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What Trader Type Are You?

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

The Market Rewards You with BigRs, But…

You Cannot Control the Market The market gives & takes. And, we have little – I would even say – no control over that. Still, most traders are trying to do exactly that: trying to control the

Your Game, Your Rules – Winning Your Trading Game

We all play “Games” in different areas of our lives. There is the game at work that follows certain rules for moving up the career ladder. There is the education game we follow to earn good marks to

Independent Trader: Three Keys to Reach Your Full Trader Potential

Whatever system or strategy you trade, you ultimately want to reach your full trader potential as an Independent Trader. What do I mean by that? An Independent Trader has transitioned along the steps of

Trading Visual Price Patterns is a Bit Like Hunting for Fish

Trading for visual price patterns is a bit like hunting for fish. Sometimes the small fish come close to the beach – and at other times, you need to go out a bit deeper into the waters to find bigger

How Your Learning Type Determines Success (Part II)

Over the last ten years or so, I have taught and coached several hundred traders through my workshops and coaching programs. It has been very interesting for me to observe different types of behaviors

The Trap – And How My Cat ‘Dolfi’ Got Caught

After some thinking, I decided to write the article today about thoughts that are occupying my mind most right now and relate them to trading the markets. I am a big cat lover. If they could trade –

Become the Hunter Yourself

Since my early childhood, I have a passion for Learning & Growth. During the early 1980s, there was a common belief that “Learning” was only possible as you were growing up. Later in life, learning

Deliberate Practice and Trading Mastery

Tennis was a very popular sport in Germany in the early 1980s so as an adolescent, one of my dreams was to become a professional tennis player. Back then, the most common form of practice was to play against

A Structured Approach to Trading Mastery

Many traders start a trading venture and approach the markets in a very discretionary way with barely any rules – or no rules at all. They have a strong desire to apply their own ‘trading guts’ testing

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