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How do you transform yourself frommild-mannered investor to SuperTrader? Think clearly. Plan accordingly.Commit completely. In other words, becomea trader. And no one is better suited to helpyou make the transformation than legendarytrading educator and author Van K. Tharp.

Combining the sharp insight and technicalbrilliance that has drawn legions of investorsto his books and seminars, Tharp provides aholistic approach for becoming a successfulfull-time trader. His system―a meld ofinvesting psychology and sound tradingpractice―is the secret to achieving optimumconditions that produce results in both bulland bear markets.

Using the lessons of Super Trader, you willapproach trading as you would a smallbusiness―realistically, systematically, andenthusiastically. Drawing on his decades ofexperience, Tharp has created a simple plandesigned to help anyone master the market.You can put this plan to use immediately inorder to:

Master the psychology of trading
Craft a “business plan”―a workingdocument to guide your trading
Develop a trading system tailoredfor your personal needs and skills
Create position-sizing strategiesto meet your objectives
Monitor yourself constantly tominimize mistakes

Throughout the book, Tharp asks the pertinentquestions you must ask yourself aboutbecoming a trader, being a trader, and succeedingas a trader.

The rewards that come with being a SuperTrader―both financial and personal―makeyou feel as if you can leap small buildings ina single bound. Whatever your skill level,Tharp provides the formula for succeedingin a field where most people fail.

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McGraw-Hill Education
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20 August 2009
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English
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14.48 x 2.13 x 21.59 cm
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Van K. Tharp, Ph.D., (Raleigh, NC) is president of the International Institute of Trading Mastery (IITM). Dr. Tharp is a leading coach for traders and investors and the author of Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw-Hill Education; 1st edition (20 August 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0071632514
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0071632515
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.48 x 2.13 x 21.59 cm

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In the unique arena of professional trading coaches, Van Tharp stands out as an international leader in the industry. Dr. Tharp founded the Van Tharp Institute. His techniques for producing great traders are some of the most effective in the field.

Dr. Tharp devised unique learning strategies, and his risk-management work in the area of Position Sizing is known throughout the trading industry. His publication The Definitive Guide to Position Sizing Strategies is now available on Amazon and via Kindle.

Over the years, Dr. Tharp has helped people overcome problems in areas of system development, trading psychology, and success-related issues such as self-sabotage.

His numerous books include Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, The Definitive Guide to Position Sizing Strategies, Super Trader, Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom, and Peak Performance Trading (5 Volumes), among others.

Tharp's Peak Performance Home Study course is now available on Amazon and via Kindle.

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Sebastian M

This book is an excellent way to start

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 February 2015

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Before you trade, you need to read as many of Van Tharp's books as possible, you cannot be successful until you read and understand the content. This book is not a trade setup book, but about money management, and protecting your capital through position sizing. I cannot be without his books, also consider taking the 'Tharp trader test' to see what kind of trader you have the potential to become. If you want to succeed, then you need this book. All the professional traders use this technique to manage their trades. This book is an excellent way to start, know yourself, let the market give you the opportunities for success.

Steve Burns

Excellent guide to risk management and trader psychology

Reviewed in the United States on 21 December 2009

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This book is one of the essential books you will need if you are serious about becoming a successful trader. While this book does not have systems to trade or charts with moving averages and technical indicators, it does have what is most important to becoming a successful trader. In depth information about successful trader psychology and risk management. These two elements of trading determine whether you are profitable or lose most of your money. I am an active and successful trader and I agree 100% with the principles presented in this book. Van Tharp advises to trade with a clear mind and do not allow issues in your life to creep into your trading. He gives you a web address where you can take a trader test to see what kind of trader you are. You must build a trading system that fits your personality to be successful. He covers all types of systems for traders but this book does not go into detail about specific entries and exits. Your trading system and entry are not as important as risk management and your discipline to follow your system. If you follow a tested system with a long term positive return to risk, and you stop your losses at predetermined amounts, while also letting your winners run with trailing stops, and are able to keep your ego out of your trades, you will be successful. As a new trader I never understood why books talked about these concepts so much, as a seasoned trader I know how ego and emotions can take over and you start wishing and hoping while losing your precious capital. I now understand why all the books I read years ago urged stop losses and taking them quickly when they are hit, this one principle will save you a small fortune. I really enjoyed how the author taught the concept of risk in this book through the use of 1R representing a unit of risk. He shows how to calculate whether a system is profitable and the expectancy of profits through measuring the R variables of 30 trades. Risk $200 and make $1000 you have a +5R winner. If you average +1R a trade for 30 trades you can expect to have +30R in profits which would be $6000. Very useful concept in understanding how to make a living trading.
I am one of the top reviewers of trading books here on Amazon having read over one hundred of the best trading books. I have also traded for over 10 years, and been very profitable for the last 7 years, even making profits in 2008. While other reviewers have criticized Van Tharp for being a teacher instead of an active trader, I say that Van Tharp has traded on the past but his passion is teaching and running a business. I am very picky about who I take advice about trading from, wanting the credentials of a seasoned trader who has managed and traded real money. To me Van Tharp is like a Bill Walsh was in the NFL, no one criticized Bill Walsh for not getting and playing in a game, because he was so good at coaching Joe Montana and Jerry Rice. Van Tharp is to trading what Bill Walsh was to the NFL, he has a passion for teaching and creating systems so super stars can go to new levels of achievement. This book is easy to read and understand and has captured tradings key principles to success, it is a must have. I highly recommend.

