Trading in the Zone: Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline, and a Winning Attitude

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Penguin, Jan 1, 2001 - Business & Economics - 240 pages
Douglas uncovers the underlying reasons for lack of consistency and helps traders overcome the ingrained mental habits that cost them money.  He takes on the myths of the market and exposes them one by one teaching traders to look beyond random outcomes, to understand the true realities of risk, and to be comfortable with the "probabilities" of market movement that governs all market speculation.
 

Contents

FUNDAMENTAL TECHNICAL OR MENTAL ANALYSIS?
THE LURE AND THE DANGERS OF TRADING
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY
A STATE OF MIND
THE DYNAMICS OF PERCEPTION
THE MARKETS PERSPECTIVE
THINKING IN PROBABILITIES
WORKING WITH YOUR BELIEFS
THE NATURE OF BELIEFS
THE IMPACT OF BELIEFS ON TRADING
THINKING LIKE A TRADER
ATTITUDE SURVEY
INDEX
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Mark Douglas is also author of "The Disciplined Trader™:Developing Winning Attitudes" published in 1990 and considered an industry classic--and one of the first books to introduce the investment industry to the concept of trading psychology. Mark began coaching traders in 1982, and has continued to develop seminar and training programs on trading psychology for the investment industry, as well as individual traders.  He has been a frequent speaker at seminars across the world, as well as in the U.S., teaching traders how to become consistently successful.  He is currently working on his third book, and can be reached through his website markdouglas.com.

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