Trading in the Zone
Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline and a Winning Attitude
Mark Douglas
216 pages
His books are considered some of the first books to introduce the investment industry to the concept of trading psychology.
Douglas uncovers the underlying reasons for lack of consistency and helps traders overcome the ingrained mental habits that cost them money.
He takes on the myths of the market and exposes them one by one teaching traders to look beyond random outcomes,
to understand the true realities of risk, and to be comfortable with the "probabilities" of market movement that governs all market speculation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
IN THE BEGINNING: FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . 1
THE SHIFT TO TECHNICAL ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
THE SHIFT TO MENTAL ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
THE ATTRACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
THE DANGERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
THE SAFEGUARDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SHAPING YOUR MENTAL ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
REACTING TO Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
WINNERS, LOSERS, BOOMERS, AND BUSTERS . . . . . . . . . . 50
THINKING ABOUT TRADING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
REALLY UNDERSTANDING RISK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
ALIGNING YOUR MENTAL ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
DEBUGGING YOUR MENTAL SOFTWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
PERCEPTION AND LEARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
PERCEPTION AND R I S K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
THE POWER OF ASSOCIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
THE "UNCERTAINTY" PRINCIPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
THE MARKET'S MOST FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC. .. 93
PARADOX: RANDOM OUTCOME, CONSISTENT RESULTS. . . . 102
TRADING IN THE MOMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
MANAGING EXPECTATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
ELIMINATING THE EMOTIONAL RISK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
DEFINING THE PROBLEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
DEFINING THE TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
How THE FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS RELATE TO THE SKILLS . 130
MOVING TOWARD "THE ZONE". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
THE ORIGINS OF A BELIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
BELIEFS AND THEIR IMPACT ON OUR LIVES . . . . . . . . . . . 142
BELIEFS vs. THE TRUTH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
THE PRIMARY CHARACTERISTICS OF A BELIEF . . . . . . . . . . 153
SELF-EVALUATION AND TRADING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
THE MECHANICAL STAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
THE ROLE OF SELF-DISCIPLINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
CREATING A BELIEF IN CONSISTENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
EXERCISE: LEARNING TO TRADE AND EDGE LIKE A CASINO . .189
A FINAL NOTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
ATTITUDE SURVEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
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