Integral theory is a beast. You can read Ken Wilber‘s works over a lifetime only to come back to read them again and realize how much you missed. My friends who introduced me to the theory always found great ways to answer my practical application questions from this theoretical model. This and other posts will be my attempt to do the same for stock market trading.
As I discussed in a previous post. Quadrants a great way to know your current perspective on things. But how do we use the other 4 tenants?
Quadrants: Great for perspective. Figuring out where your thoughts are and most importantly where other people’s thoughts may be as well. This is simply a matter of perspective taking methodically.
States: Are you angry? Stressed? Joyful? Irrationally exuberant? In Flow? This is the current state of your being. What’s coloring your trading ideas. Maybe even confirmation bias.
Lines: These are the skills people obtain throughout life. Relevant to trading I see pattern recognition, math, probability and high social IQ as skills worth developing for this business.
Levels: Each of these skills will have levels that will build on the next. There is no stagnation unless you choose.
Types: Gemini or Capricorn? OCD or free spirited? How do you type yourself as a trader? Do you believe the hype that you can put in 2 hours of work a day and walk away a millionaire? Do you believe it takes hard work and practice? This is typing yourself. It is also called priming in the field of psychology.
I will write about each of these in more detail in future posts.