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Phil

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 November 2017

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Clarence Oliver

You Cannot Be A Serious Trader

Reviewed in the United States on 7 July 2010

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You cannot be a serious trader without this book in my opinion. This book belongs in the library of everyone who even thinks about dabling in the market place. I started off two years ago when I was twenty, trying to day trade with a thousand dollars, only because that's the only thing I heard makes you money in the short term. Eventually I found book after book that sold me on their style, CANSLIM (excellent System), Trend Following (interesting System), Chart Reading (unique), Value Investing (good), Growth Investing (Good too), but none of them really spoke to me. They were all other people's styles, and personally, I've never done well with other people's work. Diets failed me until I created my own. I played Magic the Gathering when I was younger and lost with every one of those special winning decks, until I created my own, and started winning contest. From Education to Cooking, I learned quite quickly that until you make something your own, you'll never be more than mediocre.

But the stock market, well that's complicated I thought, these professionals have spent thirty to forty years doing what they're doing, Warren Buffett's made 50 Billion Dollars, George Sorros has made 7 Billion Dollars, William O'Neil's made millions, Jim Cramer was a successful Hedge Fund Manager, he has to know what he's talking about... and that's when I found Van K. Tharp, first his book Trade Your Way To Financial Freedom, which I'll also Review, then this book, Super Trader. Van Tharp and Mark Tier's The Winning Investment Habits of Warrent Buffet and George Soros are, in my opinion the God sent books for anyone who wwants to get into the markets.

This book will help you study yourself, figure out your goals, and create a system that works with your personality, your ideas, and everything else. Because of this, I found the options market, and just starting, unlike purely buying stocks (even though I was quite good at it), I feel right at home in this market, and have already seen some major successes. Van K. Tharp is in my opinion a genius, and this book is one of his two masterpieces.

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DiamondJag

Read This Book First

Reviewed in the United States on 23 July 2010

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I just finished writing up my notes on Van Tharp's "Super Trader" for future reference. It's a must read for all but the very experienced traders and I believe even they can learn something from the book.

Most traders or would be traders are interested in systems, entries, exits, etc. There are thousands of books on those topics. This book says very little about those areas other than that entries are the least important and exits are the most important. Instead, it focuses on the business and psychology of trading which is actually more important than the system.

The book is divided into five parts. You can read the table of contents in Amazon. Trading can be considered a multi legged stool including the system, having a detailed business plan, position sizing (money management), minimizing mistakes, and trading psychology. If any one leg is missing, trading success is unlikely or difficult at best. This book covers all those areas with insights from an author who has been in the trading business, been around top successful traders, and coaching traders since 1983. (Tharp was interviewed as a candidate for the famous Richard Dennis "Turtle" experiment). Tharp knows the business of trading and you would do well to learn from his experience.

If I have one criticism of the book, it's with the cartoon drawings in the book. They lighten the book and might cause people to take the book less seriously. Don't be fooled, the content of this book is critical to trading. Also, don't get hung up by the reviews talking about spirituality in the book. Any such references are extremely few and so fleeting as to hardly be noticed.

If you like Tharp's work, I would start with this book, then the Financial Freedom books, then end up with "Van Tharp's Definitive Guide to Position Sizing", one of the most important trading books to come out in years.

Super Trader will get you correctly grounded in the trading business so you will have the right perspective for success before you get caught up in the morass of entries, exits, and trading systems.

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