Podcast appearances and mentions of van tharp

Laurens Bensdorp's trading journey began with years of losses as a discretionary trader. Frustrated by inconsistent results and mounting stress, he embarked on a mission to develop systematic trading approaches. His goal was simple but ambitious: create reliable systems that would deliver steady returns while minimizing losses. This transformation wasn't overnight. Through years of careful development and testing, Bensdorp gained deep insights into the cyclical nature of his trading systems - understanding when they were likely to generate profits or face losses. His persistence paid off. By eventually creating and implementing over 55 different trading systems, he achieved what seemed impossible: better returns, smaller drawdowns, and remarkably, less time spent managing his trades. About Laurens Bensdorp Laurens Bensdorp launched his finance career at a Dutch venture capital firm in 2000, where he discovered his passion for trading. After years of studying successful investors' methods, he developed automated trading platforms that maximize profits while minimizing time investment. Featured in Van Tharp's "Trading Beyond the Matrix," Bensdorp went on to author two international bestsellers: "The 30 Minute Stocktrader" (2017) and "Automated Stock Trading Systems" (2020). Both books have been translated into multiple languages. As the pioneer of personality-based automated trading systems, Bensdorp now co-hosts seminars with renowned trader Tom Basso and mentors elite clients. Through his foundation, Fundación Albenco, he supports educational initiatives for underprivileged children in Colombia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Basso, famously coined 'Mr. Serenity' in Jack Schwager's "New Market Wizards" book, joins us for an enlightening and entertaining discussion. On a particularly turbulent day in the market, with the VIX making one of its largest ever moves, Tom shares his calm and collected approach to trading. Tom's trading approach is like a finely tuned orchestra, using seven different strategies across multiple markets and timeframes. He doesn't let any single position dominate his portfolio. Instead, he balances everything out, making sure he's ready for whatever the market throws at him. Whether it's ETFs or futures, Tom adapts his diversified strategies to fit the market and the investor. Tom shares some great stories and wisdom from his trading journey. From his interactions with Jack Schwager to Van Tharp, he emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and staying balanced. His philosophy is all about being cool, calm, and collected—just like him. Tom's all-weather trading approach is a blend of multiple strategies and extensive diversification. He's always ready for anything the market can throw at him. His ability to adapt and stay serene in the face of market volatility is a lesson for traders of all levels. www.thealgorithmicadvantage.com www.thealgorithmicadvantage.substack.com

In this episode, we'll go over Van Tharp's Snow Fight Metaphor from the book Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom. This is a continuation of episode 82 where we covered the 6 Keys to a Great Trading System so be sure to give that a listen when you get a chance. Want to connect with myself and other listeners of this podcast?Go to https://StockMarketOptionsTrading.net and join the community for free right now where there are daily posts about the clues to the where the market may be headed next. Check out this free SPX 0DTE training course in the Alpha Crunching Community:https://www.stockmarketoptionstrading.net/spaces/10719554/content Want the support the podcast and interested in trading SPX weekly options?Come join me at https://www.patreon.com/VerticalSpreadOptionsTrading to get started. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/stockmarketoptionstradingTwitter: https://twitter.com/OptionAssassin

Trade Your Way To Financial Freedom by Van K. Tharp is one of my favorite trading books where describes how to develop a trading system that works for you. In this episode, we'll cover the 6 Keys to a Great Trading System that is still very relevant today. Want to connect with myself and other listeners of this podcast?Go to https://StockMarketOptionsTrading.net and join the community for free right now where there are daily posts about the clues to the where the market may be headed next. Check out this free SPX 0DTE training course in the Alpha Crunching Community:https://www.stockmarketoptionstrading.net/spaces/10719554/content Want the support the podcast and interested in trading SPX weekly options?Come join me at https://www.patreon.com/VerticalSpreadOptionsTrading to get started. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/stockmarketoptionstradingTwitter: https://twitter.com/OptionAssassin

This week, we're breaking doing an investing strategy known as the "Money Bucket Method" with our guest, James Hudson. This method is designed as a type of position sizing to minimize risk by spreading out your portfolio. Listen in to see how James is using it to achieve his goal of "infinite wealth" and how you can use it to hit your goals! As always, we want to stress that nothing in this is financial investment advice. Our goal with these conversations is to give everyone listening one more tool in their belt to utilize while they do their own research about DeFi projects & the space in general.House Of Obsidian Discord: https://discord.gg/obsidiansObsidian Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObsidianCouncilObsidian KYC: https://www.theobsidiancouncil.comWeekly Crypto News: https://medium.com/@obsidiancouncilocFind our speakers this week:Guest: James HudsonHost: https://www.instagram.com/hawaiianmint/ - https://twitter.com/hawaiianmint

R Multiple is the amount you won or lost in terms of your risk. Knowing your R Multiple will help you position size correctly in which we will cover in another episode. In this episode, we'll talk through the basics of the R Multiple and how to think about it when it comes to credit spreads. I learned the concept of R-Multiples from a book called "Trading Your Way To Financial Freedom" by Van Tharp. Upon preparing for this episode, I found out that Van Tharp recently passed away and am dedicating this episode to him as he has helped so many traders in his lifetime. Thanks for listening. https://www.stockmarketoptionstrading.net

