the market,” or “News came out.” All deviating responsibility from their own decisions.

I think entrepreneurs do that as well. A good coach can see right through it. But not be blunt just to say it—instead, “What structures can we put in place to ensure this doesn’t happen again?” What can we automate in our trading software that exits it for you at that point? Try to come up with solutions. And I think that’s what a good coach would really do.

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Peak Performance and the Psychology of Trading

And we'll touch upon not just the trading strategies, but the psychology, and notice—okay, your psychology was affected. But why is it affected? Was it a conversation you had early in the morning with your wife? What was your morning routine like? What time did you go to bed? All these things matter when it comes to trading. Because it’s a peak performance sport. We’re competing with traders from all over the world. We’re competing with traders from Goldman Sachs, big hedge funds. And as a retail trader, you need to be on your A-game—because we don’t have the same advantages and tools they do.

Yeah, you talk about a personal development journey. I think that’s huge. And I think that emotional intelligence, like you said—you made a couple points I want to point out for the audience—and that is, having that awareness yourself is important. A lot of times, you can’t get that. And yet from a third party, you can. That’s one of the advantages of having a coach—they can identify something that you continue to cycle back through, and you don’t understand why.

But it does lead to this topic that I think I’ve heard many times over the years with a lot of the guys that have spoken for me and worked with me—it’s this emotional control. And you talk about this a lot. You say, “Listen, emotional control.” Why do you think this is one of those big missing ingredients? Because I think people think mindset is important, which it is—your mindset—but I have seen just over the years, it’s the emotion too. What’s the difference, and why is emotional control such a big missing piece in your opinion when it comes to trading?

Because I think emotional control is a muscle. It’s a practice that you have to work at. Very few people, I would say, are born with just the ability to do everything they said they’re gonna do. I ask people all the time—they’re ex-CEOs and everything—and they’re like, “Okay, I’m a person of integrity.” And I’m like, “Okay, when’s the last time somebody called you and you said, ‘Hey, I’m just in the middle of something. Let me call you back,’ and you never did?”

Or an email that you were supposed to respond to is still sitting in your drafts or your inbox—you still haven’t gotten to it yet. Or you run into an old friend at a shopping mall or an airport—you’re like, “So good to see you! We should totally catch up!”—when you know you have no intention of ever catching up with them, right?

All these micro-moments of integrity that you notice—it stems from other areas of our life too. And we all have that. A. Realize it. B. Don’t apologize for it. Because if you apologize and say, “I’m not gonna do it again,” you will absolutely do it again. So what are we putting in place, in terms of systems, to ensure that doesn’t happen again?

So an example of that would be like—I know working out is really important. You gotta work out. But I hate it. I don’t like it. It doesn’t do it for me like it does for other people. There was a time in my life where all I focused on was the money and the business, and I gained a lot of weight. I was like, “Okay, I want to get back in the gym on Monday.”

Then Monday came and I didn’t do it. Then I said, “Because it’s the 20th of the month, I’ll start on the first of the month.” And then the first came—“Maybe next week.” So it just kept happening. It was like, “Okay, it’s clearly not happening.” And I’m not gonna say, “Oh, I won’t do it again,” because clearly the path shows I keep doing it again.

So what can I put in place to make sure that doesn’t happen? And for me, that was: “Okay, I’m gonna get a trainer. He’s gonna come at the same time, same week, same place, all the time. He’s gonna come to my house.” And now if he’s here, I’m gonna work out. So I put things in place to get rid of the barrier of my own emotional state in that moment.

And I think that is very crucial. That’s discipline, right? Discipline is when your identity is so strong that you stop negotiating with your day-to-day feelings. And I think that’s what traders need to do—and investors—or any business owner. Because trading releases the same hormones of dopamine and serotonin that you get when you have sex, when you gamble, when you do drugs.

Now, as traders, we’re trading every day. So if you don’t control those spikes, you’re gonna make decisions off that emotional surge: “I want to go all in!” or “That one stock is gonna go!” And you start deviating from the strategy that’s proven to work. You start trading from emotion. In poker, they call it “trading on tilt,” right?

