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

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Chapter One: The Woman Who Could Not Love

Manufacturing Cars and Success Sue, the Survivor Finding Solutions amidst Problems Accelerating Change by Doing What Comes Unnaturally Going against the Flow with Sue Finding Solutions The Fearless Trading Inventory An Inventory of Solutions Enacting the Solutions Conclusion

Chapter Two: The Student Who Wouldn't Study

Ken, the Failure Diversification in Life and Markets The Psychology of Paralysis Decisions and Uncertainty Altering the Risk-Reward Equation Shifting Risks and Rewards in Trading Music, Moods, and Pivot Chords Tom's Pivot Chord Breaking Routines Breaking the Routines of Trading Conclusion

Chapter Three: The Woolworth Man

The Interview from Hell Observing Patterns Invoking the Internal Observer Rule-Governed Trading Taking Your Emotional Temperature Inoculating Yourself against Stress Effort and Emotional Change The Trader as Addict: Breaking Stops Becoming More Rule-Governed in Trading Using Emotion to Make the Contrary Move Conclusion

Chapter Four: Traders Out of Their Minds

The World's Most Powerful Glasses Phil, the Addicted Trader Exploring the Dual Mind The Mind of the Trader Solution-Focused Money Management A Trade from the Couch Shifting Selves in Trading Stationarity and the Moods of the Markets Conclusion

Chapter Five: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

Getting inside Mary's Journal Afflicting the Comfort Zone Repeating Patterns Changing Repetitive Patterns Doing What Comes Unnaturally Resisting What Is Best for You Creating Powerful Emotional Experiences in Trading Conclusion

Chapter Six: The Evil Spiders

Communication and Metacommunication Metacommunications in Trading The Communications of Traders' Bodies Knowing More than You Know: Implicit Learning Minding the Complexity of the Markets Conclusion

Chapter Seven: The Big Man beneath the Bed

Big, Silent Walt Creating Powerful New Experiences Regression: The Mind's Time Travel Entering the Time Portal When Your Gears Remain Locked Novelty: The Key to Change Novelty in Therapy: Making Translations The Role of Consolidation in Change Walt's Consolidation Conclusion

Chapter Eight: Buried Alive!

The Art of Timing in Therapy and Trading Markers and the Markets Markers with the NYSE TICK The Power of Dreams Dreams as Emotional Communications Repetitive Dreams: The Themes of Life Hypnosis: Accessing Other Minds The Waking Trance: Daydreams Conclusion

Chapter Nine: Trance-Forming the Mindscape

The Radio Dial of Consciousness Changing Behavior by Changing Contexts Trauma and the Radio Dial Dr. Brett Receives Strange Communications Mind Experiments Mapping the Mindscape Experiments with Trading Conclusion

Chapter Ten: The Coat in the Closet

Stopping the Morning Frenzy Stopping on the Way to New York Knowing More than We Know We Know Joan and Her Inner Voices Repairing Multiplicity Triggers Joan's Lullaby Therapy When Efforts at Change Fail Conclusion

Chapter Eleven: Pinball Wizardry

Creating Models of the World Modeling Yourself as a Trader Playing Market Pinball Contrary Trading: Fading the Maps of Traders Internal Maps and Inkblots Maps and the Language Traders Use Conclusion

Chapter Twelve: A Session at Gunpoint

Jack, Man in Crisis Facing Life's Challenge When the Game Is on the Line The Edge in Crisis Counseling Dr. Brett's Trading Crisis Creating Change by Creating New Roles Leaps and Tempos Conclusion

Chapter Thirteen: A Dose of Profanity

Understanding Your Relationship with Yourself Dave, the Narcissist Regression and Multiplicity Narcissism and Regression The States of Daily Experience Effort and Partial Consciousness Achieving a Novel Mind Frame Changing the Posture of Mind Conclusion

Chapter Fourteen: Trading from the Couch

Propositions for Trading Psychology Changing Your Mind: Applying the Principles Matching Your Trading to Your Personality The Great Frontier: Developing Trading Expertise Implications of the Implicit Learning Research Greatness and the Acquisition of Expertise Etching the Brain The Quest for Market Mastery

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