Narrative for WebsiteIn this episode we spoke with legendary trading psychologist Dr Van K Tharp. Dr Tharp has been coaching traders for almost 4 decades and came to prominence when he was featured in Jack Schwager's very first Market Wizard's book back in 1989. As you can imagine, with someone with that level of experience and knowledge, this chat goes beneath the surface of trading and into the inner realms of human performance, touching on areas of 'who we are', 'how we are', and 'how we be', that are rarely discussed with such depth when talking about trading. Some of the themes we would like to emphasise include Ø  Our different modalities when engaged in trading, these include a hierarchy of different states.·       Things happen to me. > Becoming the Victim – Owned and liable to go into tilt.  ·       Things happen by me > Becoming a Non-Victim – Starting to Own Your Results. ·       Things happen through me. > Awakening and Becoming at One with the Market·       Being at One with the Market > May fleetingly or periodically be here but it's impossible to remain here permanently. Ø  Science Thinking versus System Thinking:Science thinking believes we can identify causation, and then use that to identify possible futures. Systems thinking accepts the complexity and uncertainty of the world and holds a light view of possible causation and holds the polarity of trying to identify possible futures, whilst accepting one cannot possibly identify with any high degree of certainty the possible future. Ø  Alignments between you and your system, method, or approach. The importance of matching approaches to the market, with who and how you are naturally.Ø  How we hold beliefs about ourselves and how they influence our trading and how our negative emotions hold those beliefs into place. Ø  How we store negative beliefs in our body which then drive our decision-making behaviours. Ø  How these aspect conspire to put someone into victim mode. Ø  Modelling People who do trading well and the key ingredients needed to being able to model these, including being able to align yourself with their Signal, Feeling, Action sequence. You can find out more about Dr Van Tharp and his work at the Van Tharp Institute at https://www.vantharp.comAccess to his YouTube channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/vantharpHis Twitter handle is: https://twitter.com/vantharp

On this weeks episode, we take a dive into the psychology of a successful trading who has been in the trenches for quite some time. Florian Grummes is a man who entered the world of finance from an unusual background. His main passions for music, self-growth & spirituality are reflected in his nature as a trader, where he shares with us, some of the important thought processes required to being successful in the long-run. He is an independent precious metals and crypto analyst, trader & investor from Germany and is the founder of Midas Touch Consulting. Florian was trained under the principles of Van Tharp, mixing principles of psychology sentiment, fundamentals and technical analysis. He now writes weekly publishings for the "Midas Touch" every two weeks in German and English; where he presents to his subscribers various trading opportunities and where the next big trade will be. Check out Florian at https://www.midastouch-consulting.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/newgenmindset/message

In this podcast episode, we had the privilege to talk to Constantin who has been trading for 20 years and for the last 7 years as a full-time trader. He is an independent retail trader and he shares his process, his daily trading routines and how he stays motivated every day.   Constantin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradebln   Links we mentioned: Van Tharp's home study course: https://www.vantharp.com/peak-performance-homestudy-including-audio Van Tharp's book: https://www.vantharp.com/trading-beyond-the-matrix-the-red-pill-for-traders-and-investors-soft-cover Edgewonk trading journal: http://edgewonk.com/ 

Today I have the pleasure of interviewing the man I consider the best trading coach in world, Mr. Van Tharp. Van is the author of 13 trading books and an expert in NLP modeling. In this episode, Van will tell you about the three ingredients you need to master any task, why his objectives have nothing to do with making money, how language changes the way we perceive the world (and what's possible to do in it), and how to change your beliefs and become a better trader...

In this episode, we discuss the recent article from AQR Capital's Cliff Asness on the difficulty of sticking to a strategy through volatile periods, why we may never know if a particular system is broken, the differences between different Trading timeframes, and we give an update on the upcoming live event in New York in October.  We also answer some questions such as:  Is there a ‘Holy Grail’ of Stop Losses?  What is a good way to backtest a Trading system?  Is there a point where too much Diversification begins to negatively affect the return profile in a portfolio?  What are the possible causes that would move a person to Trade a longer timeframe? (**Please note that there was a technical issue with Jerry’s audio this week, and therefore he is only on the show for the first 20 minutes) You can download your free guide to Systematic Investing, and subscribe to our mailing list by visiting TopTradersUnplugged.com Get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com Follow Niels, Jerry & Moritz on Twitter: @TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09 and @MoritzSeibert And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro/Macro recap from Niels 2:45 - Weekly review of returns 11:30 - Top tweets AQR Paper Reference: Quant Cassandra 20:30 - Question 1: James; Where can one find more information on stop losses/risk mgmt? Basso Research: How This Random Entry Method Beat The Market Book 1: Van Tharp’s Definitive Guide to Position Sizing Strategies Book 2: Van Tharp’s Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom 28:00 - Question 2: Brian; What software do you recommend for backtesting? 31:50 - Question 3: Paul; Discussion of the multiple facets of diversification 38:00 - Question 4: James; Can there be too much diversification? Article Reference: Wes Gray- Trend Following A Decade of Underperformance & The Epitome of No Pain, No Gain 51:15 - Question 5: Sam; What made Jerry decide to shift to longer-term trading? 55:20 - Performance recap 56:30 - Live event update 10/26/19-10/27/19 Subscribe on:

Today's guest, Dr Van Tharp, is a professional trading coach and the founder of Van Tharp Institute, an education organization that is dedicated to offering high-quality educational products and services for traders and investors around the globe. He is also the author of four acclaimed books published by McGraw Hill: Super Trader, Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom (New York Times Bestseller), Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom, and Financial Freedom Through Electronic Day Trading.