Poker people go on tilt all the time. They go all in and end up losing it when it wasn’t even a good hand. So knowing when to hold it, knowing when to fold it—that requires emotional discipline.

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Discipline as the Foundation of Success

I like that bridge you made as well, where you said that the key to mastering emotional control is discipline. And you talk about discipline being a foundation really for a trader—but wouldn’t you say discipline is a foundation for life? How do you... and that keeps you from negotiating all the things every single day, right? Discipline. Is that something that you, with a lot of your traders and the individuals you work with, you start with—because it leads to everything else?

Yeah, we always start with integrity—which is doing what you said you’re gonna do, and doing it when you said you’re gonna do it. Keeping your word. Really honoring your word—or don’t say it. Don’t make empty promises, empty commitments. Whatever you say, you gotta do.

And then comes the discipline on top of that: okay, how do we make sure we stay in alignment with our word and with our integrity? That applies universally across the board—to your business. Right? If your team says, “I want this video for the VSL or whatever by Monday,” and then you don’t send it to them, next time you ask them for something, they’re gonna be late too.

So you have to lead by example. Your word is sacred—and you gotta live by that. So my team knows if they tell me a task is due by Wednesday, they’re gonna have it by Tuesday night. And they also know that I expect the same exact thing from them. So then the company culture builds around that standard.

So I think it all ties together: integrity, your word, your honor, your discipline, your consistency. Because you could be disciplined—but can you be disciplined consistently all the time, when things get tough? Those are the main parameters for success: integrity, discipline, consistency.

I love that. Yeah. Discipline, consistency. I loved how you stacked that. I actually wrote that down as you were saying it. Because I think people mix these things up a lot—just like they do confidence and self-worth and stuff—and they are very distinct. But integrity is actually the foundation you start with. Because like you said—and I say all the time—how you do anything is how you do everything.

So you’ve gotta be integritous. Then you stack in that discipline, the emotional control, the consistency... and I think by default, you get more of that emotional mastery. So I love that you said that. Now as a trader—and I’ve been around a lot of individuals, some of the biggest world-class traders—you’re a very successful guy when it comes to trading. I get this question a lot: “Boy, those guys seem very confident. Sometimes it’s arrogant.” There’s a distinction between that confidence and arrogance. How would you define that? I’m curious.

I think confidence is when you know who you are and your worth. And arrogance is when you try to show other people who you really are. That’s the main difference.

I love that.

If you’re comfortable with yourself, then you just let your actions and your words speak for themselves. Let people infer from that whatever they want. But if you’re trying to prove it—“Hey look at me! Look at this!”—then you’re starting to move into that arrogance level.

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Confidence: An Internal Game

I love that distinction you made because I’ve always felt that—look, I’ve been a sales and marketing guy my whole life—so confidence has been... sometimes I’ve looked at it as I’ve had that before I even had it. But what I’m learning more and more as I get older—and you made a really good distinction—is that I think confidence is an internal game. Most people are searching for it outside. That’s why it comes across arrogant. It’s like they’re just projecting confidence they don’t have. But when you do the things that you said—integration, discipline, consistency—that really, I think, builds confidence. And confidence is what you just said: it’s the internal game. It’s like when you feel good about what you do. Would you agree with that?

Yeah. When you know that you are a person of integrity and you follow through on your word, then that builds confidence. The way the cycle works in our brain is our unconscious mind doesn’t know the difference between our true intentions. It only sees words spoken, actions not taken.

So if you say you’re gonna do something and you don’t do it, then your unconscious mind—next time you try to set a goal—is like: “You’re not gonna do it. You keep saying things you’re not gonna do.” And that voice builds up.

That happens when you don’t follow through on your word. When you slip through that cycle of consistently following through, the next time you want to do something you’re like, “Yeah, I got this. I said it, I’m gonna do it.”

So then you start feeling that internal confidence and the cycle grows. That self-confidence increases your self-esteem, and that self-esteem increases how you show up in the world.

But if you break that cycle of not following through on your word, the world notices—and more importantly, you notice.

