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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

Trading is 100% Psychology

The title of this article comes from Van’s legendary statement in the trading community. Van has been a renowned trading coach for many years and through my interest in capital markets and psychology,

Developing Trader Competence

Many traders I meet at the Van Tharp Institue — both novices and veterans — have gone through periods of confusion, frustration, or maybe even outright desperation. Regularly I have witnessed how from

The Boom & Bust Cycle is an Important Hurdle to Overcome

Every trader goes through certain stages of development. Part of the first stage is to find a good trading system that fits the trader who also commits to fully following its’ rules. Learning and internalizing

A Good System Relies On A Robust Trading Process

A few years back I started teaching a 3-day Forex Systems Workshop based on three systems I actively trade. The systems use a precise set of pattern based rules so traders can adopt the systems fairly

What Learning Type Are You? (Part I)

One thing I have learned from teaching Forex workshops over the last six years is that attendees seek out training for different reasons. And, after the workshop they trade with different results — depending

Tharp Think Helps Create Great Trading Systems

In his various publications and workshops, Van stresses a set of important trading fundamentals that he calls “Tharp Think.” Tharp Think is a set of ideas and principles that he has found successful

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