Podcast onde conversamos sobre 'Position Size', em português 'Tamanho da Posição'Como parte mais importante em qualquer sistema de trading o 'Position Size' foi muito bem explicado por Van Tharp em diversos livros. Não importa ter um sistema lucrativo, por melhor que seja, se o tamanho da aposta não for igualmente bem pensada a estratégia esta condenada ao fracasso e falência.

Podcast onde conversamos sobre 'Position Size', em português 'Tamanho da Posição'Como parte mais importante em qualquer sistema de trading o 'Position Size' foi muito bem explicado por Van Tharp em diversos livros. Não importa ter um sistema lucrativo, por melhor que seja, se o tamanho da aposta não for igualmente bem pensada a estratégia esta condenada ao fracasso e falência.

SUMMARY: Successful traders develop effective psychological skills. Van Tharp joins Andy in this episode to discuss proven techniques he has developed to help traders gain a psychological advantage. SHOW NOTES: ... Read More

Philip Teo has amassed 30 + top traders around the world for an online trader’s summit so you can hear the best experts talking about their strategies and secrets. Louise Bedford shares the importance of working with a team. Mindpower Louise Bedford Having the right team around you counts! The people around you are your cheerleaders. Work out who you need so you can be a success because once you are a success …   you drag a heck of a lot of people up that success tree with you. Philip Teo After 10 years as a technical analyst Philip began coaching retail traders to impart trading proficiency so the man on the street has a chance of achieving financial freedom. In this interview with Philip we discuss: His trading methodology Instruments and markets he trades His personality style and how he by passed major market mistakes The psychological hurdles which face him From 10 September to 16 September Philip is running an online trading summit – a free online event featuring video interviews and presentations. With over 30 + top traders around the world including Louise Bedford, Van Tharp, Jerry Parker and Andrea Unger they will discuss how they got started in the markets and their personal secrets to sustaining long term success. People will be allowed live Q and A with experts on the panel to ask their own personal pressing questions. It is free to attend and all summit videos are made available for 24 hours. You don't want to miss what people are calling "the online trading event of the year". To book in to go to: Online Trading Summit  

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¡Muy buenos días a todos! Hoy vengo con un invitado especial al programa. Por suerte, lo tuve en el evento que monté en Barcelona en la primera edición. Aunque sea una persona que viene de una profesión que no tiene nada que ver con la economía (es médico de profesión), se dedica desde hace un tiempo a ello. Tiene experiencia en manual y ahora pasa a ser inversor en sistemas automáticos. Y es en lo que vamos a enfocar la entrevista de hoy. Pues bien, aunque mucha gente le compara con su hermano Aitor, no tiene nada que ver con él. Ni en su caracter, ni en su pensamiento ni en su manera de hacer. Cada uno tiene sus seguidores y no hay ninguno mejor que el otro. El entrevistado de hoy, aunque es bueno en trading, siempre me gusta que explique cosas relacionadas con la psicología del trading, donde es un experto a nivel español. A parte, es una de las partes más importantes que destaco siempre en los podcasts cuando hacemos trading manual, y es por eso que quiero saber qué opinión tiene con respecto estos puntos. Así que vamos a ello: Podría hablar con él durante días, ya que es una persona que tiene un conocimiento y no pararía nunca de aprender y aprender sobre temas psicológicos, ya que es una de las cosas que más valoro. Pues nada, sin más dilación, me lanzo a presentároslo y a preguntarle cosas: ¡Buenos días Peio Zárate! 1. ¿Como empezaste aproximándote al trading? ¿Qué background tienes exactamente? 2. Has pasado por algunos sitios donde aportabais mucho conocimiento. Precio y volumen con Kike Valdecantos (dejo el link aquí a la entrevista). También has pasado por FHInversiones. Pero, ¿qué papel desarrollabas allí? 3. ¿Cuantos años crees que se necesitan para poder desarrollarte como trader? 4. ¿Cual es el peor enemigo psicológico del trader común? 5. ¿Qué libros recomiendas leer para llegar a tener una buena base psicológica de trading? 6. Bien, ahora voy a preguntarte a lo que te dedicas actualmente, ya que has derivado a trading automático. ¿Qué haces actualmente? 7. ¿Crees que la transición que del trader manual a trader automático es fácil? ¿Ya inversor de trading automático? ¿Qué pasos tienes que hacer? 8. ¿En qué te fijas para seleccionar el producto a invertir? 9. ¿Solo usas un broker? o ¿usas una plataforma transversal? Es decir, que usas una plataforma que no usa un solo broker o un solo producto financiero. 10. Para alguien que empieza de nuevo en el mundo del trading, ¿qué consejos o qué pasos le recomiendas dar? Los links que ha comentado Peio: 1. Van Tharp. Trading Beyond the matrix. Wiley Ed 2013 2. Gary Dayton. Trade Mindfully. 2015 (www.tradingpsychologyedge.com) 3. Randy Howell. (www.tradersstateofmind.com) 4. German Antelo. Psicotrading: gestión emocional del inversor.2016 (www.germanantelo.es) 5. Mente de trading: síntesis en vídeos en delfintrading.blogspot.com.es Muchas gracias por todo Peio. Como siempre ha sido un placer tenerte en el programa. Muchas gracias por venir al programa y por asistir, ha sido un placer tenerte como invitado. La verdad es que me gustaría poder contar contigo para una entrevista más adelante y poder conocer más de tu conocimiento y de tus experiencias. De nuevo, muchas gracias por todo. Bueno, pues si os ha quedado dudas de lo que Peio ha dicho, podéis mandármelas al formulario de contacto y podéis suscribiros al canal a través de las plataformas y sobretodo, dar me gusta en iVoox y en iTunes. ¡Muchas gracias a todos! ¡Hasta el lunes! La entrada Entrevista a Peio Zárate aparece primero en Ferran P..

