Trading Psychology Coach
Trading Psychology Coach
Most traders lose money the same way: they know what to do and don’t do it. That’s a psychology problem, not a strategy problem.
A trading psychology coach helps you close the gap between what you know and what you actually do in the market. Kim Ann Curtin has worked with traders at every level, from retail day traders breaking their rules on tilt to institutional professionals losing their edge under pressure. Her approach combines behavioral neuroscience, the Trader Positioning Index (TPI), and one-on-one coaching to build the mental architecture that consistent traders operate from.
Twenty years of coaching institutional and retail traders taught Kim the same lesson from both ends of the market: the account size changes, but the underlying pattern doesn’t. A trader with a proven edge still hesitates on the entry, still sizes up to chase a loss, still exits a winner early out of fear it will reverse. Coaching closes that gap, not by teaching a new strategy but by rebuilding the decision-making process underneath the one you already have.
How Coaching Works
The TPI Assessment
A clinical-grade read on risk tolerance, emotional regulation, and cognitive flexibility, so coaching starts from data, not guesswork.
One-on-One Sessions
Direct work with Kim on the specific patterns showing up in your trading, sized to how you actually trade, not a generic curriculum.
Applied in Live Markets
Tools you use on the desk, not in a workbook, built to interrupt the pattern in the moment it’s happening.
Why Psychology Determines Your Results
You can have a sound strategy, a well-tested edge, and the right setup, and still blow the trade. Hesitation. Revenge. Sizing up after a loss to “make it back.” These aren’t discipline failures. They’re patterns, and patterns can be changed.
Trading psychology coaching doesn’t work on your charts. It works on the person behind the charts. Kim identifies what’s actually running your decisions, whether it’s fear, ego, or unprocessed loss, and gives you tools to interrupt those patterns before they cost you.
What Makes Kim’s Approach Different
Kim doesn’t come from academia. She spent years on Wall Street, moved into executive coaching, and has now spent over a decade working specifically with traders. She knows what the P&L pressure feels like. She knows what it’s like to sit in a losing position and feel the pull to average down.
Her methodology, built around what she calls the Five Practices, addresses the specific emotional traps the market creates: overtrading, FOMO, catastrophising after drawdowns, performance anxiety on live accounts. These aren’t generic therapy techniques applied to trading. They’re built for this.
Who This Is For
Retail & Prop Traders
Breaking the same rules repeatedly despite knowing better.
Day Traders
Results plateau despite real technical improvement.
Professional Managers
Feeling the psychological weight of managing client money.
Sim-to-Live Traders
Performed well in simulation but struggle on live accounts.
If you already know your edge and can’t execute it consistently, that’s the problem Kim solves.
“I grew my account by over 135% in 6 months, and I was able to rebuild my confidence, which mattered just as much.”
Tom Burnett, trading psychology coaching client
Start with a Free Discovery Call
A 30-minute call to understand where you are, where you want to be, and whether Kim’s coaching is the right fit. No pitch. No pressure.
Curious about the coaching structure and investment? View the coaching program →
Want to understand your judgment profile first? Take the TPI Assessment →