August 27, 2023

With more than 40 years of trading experience, I have had the privilege to teach & coach thousands of traders at the Van Tharp Institute. Some traders succeed quickly, some require a bit more time, while others struggle their way through. I came to understand what is really important — or moreso — crucial to

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August 6, 2023

Having coached many traders over the years, one of the recipes for success is to follow the “path of least regret”. However, human nature struggles with that concept as we typically go for perfection trying to overachieve to feel good about ourselves. This keeps the trader in a state of frustration leading to FOMO (fear

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August 6, 2023

By Trader & Guest Writer: Petra Einwiller (London, UK) Trading is a fantastic but unusual business that comes with a lot of benefits and also with some downsides. When independent traders start their journey, most are unaware of the social impact trading has on their lives, as well as on the relationships with loved ones

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February 11, 2023

The world is in turmoil since the start of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 which was followed by increased debt levels, post-pandemic economic difficulties, plus even more debt, increases in commodity prices and recently, a pick-up in international war. These important driving forces have a long-term impact on individual countries, their economic activities and

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September 30, 2022

Since 2011, I have been teaching Workshops at the Van Tharp Institute and have learned that the students come from very different walks of life. Naturally, they have different motivations for learning to trade and their trading style can be quite different. Once the workshop is over, they do develop their individual trading games, customized

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August 27, 2022

Until the early nineties, futures markets were dominated by trading in the ‘pit’ — the physical trading floor. Pit traders yelled out their buy/sell orders to find a fellow floor trader to assume the counterpart. Known as ‘Open Outcry,’ this was a very authentic (and fun) process though it represented a very slow, manual and

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