The Daily Trading Coach by Steenbarger, Brett N. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Epigraph Preface Acknowledgements Introduction CHAPTER 1 - Change The Process and the Practice

LESSON 1: DRAW ON EMOTION TO BECOME A CHANGE AGENT LESSON 2: PSYCHOLOGICAL VISIBILITY AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR TRADING COACH LESSON 3: MAKE FRIENDS WITH YOUR WEAKNESS LESSON 4: CHANGE YOUR ENVIRONMENT, CHANGE YOURSELF LESSON 5: TRANSFORM EMOTION BY TRACE-FORMATION LESSON 6: FIND THE RIGHT MIRRORS LESSON 7: CHANGE OUR FOCUS LESSON 8: CREATE SCRIPTS FOR LIFE CHANGE LESSON 9: HOW TO BUILD YOUR SELF-CONFIDENCE LESSON 10: FIVE BEST PRACTICES FOR EFFECTING AND SUSTAINING CHANGE RESOURCES

CHAPTER 2 - Stress andDistress Creative Coping for Traders

LESSON 11: UNDERSTANDING STRESS LESSON 12: ANTIDOTES FOR TOXIC TRADING ASSUMPTIONS LESSON 13: WHAT CAUSES THE DISTRESS THAT INTERFERES WITH TRADING DECISIONS? LESSON 14: KEEP A PSYCHOLOGICAL JOURNAL LESSON 15: PRESSING: WHEN YOU TRY TOO HARD TO MAKE MONEY LESSON 16: WHEN YOU’RE READY TO HANG IT UP LESSON 17: WHAT TO DO WHEN FEAR TAKES OVER LESSON 18: PERFORMANCE ANXIETY: THE MOST COMMON TRADING PROBLEM LESSON 19: SQUARE PEGS AND ROUND HOLES LESSON 20: VOLATILITY OF MARKETS AND VOLATILITY OF MOOD RESOURCES

CHAPTER 3 - PsychologicalWell-Being Enhancing Trading Experience

LESSON 21: THE IMPORTANCE OF FEELING GOOD LESSON 22: BUILD YOUR HAPPINESS LESSON 23: GET INTO THE ZONE LESSON 24: TRADE WITH ENERGY LESSON 25: INTENTION AND GREATNESS: EXERCISE THE BRAIN THROUGH PLAY LESSON 26: CULTIVATE THE QUIET MIND LESSON 27: BUILD EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE LESSON 28: INTEGRITY AND DOING THE RIGHT THING LESSON 29: MAXIMIZE CONFIDENCE AND STAY WITH YOUR TRADES LESSON 30: COPING—TURN STRESS INTO WELL-BEING RESOURCES

CHAPTER 4 - Steps towardSelf-Improvement The Coaching Process

LESSON 31: SELF-MONITOR BY KEEPING A TRADING JOURNAL LESSON 32: RECOGNIZE YOUR PATTERNS LESSON 33: ESTABLISH COSTS AND BENEFITS TO PATTERNS LESSON 34: SET EFFECTIVE GOALS LESSON 35: BUILD ON YOUR BEST: MAINTAIN A SOLUTION FOCUS LESSON 36: DISRUPT OLD PROBLEM PATTERNS LESSON 37: BUILD YOUR CONSISTENCY BY BECOMING RULE-GOVERNED LESSON 38: RELAPSE AND REPETITION LESSON 39: CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR CHANGE LESSON 40: USE IMAGERY TO ADVANCE THE CHANGE PROCESS RESOURCES

CHAPTER 5 - Breaking OldPatternsPsychodynamic Frameworksfor Self-Coaching

LESSON 41: PSYCHODYNAMICS: ESCAPE THE GRAVITY OF PAST RELATIONSHIPS LESSON 42: CRYSTALLIZE OUR REPETITIVE PATTERNS LESSON 43: CHALLENGE OUR DEFENSES LESSON 44: ONCE AGAIN, WITH FEELING: GET DISTANCE FROM YOUR PROBLEM PATTERNS LESSON 45: MAKE THE MOST OUT OF YOUR COACHING RELATIONSHIP LESSON 46: FIND POSITIVE TRADING RELATIONSHIPS LESSON 47: TOLERATE DISCOMFORT LESSON 48: MASTER TRANSFERENCE LESSON 49: THE POWER OF DISCREPANCY LESSON 50: WORKING THROUGH RESOURCES

CHAPTER 6 - RemappingPsychodynamic Frameworksfor Self-Coachingthe Mind ...