¡Muy buenos días a todos! Hoy vengo con un invitado especial al programa. Por suerte, lo tuve en el evento que monté en Barcelona en la primera edición. Aunque sea una persona que viene de una profesión que no tiene nada que ver con la economía (es médico de profesión), se dedica desde hace un tiempo a ello. Tiene experiencia en manual y ahora pasa a ser inversor en sistemas automáticos. Y es en lo que vamos a enfocar la entrevista de hoy. Pues bien, aunque mucha gente le compara con su hermano Aitor, no tiene nada que ver con él. Ni en su caracter, ni en su pensamiento ni en su manera de hacer. Cada uno tiene sus seguidores y no hay ninguno mejor que el otro. El entrevistado de hoy, aunque es bueno en trading, siempre me gusta que explique cosas relacionadas con la psicología del trading, donde es un experto a nivel español. A parte, es una de las partes más importantes que destaco siempre en los podcasts cuando hacemos trading manual, y es por eso que quiero saber qué opinión tiene con respecto estos puntos. Así que vamos a ello: Podría hablar con él durante días, ya que es una persona que tiene un conocimiento y no pararía nunca de aprender y aprender sobre temas psicológicos, ya que es una de las cosas que más valoro. Pues nada, sin más dilación, me lanzo a presentároslo y a preguntarle cosas: ¡Buenos días Peio Zárate! 1. ¿Como empezaste aproximándote al trading? ¿Qué background tienes exactamente? 2. Has pasado por algunos sitios donde aportabais mucho conocimiento. Precio y volumen con Kike Valdecantos (dejo el link aquí a la entrevista). También has pasado por FHInversiones. Pero, ¿qué papel desarrollabas allí? 3. ¿Cuantos años crees que se necesitan para poder desarrollarte como trader? 4. ¿Cual es el peor enemigo psicológico del trader común? 5. ¿Qué libros recomiendas leer para llegar a tener una buena base psicológica de trading? 6. Bien, ahora voy a preguntarte a lo que te dedicas actualmente, ya que has derivado a trading automático. ¿Qué haces actualmente? 7. ¿Crees que la transición que del trader manual a trader automático es fácil? ¿Ya inversor de trading automático? ¿Qué pasos tienes que hacer? 8. ¿En qué te fijas para seleccionar el producto a invertir? 9. ¿Solo usas un broker? o ¿usas una plataforma transversal? Es decir, que usas una plataforma que no usa un solo broker o un solo producto financiero. 10. Para alguien que empieza de nuevo en el mundo del trading, ¿qué consejos o qué pasos le recomiendas dar? Los links que ha comentado Peio: 1. Van Tharp. Trading Beyond the matrix. Wiley Ed 2013 2. Gary Dayton. Trade Mindfully. 2015 (www.tradingpsychologyedge.com) 3. Randy Howell. (www.tradersstateofmind.com) 4. German Antelo. Psicotrading: gestión emocional del inversor.2016 (www.germanantelo.es) 5. Mente de trading: síntesis en vídeos en delfintrading.blogspot.com.es Muchas gracias por todo Peio. Como siempre ha sido un placer tenerte en el programa. Muchas gracias por venir al programa y por asistir, ha sido un placer tenerte como invitado. La verdad es que me gustaría poder contar contigo para una entrevista más adelante y poder conocer más de tu conocimiento y de tus experiencias. De nuevo, muchas gracias por todo. Bueno, pues si os ha quedado dudas de lo que Peio ha dicho, podéis mandármelas al formulario de contacto y podéis suscribiros al canal a través de las plataformas y sobretodo, dar me gusta en iVoox y en iTunes. ¡Muchas gracias a todos! ¡Hasta el lunes! La entrada Entrevista a Peio Zárate aparece primero en Ferran P..

Michael has had some of the brightest psych minds on his podcast. Today he pulls together the great psych minds in trading into one podcast. Those interviews include: Brett Steenbarger, Jason Williams, Van Tharp, Daniel Crosby, and Meir Statman. Brett Steenbarger is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at New York State University, and author of The Daily Trading Coach, The Psychology of Trading, and Enhancing Trader Performance. His newest work is Trading Psychology 2.0: From Best Practices to Best Processes. Jason Williams is author of The Mental Edge in Trading. Jason received his psychiatry degree at John Hopkins. His father is famed trader Larry Williams. Van Tharp runs the Van Tharp Institute and is author of four acclaimed books published by McGraw Hill: Super Trader, Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom, and Financial Freedom Through Electronic Day Trading. His new book is called Trading Beyond the Matrix. He was also featured in Jack Schwager’s Market Wizard’s: Interviews with Great Traders. Van Tharp received his Ph.D. in psychology. Daniel Crosby is author of The Laws of Wealth: Psychology and the Secret to Investing Success, and co-author of the New York Times bestseller Personal Benchmark: Integrating Behavioral Finance and Investment Management. His background is in behavioral psychology and he sees the markets as a great backdrop to view human behavior in a real world setting. He is also founder of Nocturne Capital. Meir Statman is a professor of finance at Santa Clara University and a behavioral finance expert. His acclaimed book is titled What Investors Really Want. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Envy and happiness Fear of losing vs Fear of missing out Mental accounting Expert discretion Efficient market theory Human ego Warren Buffett and his trading strategy Passive investing Sigmund Freud’s impact on trading Standard deviation as a proxy for risk Matching “the benchmark” Systems theory Money management vs. Position sizing Ed Seykota’s trading and psychology strategies Tom Basso’s trading and psychology strategies Yoga Training your brain how to think

