The Psychology of Trading: Tools and Techniques for Minding the Markets Hardcover - 2002 - 1st Edition
by Steenbarger, Brett N
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- Title The Psychology of Trading: Tools and Techniques for Minding the Markets
- Author Steenbarger, Brett N
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley, Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2002-12-23
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 52GZZZ00X97D_ns
- ISBN 9780471267614 / 0471267619
- Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
- Dimensions 9.27 x 6.22 x 1.18 in (23.55 x 15.80 x 3.00 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Investments - Psychological aspects, Speculation - Psychological aspects
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002190744
- Dewey Decimal Code 332.640
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Summary
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- "Trading from the couch" by utilizing emotions as valuable market data
- Identifying and building solution patterns that capture hidden trading expertise
- Techniques for assessing and trading against the emotions of market participants
- Methods for building focus and concentration for more automatic and trustworthy trading decisions
- Creating shifts in states of consciousness to rapidly exit anxious, impulsive, depressed, and guilty frames of mind
In an engaging manner that provides practical solutions to real trading problems, Dr. Steenbarger walks you through the most common cognitive and emotional tendencies that distort efforts at identifying and trading market patterns. He then describes specific skills derived from years of brief therapy practice to help you become an effective observer of these tendencies and gain control over them. By blending state-of-the-art research from psychology and cognitive neuroscience with detailed case studies, The Psychology of Trading provides you with the intellectual and emotional ammunition to face yourself and transform your approach to risk and reward.