Yeah. And that you’re the one that you’re affecting—your own confidence.

Exactly.

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Becoming an Author: From Self-Coaching to Public Impact

So many people ask me, “George, you do marketing, you bring on financial experts, you’ve got health, wellness, all these things,” and they almost always come back to mindset. So if you’re listening to this and you haven’t figured that out by now—your personal growth mindset really does lead to success. Let me shift gears for a minute. What made you decide to go from this successful trader and coach to writing a book—authoring Prepping for Success? And now your new book Mastering the Trader Within—because I liked how those go together. It’s like Prepping for Success and then Mastering the Trader Within. Why did you decide to become an author?

Yeah, I originally wrote it for myself. When I got into trading and personal development, I spent a lot of money—on coaches, mentors, seminars, retreats—all this stuff. Really working on myself.

And then one day, I sat down and thought, “Okay, I’ve done all this learning, but I’m not applying it.” I knew the information, but it wasn’t changing my life because I wasn’t doing anything with it.

So I wrote down the 10 things I needed to do in my own life to achieve success. These were notes to myself. “Here are the 10 things I’ve learned, that everyone agrees on, and if I just do these, I’ll succeed.”

Then I actually applied them—I lived by the book—and my life improved. I finally started reaching new levels of success. That’s when I realized I could turn it into a book. I took all those notes, hired an editor, and created something other people could use—so they don’t have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on coaches and masterminds. That was the real motivation.

I love it. That’s so crazy because I’ve had several people tell me that’s why they started The Daily Mastermind—it was for themselves. I’m like, “You know what? I need a daily ritual. I don’t need to sell anything. I just need something consistent.” So I started The Daily Mastermind. And 1,200 episodes later—it turns out it helps more than just me. Prepping for Success—I love that. And then you moved into Mastering the Trader Within—which just released this past month, right?

Yes—and going back to what you said about daily rituals, that’s the key. To build discipline in life, you’ve got to commit to something micro. There’s that whole thing online about making your bed every day.

It’s not the act of making the bed that gets you success—it’s starting your day with a win. You said you’d do it, and you did it. That small act of personal accountability sets the tone for the whole day.

Yeah, hang on to that thought. I’m glad you doubled down on that because I think people underestimate the value of those little commitments. It’s not about the act—it’s about the fulfillment of the promise you made to yourself. And when you add structure—like scheduling your workouts or doing something at the same time every day—that builds discipline, which builds confidence, and it all stacks. That’s why I like your title: Prepping for Success—you’re stacking everything to be successful.

Absolutely. It’s easy to do the things we like doing. But the real discipline is built when you do the things you don’t want to do. Nobody loves to make their bed, but you do it enough and it becomes habit.

That’s the key—start with small things you don’t want to do. That builds your muscle.

Mastering the Trader Within came from years of seminars and coaching—hedge fund clients, kind of like the TV show Billions. I wanted to take all that and distill it down into something that could help the everyday retail trader. Most of my audience are traders and investors, so I wanted to give them a book that built on the foundation of Prepping for Success—but added the elements I used when coaching professionals.

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Trading vs. Mindset: What Actually Drives Results

For those of you listening thinking we’re gonna get deep into trading—we will talk about it—but the real principle here is success. And you’ve got to understand that when you’re around individuals like Anmol who are successful, it’s not just about the strategy. It’s about how people think. That’s why we’ve spent so much time on these topics. So let’s talk about trading for a minute. What makes people successful at the actual investing part? Is it the strategies, or something else?

Strategies and tactics matter. But first, you’ve got to treat trading like a business. Most people treat it like a hobby. They’ve got a trading account and they’re “trying” things. That’s not a business.

Trading has to produce monthly income. Investments are great, but they’re long-term. Your bills are due monthly. So here’s what I teach:

• Day Trading: This is your job. You trade every day to make monthly income to pay your bills.
• Swing Trading: You hold stocks for days or weeks. It grows your account but you don’t withdraw from it.
• Core Trading (Investing): You hold long-term—dollar cost averaging into your favorite stocks.