As you evolve in your journey of stock market investments, you soon realize that stock selection alone doesn’t really take you anywhere. Money management is perhaps the most important aspect of this game which cannot be ignored. If you search the web for money management and risk management, your search most likely would throw out 2 names, Ralph Vince and Van Tharp. In today’s episode we share with you a fascinating conversation I had with Ralph Vince. Ralph Vince is a trading systems expert and has programmed successful trading systems for fund managers and Sovereign wealth funds. Ralph is an authority on the subject of position sizing and his statistical techniques and Optimal F are the industry standards. Please listen in. His home page: http://www.ralphvince.com Books he has written: http://www.amazon.in/RalphVince/e/B001IODO5U

My guest today is Van Tharp. He runs the Van Tharp Institute and is the author of four acclaimed books published by McGraw Hill: Super Trader, Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom, and Financial Freedom Through Electronic Day Trading. His new book is called Trading Beyond the Matrix. He was also featured in Jack Schwager's Market Wizard's: Interviews with Great Traders. Van Tharp received his Ph.D. in psychology, is a certified Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), a Certified Master Time Line Therapist, a certified Modeler of NLP, and an Assistant Trainer of NLP. The topic is his book Trading Beyond the Matrix: The Red Pill for Traders and Investors. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Systems theory Money management vs. Position sizing Ed Seykota's trading and psychology strategies Tom Basso's trading and psychology strategies Yoga Training your brain how to think Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Day Trading Forex: How To Stop Impulsive Trades Before They Occur In this Q&A #7, I discuss the topic of impulsive trading, especially for people who are day trading Forex. In addition, I go through the 3 questions I ask myself weekly to identify the problem I face in my trading, and how to overcome them. That has made an immense difference. The advice shared in my Facebook Live Q&As are based on my own experience and the interviews I had with multiple successful traders on the Desire To Trade Podcast. This episode ends with a quick discussion on trading beliefs. Those can either make you broke or rich. Therefore, I suggest you spend some time evaluating your beliefs. A good way to start would be to listen to my interview with Dr. Van Tharp as he describes the belief examination process he makes his students go through. In This Episode, You'll Learn... What are impulsive trades The simple question that will keep you out of bad trades The 3 questions to evaluate your progress & get consistent profits faster Why your beliefs can make you a broke trader - and how to change that! Share This [bctt tweet="I've never seen a book telling you to surround yourself with other traders, yet it's so crucial" username="desiretotrade"] What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! Resources Mentioned My interview with Dr. Van Tharp DesireToTRADE’s Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) DesireToTRADE Academy (lifetime membership promo until Dec. 18th 2016!) About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes

Van Tharp is on today’s podcast. It is his third appearance on the show. Van runs the Van Tharp Institute and is the author of four acclaimed books published by McGraw Hill: Super Trader, Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom, and Financial Freedom Through Electronic Day Trading. His new book is called Trading Beyond the Matrix. He was also featured in Jack Schwager’s Market Wizard’s: Interviews with Great Traders. Van Tharp received his Ph.D. in psychology, is a certified Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), a Certified Master Time Line Therapist, a certified Modeler of NLP, and an Assistant Trainer of NLP. Michael starts the podcast asking Van how he felt the year Eugene Fama and Robert Shiller won the Nobel Prize. Van has a long standing theory that those who win the Nobel Prize are just supporting the ideas of the status quo. It is meant to propel the majority into believing they are in the right. Trend following does nothing to support the status quo, therefore Van says that Michael and himself will not be winning the Nobel Prize anytime soon. People looking for help constantly approach Van. Michael asks, “What is it like to observe the learning of people who come into your world?” Van goes into the steps he takes new students through when teaching them how to trade. He shares some typical biases that new traders have when starting their training. He first teaches people to understand that they need to take total responsibility for what happens to them while trading. If was easy to make money in the markets then big money would make it hard to participate in the game, but since it is not easy to make money in the markets, they make it easy to join. Michael switches gears and asks, “When were you first exposed to the ‘how much’ question?” Van says that it was at a workshop with Ed Seykota. Seykota asked, “What is the most important factor in your trading?” Van responded, “Well, It’s you.” And Seykota said, “No, it’s how much.” It all starts with how much you are willing to lose and how much you can afford to lose. Michael moves on to ask “Are there anymore interesting things that you learned from working with Ed Seykota?” Van shares a story about Seykota and the psychology behind what makes him such a legendary trader. He moves on to share some stories about another legendary trend following trader, Tom Basso. Van shares personal stories about how he conducted his business and trading. Discretionary trading is the next topic. Van says, “If you are a pure discretionary trader, it seems to me that it would be very difficult to implement some of the position sizing methodologies that are in your work.” A trader needs to know when something is not working anymore. You need to be aware of market changes, and subtle changes in that market that no longer works. Michael ends the podcast asking, “Who changed your thinking in your life? Who helped to send you down this path?” Van started his business around 1982, which coincidentally was probably the low point in his life. He went to a life science church that helped him work on himself. He can’t pinpoint a specific event or person that has molded him into who he is right now, it was a collaboration of events and people. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Systems theory Money management vs. Position sizing Ed Seykota’s trading and psychology strategies Tom Basso’s trading and psychology strategies Yoga Training your brain how to think

