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Description of Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom

This title presents the bestselling holy grail of trading information - now brought completely up to date to give traders an edge in the marketplace. "Sound trading advice and lots of ideas you can use to develop your own trading methodology." - Jack Schwager, author of "Market Wizards" and "The New Market Wizards". This trading masterpiece has been fully updated to address all the concerns of today's market environment. With substantial new material, this second edition features Tharp's new 17-step trading model. "Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom" also addresses reward to risk multiples, as well as insightful new interviews with top traders, and features updated examples and charts.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780071478717

Pages:

352 pages

Format:

Hardback

Product Code:

27129

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill

Published:

01/12/2006

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Press and Industry Reviews

'While I can't promise you financial freedom, I can promise you a book filled with sound trading advice and lots of ideas you can use to develop your OWN trading methodology. And, if you don't think that's enough, then you really need this book.'
Jack Schwager, author of 'Market Wizards' and 'The New Market Wizards.'

'Van's book gets directly to the heart of what it takes to be a successful trader. It's the best book I've read on trading successfully; not fluff or hype like so many others.'
Tom Basso, President
Trendstat Capital Management, Inc.

'Van Tharp cuts right to the essence of professional trading: how to develop winning attitudes and approaches; how to forget trading for accuracy and trade for expectancy; how to master position sizing. If you intend to trade, you'd better know what's in this book.'



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About Van K. Tharp

Van K. Tharp, Ph.D., is an internationally known consultant and coach to traders and investors, as well as the founder and president of the Van Tharp Institute. He is the author of multiple bestselling books on trading and investing, including Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom and Financial Freedom Through Electronic Day Trading. Tharp is a highly sought-after speaker who develops courses and seminars for large banks and trading firms around the world. He has published numerous articles and has been featured in publications such as Forbes, Barron's Market Week, and Investors Business Daily.

Contents of Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom

Foreword by Chuck Whitman

1. The Legend of the Holy Grail

2. New: Q&A with Great Traders

3. Judgmental Biases

4. Setting Your Objectives

5. Steps to Developing a System (heavily revised)

6. New: Secular Markets

7. Selecting a Concept that Works

8. New: Using R Multiples

9. Understanding Expectancy

10. Using Setups

11. Entry or Market Timing

12. Protecting Your Capital

13. How to Take Profits

14. The Opportunity & Cost Factors

15. Position Sizing

16. Conclusions