SFO Personal Investor Series: Psychology of Trading - Hardcover

Many of the top traders in the world are known as much for their trading mindset as their technical prowess. George Soros talks about what his aching back tells him, Ed Seykota says everyone gets what they ultimately want out of the market, and Marty Schwartz became one of the best in the business when his desire to win outweighed his desire to be right. The bottom line is that all the technical expertise in the world won't help you succeed if you don't have the right mindset.This collection of the top trading psychology articles from SFO, the Official Journal for Personal Investing, will help you find your best trading mindset. This anthology explores managing mind games, controlling emotions, behavioral economics and the internal workings of the trading brain.

Learn from the leading authorities on trading psychology in the world, including Market Wizard Van K. Tharp s psychological inventory of trading qualities; visionary options trader Bernie Schaeffer on using crowd psychology to gain a trading edge; technical analyst Christopher Terry on finding your trading niche; Flavia Cymbalista and Desmond MacRae on cracking the psychological code to George Soros personal trading philosophy; Toni Turner on simple strategies to overcome common cases of mental block, performance anxiety, and loss remorse; eminent trading psychologist Brett N. Steenbarger and Mark D. Cook, winner of the 1992 U.S. Investing Championships, on becoming a more resilient trader; New Market Wizard Linda Bradford Raschke s strategies for maintaining a healthy mindset by keeping good records, developing reliable routines, and conducting thorough research; Ned Gandevani, developer of the Winning Edge system, on how to eliminate not-pulling-the-trigger syndrome; internationally recognized human development and financial authority Adrienne Laris Toghraie on how having a life beyond trading can help your bottom line; Hong Kong-based investment advisor Philippa Huckle on improving your trading by understanding how people really make investment decisions; John Carter, author of Mastering the Trade, on balancing the joys of family with a home trading practice; and Securities trader Peter Kaplan on sticking to the right trading plan for you.