Van Tharp: Transforming Traders Through Their Beliefs Show notes: www.desiretotrade.com/van-tharp/ In episode 57 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview Dr. Van Tharp, a very well-known leader of the trading industry. From the start, Dr. Van Tharp has, very similar to me, a desire to have an impact. That is something I admire a lot. During the interview, Dr. Van Tharp asked me about my own beliefs and we went through the "belief examiner" process, which has been very interesting for me. This has been a key elements for traders' transformations. Trading mistakes are an important part of this interview. Dr. Tharp says traders should aim for 100 trades with a 95% compliance to their rules.     Topics Covered - Dr. Van Tharp How Van Tharp has transformed traders What is a successful trader How beliefs influence all traders You always trade your beliefs. The market is only a representation that we interpret based on what we think. No belief is 100% useful, they are only useful in a context. Keys to reach a higher level in trading The "belief examiner" process Position sizing strategies You should write down your rules and track when you don't respect them Looking at what your mistakes cost you. And much more! What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

In the final episode for Talking Trading this year we take a trip down memory lane and relive highlights of our special guests. Hear the pearls of wisdom from our two MARKET WIZARDS, Linda Rascke and Dr Van Tharp, remember the jewels of experience from CHARTING LEGEND Peter L Brandt and the insights and knowledge from our many life coaches, authors and financial experts. What did the former translator to the Dalai Lama say about mastering the mind? What was it that life coach Tanya Geislar said about your success? And just how well did Peter L Brandt know his trading plan? We would also like to say a very big thank you to all the mentorees who were brave enough to share their story on Talking Trading during 2015: Maree Burgess Karen Hansen-Palumberi Adonis Desteunis Catherine Roberts Maria Montgomery Kirsten Stoldt Joe Papa. Their stories have the been voted the favourite items by Talking Trading listeners and their journeys will continue to inspire and comfort traders achieving excellence and financial freedom. We have loved your company this year and look forward to 2016.  

This episode of Talking Trading features Market Wizard peak performance trading coach Dr Van Tharp. From the man who coined the term position sizing we learn in this interview what it takes to go beyond the trading matrix. Van Tharp has worked with some of the greatest traders in the world including Bill Eckhart and Ed Seykota. He has collected psychological data from over 5,000 successful trading profiles and knows what it takes to reprogram yourself to succeed in the markets. Go on… choose the red pill not the blue.   Dr Van K Tharp Van Tharp believes the biggest problem facing traders is they think they are qualified when they enter the markets. But if making profits were easy Big Money would make it so hard for people to become a trader it would be impossible. Trading is a profession. It takes time. Dr Van Tharp has modeled trading by collecting over 5 000 successful trading profiles including Ed Seykota and Bill Eckhart. He narrowed down 4 core qualities a trader must have to succeed. Personal Responsibility If you don’t take personal responsibility you can’t change and you can’t improve and you can’t eliminate your mistakes. Commitment You have to really LOVE trading, if you don’t love it you are probably not going to do it. Good psychology Be prepared to work on yourself. Good maths skills and logic. Van Tharp COINED the term POSITION SIZING and he highlights the importance of keeping track of your trades in terms of R multiples and your trading mistakes. He also warns that you don’t trade the markets you trade your beliefs about the markets and it is critical to see if a belief is useful or not. Van is passionate about getting people to live beyond the matrix and to look learn and live beyond societal norms. Go on take the red pill and reprogram yourself. Dr Van K Tharp is holding a workshop in Sydney March 2016. To find out more, register for his free newsletter or to order his bookTrading Beyond The Matrix go to www.vantharp.com    

In this episode Dr Van Tharp talks about beliefs and their impact on trading, the qualities of successful traders, adapting trading to market types, position sizing, trading mistakes and overcoming fear, perfectionism and impatience. Topics discussed How Van got started in the markets and the issues he faced initially The main reasons the majority of trades are unsuccessful How traders can identify the type of strategies that suits them What it means to trade your beliefs in the market How to assess whether your beliefs are useful or limiting The real importance of psychology in trading Your collection of parts and how they interact The process of transformation in a trader Qualities of losing traders and how to test yourself for them The impact mistakes could be having on your results without even knowing How to cope with larger trade sizes as your account grows PLUS listener questions on: Using position sizing to meet your objectives The 6 market types, how to measure them and how to apply it to your trading How to find positive expectancy systems Developing patience when in a trade Trading in short timeframes How to address issues with perfectionism Systematic vs Discretionary trading Overcoming fear of pulling the trigger Handling drawdowns