LESSON 51: SCHEMAS OF THE MIND LESSON 52: USE FEELING TO UNDERSTAND YOUR THINKING LESSON 53: LEARN FROM YOUR WORST TRADES LESSON 54: USE A JOURNAL TO RESTRUCTURE OUR THINKING LESSON 55: DISRUPT NEGATIVE THOUGHT PATTERNS LESSON 56: REFRAME NEGATIVE THOUGHT PATTERNS LESSON 57: USE INTENSIVE GUIDED IMAGERY TO CHANGE THOUGHT PATTERNS LESSON 58: CHALLENGE NEGATIVE THOUGHT PATTERNS WITH THE COGNITIVE JOURNAL LESSON 59: CONDUCT COGNITIVE EXPERIMENTS TO CREATE CHANGE LESSON 60: BUILD POSITIVE THINKING RESOURCES

CHAPTER 7 - Learning NewAction Patterns Behavioral Approaches toSelf-Coaching

LESSON 61: UNDERSTAND YOUR CONTINGENCIES LESSON 62: IDENTIFY SUBTLE CONTINGENCIES LESSON 63: HARNESS THE POWER OF SOCIAL LEARNING LESSON 64: SHAPE YOUR TRADING BEHAVIORS LESSON 65: THE CONDITIONING OF MARKETS LESSON 66: THE POWER OF INCOMPATIBILITY LESSON 67: BUILD ON POSITIVE ASSOCIATIONS LESSON 68: EXPOSURE: A POWERFUL AND FLEXIBLE BEHAVIORAL METHOD LESSON 69: EXTEND EXPOSURE WORK TO BUILD SKILLS LESSON 70: A BEHAVIORAL FRAMEWORK FOR DEALING WITH WORRY RESOURCES

CHAPTER 8 - Coaching YourTrading Business

LESSON 71: THE IMPORTANCE OF STARTUP CAPITAL LESSON 72: PLAN YOUR TRADING BUSINESS LESSON 73: DIVERSIFY YOUR TRADING BUSINESS LESSON 74: TRACK YOUR TRADING RESULTS LESSON 75: ADVANCED SCOREKEEPING FOR YOUR TRADING BUSINESS LESSON 76: TRACK THE CORRELATIONS OF YOUR RETURNS LESSON 77: CALIBRATE YOUR RISK AND REWARD LESSON 78: THE IMPORTANCE OF EXECUTION IN TRADING LESSON 79: THINK IN THEMES—GENERATING GOOD TRADING IDEAS LESSON 80: MANAGE THE TRADE RESOURCES

CHAPTER 9 - Lessons fromTradingProfessionals Resources and Perspectiveson Self-Coaching

LESSON 81: LEVERAGE CORE COMPETENCIES AND CULTIVATE CREATIVITY LESSON 82: I ALONE AM RESPONSIBLE LESSON 83: CULTIVATE SELF-AWARENESS LESSON 84: MENTOR YOURSELF FOR SUCCESS LESSON 85: KEEP DETAILED RECORDS LESSON 86: LEARN TO BE FALLIBLE LESSON 87: THE POWER OF RESEARCH LESSON 88: ATTITUDES AND GOALS, THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF SUCCESS LESSON 89: A VIEW FROM THE TRADING FIRMS LESSON 90: USE DATA TO IMPROVE TRADING PERFORMANCE RESOURCES

CHAPTER 10 - Looking forthe Edge Finding Historical Patternsin Markets

LESSON 91: USE HISTORICAL PATTERNS IN TRADING LESSON 92: FRAME GOOD HYPOTHESES WITH THE RIGHT DATA LESSON 93: EXCEL BASICS LESSON 94: VISUALIZE YOUR DATA LESSON 95: CREATE YOUR INDEPENDENT AND DEPENDENT VARIABLES LESSON 96: CONDUCT YOUR HISTORICAL INVESTIGATIONS LESSON 97: CODE THE DATA LESSON 98: EXAMINE CONTEXT LESSON 99: FILTER DATA LESSON 100: MAKE USE OF YOUR FINDINGS RESOURCES

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