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Trading Instincts pulls off a difficult task extracting pithy, simple trading strategies from the complex world of behavioural finance and psychology. It marries these to observations from master traders such as George Soros and superimposes them onto a series of theories to deliver a cogent trading plan' David Stevenson, Financial Times Adventurous Investor' columnist What's the best way to become a successful investor and trader? Will following your instincts give you better returns? Why does trading come naturally to some people, and how can you learn from them? Legendary traders such as George Soros and Benjamin Graham use a full range of tactics and techniques to achieve their stock market success. But they don't only use analysis and statistics, they also use their instincts and intuition. Curtis Faith, author of the bestseller Way of the Turtle, reveals why intuition and instincts are an amazingly powerful trading tool. In Trading Instincts he shows you how to harness, sharpen, train and trust your instincts to develop confident trading strategies. And just as importantly, you'll learn when not to trust your instincts and how to combine them with careful analysis.
Equip yourself with Trading Instincts and give yourself an investing edge. If you are one of those traders who doesn't believe that instincts or intuition have any place in trading, I invite you to keep an open mind. I, too, once felt as you did. After all, I was trained to take a very systematic and logical approach to trading as a Turtle. I believed that it was important to keep your emotions in check. I didn't believe in trading from instincts. Curtis Faith, from Chapter 1 In Trading Instincts you'll find out: * How winning traders use analysis and disciplined intuition together* The best way to understand other investors without acting like them* What master traders have found about market structures and laws * The best way to put together a disciplined trading system

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Title Information

ISBN:

9780273735410

Pages:

224 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

450920

Publisher:

Pearson Education Limited

Published:

18/03/2010

Press and Industry Reviews

"Trading Instincts pulls off a difficult task extracting pithy, simple trading strategies from the complex world of behavioural finance and psychology. It marries these to observations from master traders such as George Soros and superimposes them onto a series of theories to deliver a cogent trading plan."
- David Stevenson, Financial Times 'Adventurous Investor' columnist

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About Curtis Faith

About the authors Curtis Faith is author of the bestselling book Way of the Turtle, which has sold 70,000 copies and has been translated into 9 languages. In his early twenties, Faith earned more than $30 million as a member of the legendary Chicago trading group the Turtles. He has founded several software and high-tech start-ups, including a public company and an Inc. 500 firm. His most recent book is Inside the Mind of the Turtles.

Contents of Trading Instincts

1: The Power of Instinct
2: The Purpose of Intuition
3: Wrong-Brain Thinking
4: The Structure of the Markets
5: Training and Trusting Your Instincts
6: Trading Intelligence
7: Simplicity and Speed: Training to be a Master
8: Techno Traders
9: A Careful Balancing Act

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