My guests today are Nigol Koulajian and Donald Wieczorek.  Nigol Koulajian's firm is Quest Partners, LLC and is approaching one billion AUM. Koulajian has a very interesting take on trend following–specifically his take on replicating famous trend following strategies. Wieczorek's firm is Purple Valley Capital. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Koulajian and Covel discuss Koulajian's background and entrepreneurism within Lebanese culture; how Koulajian got his start, and how he found his way into the systematic strategies he employs today; the influence of Van Tharp; the importance of practices like transcendental meditation and yoga on the mental side of trading and in the context of Koulajian's work today as a fund manager. the S&P 500 as a trading system; crowd psychology; replication strategies; price action as a trigger for different strategies; volatility, volatility compression, and why volatility is not the way to measure risk in the markets anymore; the Flash Crash; and trend following as a hedge to equity risk. Covel and Wieczorek discuss Wieczorek's early track record; Salem Abraham; drawdowns; Wieczorek's first exposure to trend following; why losing early in your trading career can be a good thing; why you don't need to predict market movement to make money; Jack Schwager and the Market Wizards series; and why systematic trading is more than just the technical system. Next, Covel and Wieczorek break apart some of Wieczorek's monthly performance windows (trendfollowing.com/don.pdf), picking apart the psychology and context of certain months in Wieczorek's career. Covel and Wieczorek continue on to talk about correlation between famous trend following traders; volatility and risk; and the value of crisis alpha. Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Michael Covel speaks with Nigol Koulajian and Donald Wieczorek on today’s podcast--two separate interviews back to back. Nigol Koulajian's firm is Quest Partners, LLC and is approaching one billion AUM. Koulajian has a very interesting take on trend following--specifically his take on replicating famous trend following strategies. Koulajian and Covel discuss Koulajian’s background and entrepreneurism within Lebanese culture; how Koulajian got his start, and how he found his way into the systematic strategies he employs today; the influence of Van Tharp; the importance of practices like transcendental meditation and yoga on the mental side of trading and in the context of Koulajian’s work today as a fund manager. the S&P 500 as a trading system; crowd psychology; replication strategies; price action as a trigger for different strategies; volatility, volatility compression, and why volatility is not the way to measure risk in the markets anymore; the Flash Crash; and trend following as a hedge to equity risk. Next, Michael Covel speaks with Donald Wieczorek. Wieczorek’s firm is Purple Valley Capital. Covel and Wieczorek discuss Wieczorek’s early track record; Salem Abraham; drawdowns; Wieczorek’s first exposure to trend following; why losing early in your trading career can be a good thing; why you don’t need to predict market movement to make money; Jack Schwager and the Market Wizards series; and why systematic trading is more than just the technical system. Next, Covel and Wieczorek break apart some of Wieczorek’s monthly performance windows (trendfollowing.com/don.pdf), picking apart the psychology and context of certain months in Wieczorek’s career. Covel and Wieczorek continue on to talk about correlation between famous trend following traders; volatility and risk; and the value of crisis alpha. Want a free trend following DVD? Go to trendfollowing.com/win.

My guest today is Van Tharp, Tharp runs the Van Tharp Institute and is the author of four acclaimed books published by McGraw Hill: Super Trader, Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom, and Financial Freedom Through Electronic Day Trading. He was also featured in Jack Schwager's Market Wizard's: Interviews with Great Traders. Van Tharp received his Ph.D. in psychology, is a certified Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), a Certified Master Time Line Therapist, a certified Modeler of NLP, and an Assistant Trainer of NLP. He has used his expertise in NLP to create the successful models of trading and investing upon which so much of his work is based. The topic is his book Trading Beyond the Matrix: The Red Pill for Traders and Investors. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Beliefs in the context of trading and investing The moment of now, and the Navajo's belief of a never-ending present The belief examination paradigm “Big money” and what it means to Van Tharp The idea of “trader jail” Fear of the unknown The importance of sleep The difference between spirituality and religion Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Michael Covel interviews Van Tharp on his second visit to the show. Van Tharp runs the Van Tharp Institute and is the author of four acclaimed books published by McGraw Hill: Super Trader, Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom, and Financial Freedom Through Electronic Day Trading. His new book is called Trading Beyond the Matrix. He was also featured in Jack Schwager's Market Wizard's: Interviews with Great Traders. Van Tharp received his Ph.D. in psychology, is a certified Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), a Certified Master Time Line Therapist, a certified Modeler of NLP, and an Assistant Trainer of NLP. He has used his expertise in NLP to create the successful models of trading and investing upon which so much of his work is based. Covel and Van Tharp discuss beliefs in the context of trading and investing; the moment of now, and the Navajo’s belief of a never-ending present; the belief examination paradigm; “big money” and what it means to Van Tharp; the idea of “trader jail”; fear of the unknown; the importance of sleep; and the difference between spirituality and religion. Want a free trend following video? Go to trendfollowing.com/win.

