{"id":7394,"date":"2013-10-03T18:18:18","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T01:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/?p=7394"},"modified":"2024-03-19T11:19:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T18:19:48","slug":"ttl012-chris-capre-2nd-skies-forex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/ttl012-chris-capre-2nd-skies-forex\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Capre: This Transformed Him Into a Pro FX Trader From a Yoga Teacher \/\/ EP12"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7408\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7408 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chris-capre-suit-toronto.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Capre Suit Toronto \" width=\"600\" height=\"324\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Capre &#8211; Buddhist, Trader, Philanthropist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><div class=\"post-aff-notice\">When you buy something through one of the links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.<\/div><\/p>\n<p>Chris Capre started off wanting to be a Yoga instructor for the rest of his life, but a friend had an intuition about him&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>His friend felt that Chris would be a good currency trader&#8230;and he turned out to be right!<\/p>\n<p>Chris says that as soon he started looking at the charts, they seemed to make sense to him.<\/p>\n<p>That's not to say that he did not endure some tough times too, but from a very early stage, he knew that he had found his calling.<\/p>\n<p>Even though he was very successful at the beginning, he went through the process of being a broker, then a hedge fund trader, then an independent trader and educator.<\/p>\n<p>He never intended to become a Forex mentor, but he was getting so many requests to be taught, that he decided to build a business around it and he started 2nd Skies Forex.<\/p>\n<p>It was interesting to hear about his experiences with students and what makes some successful.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy this interview and learn a lot from it.<\/p>\n<p>Chris is a great guy to talk to and I love the fact that trading has provided him a way to give back to causes he believes in and make the world a better place.<\/p>\n<h2>In This Episode<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>How Chris learned about Forex trading<\/li>\n<li>Why you are lucky to be a trader now<\/li>\n<li>The biggest lesson he learned from being a hedge fund trader<\/li>\n<li>Why the USD\/JPY is so hard to trade for traders in the US<\/li>\n<li>Learn how much he made on a $3,000 account in 6 months<\/li>\n<li>Find out how he landed a job at a hedge fund, as a trader<\/li>\n<li>Why looking at a chart for 3 seconds may help you make a better assessment of the market<\/li>\n<li>How to tell when someone has a working mastery of trading<\/li>\n<li>And more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Click Play to Listen to the Interview with Chris Capre<\/h2>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LvU2FShV15Q?rel=0&showinfo=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Resources Mentioned<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/advancedpriceaction\">The Advanced Price Action Course<\/a> &#8211; I highly recommend this course if you want to learn price action<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/tradersmindsetcourse\">Advanced Traders Mindset Course<\/a> &#8211; One of the few really good courses for cultivating a successful\u00a0trading mindset<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/r\/2ndskiesstocktrading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advanced Day and Swing Trading Course for Stock Traders<\/a> &#8211; Learn how to trade stocks<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recommended Books:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2WuWHE1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Trade in Stocks<\/a> (Jesse Livermore)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JBgkET\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jesse Livermore: World's Greatest Stock Trader<\/a> (Richard Smitten)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2N4jljr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Amazing Life of Jesse Livermore<\/a> (Richard Smitten)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2N4devh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Wyckoff<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/34l4ff7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hour Between The Dog and the Wolf<\/a> (John Coates)<\/li>\n<li>YogaBooks\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/323rhWg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rodney Yee's Yoga for Beginners<\/a> (Rodney Yee)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2BXEPIi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yoga for Beginners Boxed Set<\/a> (Michael Wohl)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3238D0W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Restorative Yoga Practice<\/a> (Deborah Donohue)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Meditation\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/36nCPHc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buddha's Brain<\/a> (Rick Hanson)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2WxViMS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stilling the Mind<\/a> (Alan Wallace)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Causes Chris Supports:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kiva<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savethechildren.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Save the Children <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesaversystems.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Life Saver Bottle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other Ways To Get The Trading Lifestyle Podcast<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/itunes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to subscribe via iTunes<\/a> (if you like it, a five-star review on iTunes is greatly appreciated!)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/podcast_rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to subscribe via RSS<\/a> (non-iTunes feed)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/category\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to hear the other episodes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/th-podcast\/TTL012.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Right-click here and \u201cSave As\u201d to download the MP3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bonus Video From Chris Capre<\/h2>\n<p>Here is a video from the <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.2ndskiesforex.com\/a\/aff_65lph5wp\/external?affcode=391297_00umlp6r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2ndSkies YouTube channel<\/a> that I really liked.<\/p>\n<p>It talks about having the abundance mentality and how he came to adopt it.<\/p>\n<p>This is a key point because successful trading is mostly mental and even if you have the skills to trade well, there may be other factors holding you back.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8_E_BVYJR_g?rel=0&showinfo=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>To practice an abundance mentality and improve your trading, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/advancedpriceaction\">try one of Chris' courses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>What is the biggest lesson that you have learned from this podcast? 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