The Disciplined Trader
in Books / Trading, Classics, Market Psychology
The Disciplined Trader helps you join the elite few who have learned how to control their trading behaviour (the few traders who consistently take the greatest percentage of profits out of the market) by developing a systematic, step-by-step approach for winning week after week, month after month.
The Disciplined Trader is divided into four parts:
- An overview of the psychological requirements of the trading environment
- A definition of the problems and challenges of becoming a successful trader
- Basic insights into what behaviour may need to be changes, and how to build a framework for accomplishing this goal
- How to develop specific trading skills based on a clear, objective perspective on market action
In a comprehensive and logical manager, Mark Douglas shows you how to examine and limit your trading behaviour - how to develop the mental discipline possessed by the small minority of winners who make money consistently (weekly, monthly, and yearly).
Some of the skills focused on in 'The Disciplined Trader' include: learning the positive dynamics of achieving goals ... recognising skills needed to progress as a trader (and how to stay aware of them instead of just the by-product - the money acquired) ... adapting yourself to respond to fundamental market changes ... identifying your 'risk comfort level' and learning how to expand it .. acting immediately on opportunities ... letting the market tell you how much is enough ... controlling your perspective of market movement ... and much more.
Publisher: NYIF
Publish date: 1990
Edition: 1st
Format: Hb
Pages: 236
Isbn: 0132157578
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Good book.
Traders book
Worth your time.
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"Our committed expectations about the future will act as a force on our perception of market information to control its flow into our mental system in such a way as to avoid a confrontation with anything that doesn't conform with what we already believe is possible." Got that? Then this book is for you.
You don't have to worry about picking between The Disciplined Trader, and Trading in the Zone - Mr. Douglas is so repetitive that he essentially wrote the same book twice. Material from each book is either reprinted verbatim or repeated in a slightly different way in the other.
In fairness, Douglas is struggling to convey some very complex psychological concepts which don't easily distill down to catchy one-liners. Still, for all of his good things to say, Mr. Douglas would only benefit from a good editor.
Stick with it though - the keys to success are buried within. And then re-encrypted over and over.
Are you comfortable taking a loss? If not read this book!
It won't give you the trade set ups but when you have read the book you realise thats actually only part of what you need to succeed.
A must read for any serious trader imo.
A must for all traders to get that mindset right.
If you are a serious trader then this book is on your desk!
a real psychology book
The Disciplined Trader
It offers deep and thought provoking insights that will improve a traders psychological view of the markets.
It does not offer 'light fluffy' psychobabble but reasoned methods to improve trading performance.
A book that can picked and used as a reference when anxiety surfaces.
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