To download the mp3 file to your computer, right-click on this link and choose 'Save target as...' or 'Save link as...' and save the podcast to a suitable location on your local drive. You'll love hearing these gems about the markets this week! Learn some trading trivia, essentials about the markets, and grab yourself some more free information from Chris Tate's blog. Become an FX Master with Colin Simpson Prepare yourself for the FX market with Colin Simpson. How does FX differ from equities trading and when does FX work best? Learn what Colin trades, and test your currency IQ with our trivia… see if you can beat Colin. And for enquiries about Colin's personal training, click here. What is Putin doing to the price of gold? Get the low down on how the shonky events in Crimea are affecting prices, and why copper has fallen on its butt. Also, find out who is winning the tussle between the Euro and the Pound. Learn Trading Mindpower Secrets and Read a New Trading Book with Louise Bedford “You don’t become a millionaire for the money, you become a millionaire for the person you become along the way,” Listen to Louise’s unexpected definition of financial freedom and why Jim Rohn’s words hit home for her. And hear about Van Tharp’s book Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom.  Louise side step’s its sticky mathematics and extracts its wisdom, so you are impenetrable in the markets. Caroline Stephen and Karen Hansen-Palumbieri Listen to dynamic trader Karen Hansen-Palumbieri and find out why Chris Tate loves this woman. It’s not just her accent! Hear how has grown in the program and why she revisits it every year. Additional Music by Kevin MacLeod http://www.incompetech.com

My guest today is Jon Boorman, CMT, a market technician, analyst, and trader with 25 years of experience in global equity, FOREX, and futures markets. Boorman employs trend following and momentum strategies to generate actionable trade ideas. Boorman has been with many big firms in the past 25 years, but now works on his own outside of the infrastructure of the big investment banks and brokerage firms.  The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: What it was like working within the big firms Boorman's beginnings and how he found his way to where he is today What advice Boorman would have for newcomers, and whether the training Boorman went through is still relevant to up-and-comers today How regardless of your access, success comes down to the individual Price-based trend following vs. other technical analysis Boorman's early "a-ha" moments towards trend following Trend following complexity, and why it can be "simple, but not easy" Trading your own personality Van Tharp, risk management and position sizing Trend predicting vs. trend following The fantasy of calling tops and bottoms Why the major media outlets don't give trend following proper coverage, and why trend followers don't make good "copy" Mistaken emphasis on entries rather than exits The idea that Boorman "no longer having a need to be right" after he left Lehman Brothers Alpha capture Acceptance of trend following amongst the larger financial community Understanding the legendary trend following traders such as Bill Dunn and Jerry Parker Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Michael Covel speaks with Jon Boorman, CMT, a market technician, analyst, and trader with 25 years of experience in global equity, FOREX, and futures markets. Boorman employs trend following and momentum strategies to generate actionable trade ideas. Boorman has been with many big firms in the past 25 years, but now works on his own outside of the infrastructure of the big investment banks and brokerage firms. Covel and Boorman discuss what it was like working within the big firms; Boorman's beginnings and how he found his way to where he is today; what advice Boorman would have for newcomers, and whether the training Boorman went through is still relevant to up-and-comers today; how regardless of your access, success comes down to the individual; price-based trend following vs. other technical analysis; Boorman's early "a-ha" moments towards trend following; trend following complexity, and why it can be "simple, but not easy"; trading your own personality; Van Tharp, risk management and position sizing; trend predicting vs. trend following; the fantasy of calling tops and bottoms; why the major media outlets don't give trend following proper coverage, and why trend followers don't make good "copy"; mistaken emphasis on entries rather than exits; the idea that Boorman "no longer having a need to be right" after he left Lehman Brothers; alpha capture; acceptance of trend following amongst the larger financial community; and understanding the legendary trend following traders such as Bill Dunn and Jerry Parker. Want a free trend following DVD: go to trendfollowing.com/win.

My guest today is Van Tharp. Tharp runs the Van Tharp Institute and is the author of four acclaimed books. He was also featured in Jack Schwager's Market Wizard's: Interviews with Great Traders. Van Tharp received his Ph.D. in psychology, is a certified Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), a Certified Master Time Line Therapist, a certified Modeler of NLP, and an Assistant Trainer of NLP. He has used his expertise in NLP to create the successful models of trading and investing upon which so much of his work is based. Tharp also was also considered for the original Turtle program with Richard Dennis and Bill Eckhardt.  The topic is trading psychology. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Tharp's psychological expertise to explain why trading psychology is so important to being a successful trader Importance of happiness in relation to trading psychology The influence of Tom Basso, Bill Eckhardt, and Ed Seykota (and his concept of "market's money") The notion of self-sabotage Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Michael Covel interviews Van Tharp. Van Tharp runs the Van Tharp Institute and is the author of four acclaimed books published by McGraw Hill: Super Trader, Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom, and Financial Freedom Through Electronic Day Trading. He was also featured in Jack Schwager's Market Wizard's: Interviews with Great Traders. Van Tharp received his Ph.D. in psychology, is a certified Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), a Certified Master Time Line Therapist, a certified Modeler of NLP, and an Assistant Trainer of NLP. He has used his expertise in NLP to create the successful models of trading and investing upon which so much of his work is based. Tharp also was also considered for the original Turtle program with Richard Dennis and Bill Eckhardt. Covel uses Tharp's psychological expertise to explain why trading psychology is so important to being a successful trader. Many people attribute the phrase "trading psychology" to Tharp, and he's also done a lot of work in the area of position sizing. Covel and Tharp discuss these topics in addition to the importance of happiness in relation to trading psychology; the influence of Tom Basso, Bill Eckhardt, and Ed Seykota (and his concept of "market's money"); and the notion of self-sabotage. Special Offer: receive free DVD delivered to your home or office: www.trendfollowing.com/win.