Making money doesn't settle everything.
I spent over a decade in finance. I worked alongside smart, accomplished people and saw how much could be going on beneath the success. Self-doubt. Pressure. The feeling that no amount of achievement was ever enough.
In October 2008, as the financial crisis unfolded, I sat outside the New York Stock Exchange offering free coaching. Behind every headline were people trying to make sense of what was happening, to the markets and to themselves.
That work became The Wall Street Coach.
Today, I help traders, executives and entrepreneurs understand the patterns that affect their decisions, especially when the stakes are high.
How do you handle a loss? What happens after a big win? Who are you when your usual measures of success fall away?
The work is personal. The impact reaches every decision you make.
You can be ambitious without being at war with yourself.
Authority Built on Results
The Blueprint
Author of Transforming Wall Street, the industry-standard text on conscious performance and sustainable success.
The Wall Street 50
In Transforming Wall Street, Kim identified and interviewed 50 of Wall Street's top change-makers and industry titans — an inside look at what drives exceptional performance.
Battle Tested
20 years coaching inside the world's top hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, and banks. This isn't theory; it's field experience.
The Network
Host of The Wall Street Coach Podcast, featuring in-depth deconstructions of the world's top traders.
Official Bio
Kim Ann Curtin, known as The Wall Street Coach™, is an executive and trader performance coach whose work explores the connection between self-awareness, the nervous system, and decision-making under pressure. For over 20 years, she has helped traders and senior executives recognize the patterns that shape their decisions and develop greater clarity, confidence, and emotional resilience.
Her clients include traders and executives affiliated with GIC, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, King Street Capital, BC Partners, and Blackstone, as well as members of leading trading communities including Investors Underground, Bear Bull Traders, True Trader, and StocksToTrade. She has also coached traders and leadership teams at CenterPoint Securities.
Kim is the author of Transforming Wall Street and host of The Wall Street Coach Podcast, with more than 110 episodes exploring the human side of trading and sustained performance. Her work has been featured in CNN Money, Fortune, SmartMoney, TheStreet.com, and the Associated Press, among others.
Her work examines why trading performance is so often described as 80% psychology and how sleep, hormones, and lifestyle shape decisions under pressure.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Kim Ann Curtin?
Kim Ann Curtin is a trading psychology coach with 20 years working inside the world's top hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, and banks. She is the author of Transforming Wall Street, host of The Wall Street Coach Podcast (110+ episodes), and brings traders the Trader Positioning Index, an assessment based on the Nobel Prize-nominated life's work of Dr. Robert S. Hartman.
What is Kim's coaching philosophy?
Kim's philosophy is grounded in a single truth: you already know how to read a chart — the real work is learning to read yourself. Her approach combines neuroscience, behavioral finance, and emotional intelligence to help traders build a consistent, disciplined decision-making framework that doesn't collapse under market pressure.
What types of clients does Kim work with?
Kim works with independent retail traders, prop firm traders, portfolio managers, and high-performing executives. Her client work ranges from 1:1 coaching for individual traders to team-level consulting for hedge funds. The common thread is a trader or executive who is technically capable but hitting a psychological ceiling.
What is the Wall Street 50?
The Wall Street 50 refers to the 50 Wall Street leaders Kim Ann Curtin identified and interviewed for her book Transforming Wall Street. In researching the book, Kim conducted in-depth interviews with some of the most influential names in global finance, uncovering what separates exceptional performance from the rest.