You set up buckets. Your day trading and swing trading feed your long-term investment account. And you have systems: When do you pay yourself? When do you scale? That’s the business side of trading most people don’t teach—but I learned it trading for a firm.

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Choosing the Right Trading Style for You

That’s gold. And I totally agree. People dabble too much—they don’t go deep. So when you work with someone new, do you recommend they do all three of those strategies? Or do you tailor it to the individual?

I typically start them with one style. Either day trading or swing trading.

But investing is a non-negotiable. Everyone should be investing—even if trading’s not your thing.

When it comes to trading style, it depends on the person:

• If they’re jittery or nervous, we start with swing trading.
• If they’re younger, more aggressive, or want to go full-time—we may start with day trading.
• Schedule matters too. If they’re on the West Coast, they can trade early and work their job later. If they’re East Coast, maybe swing trade in the evening.

You’ve got to choose based on personality, lifestyle, and goals. Trading isn’t one-size-fits-all.

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The Big Vision: Legacy, Mastermind & Balance

I love your holistic approach. Maybe we’ll have to do a follow-up to this interview. If you’re listening to this and already investing—or thinking about it—Anmol made it clear: it’s non-negotiable. You need to be investing. But if you stack the odds in your favor—mindset, strategy, mentorship—that’s when the magic happens. What’s your big focus going forward? Personally and professionally?

Personally, I’m slowing down—enjoying life more, playing golf, appreciating what I’ve built.

Professionally, I’m focused on growing the mastermind. I envision it as a global community—thousands of people, local meetups, retreats, summits.

Eventually, I want to build a hybrid fund—stocks and real estate. That’s on the horizon too.

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Final Thoughts: Build the Muscle, Apply the Knowledge

This has been such great insight. I think when you’re around people like you, Anmol, you start to see patterns. Successful people think differently. Any final advice you’d give someone who’s either getting started or already investing?

Yeah—take some time and ask yourself: “Where in my life have I said I’ll do something but haven’t done it yet?”

Start there. That’s the foundation. Build momentum. Don’t just move from one podcast to another. Ask: What did I learn? What can I apply?

Too many people hoard information. But true knowledge is applied knowledge. Otherwise, it’s just info.

And I’d love to give your listeners a free copy of my book. Just go to go.anmol.net and cover shipping—we’ll send it to them anywhere in the world.

I love it. I’ll drop those links in the show notes so you can get your hands on Prepping for Success. Because knowledge is not power—applied knowledge is power. Take action. Thank you, Anmol. And to all of you listening—don’t forget, it’s never too late to start living the life you’re meant to live. But you do have to move.

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About George Wright III:

George Wright is a Proven, Successful Entrepreneur- and he knows how to inspire entrepreneurs, companies, and individuals to achieve Massive Results. With more than 20 years of Executive Management experience and 25 years of Direct Marketing and Sales experience, George is responsible for starting and building several successful multimillion-dollar companies. He started at a very young age to network and build his experience and knowledge of what it takes to become a driven and well-known entrepreneur. George built a multi-million-dollar seminar business, promoting some of the biggest stars and brands in the world. He has accelerated the success and cash flow in each of his ventures through his network of resources and results driven strategies. George is now dedicated to teaching and sharing his Prosperity Principles and Strategies to every Driven and Passionate Entrepreneur he meets. His mission is to Empower Entrepreneurs Globally to create Massive Change and LIVE their Ultimate Destiny.

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About Anmol Singh:

Trader, investor, and author of Prepping for Success Anmol Singh knows all about riding the emotional roller coaster of the stock market. The difference between profit and loss often comes down to understanding how to make logical, fast decisions based off constantly-changing data. Anmol and his team at Live Traders show people how to execute trades, review different scenarios, and most importantly, keep their emotions in check when stakes are high. Anmol has been trading since his college dorm days, where he saved enough money to legally start multiple franchises and move to America! He was well-established as a successful trader by the time he was 22. You may recognize Anmol from his many features in major media outlets including Business Insider, Forbes, and International Business Times.

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