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The Disciplined Trader: Developing Winning Attitudes (Hardcover)

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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall (1 May 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0132157578
  • ISBN-13: 978-0132157575
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 98,015 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This work aims to help traders learn the critical behaviours necessary in responding to market conditions and opportunities. The author - an experienced commodities trader - has considered and confronted the problems he experienced in trading.

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Learn how to develop a complete winning attitude
With rare insight based on his first-hand commodity trading experience, Mark Douglas demonstrates why the beliefs learned to function effectively in society are often formidable psychological barriers in trading. "The Disciplined Trader" helps you join the elite few who have learned how to control their trading behavior by developing a systematic, step-by-step approach for winning -- week after week, month after month.

In a comprehensive and logical manner, Mark Douglas shows you how to examine and limit your trading behavior -- how to develop the mental discipline possessed by the small minority of winners who make money consistently.

Mark Douglas is President of Trading Behavior Dynamics, Inc. A successful commodities trader himself, Mark has drawn on his own experiences - as well as observations of countless other traders in his consulting business to identify and develop methods for overcoming counterproductive trading behaviors. He conducts his own seminars and workshops for leading commodities and brokerage organizations as well as being an invited speaker at numerous investment conferences around the world.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The most in-depth book on trading psychology of our time!, 22 Jul 1999
By A Customer
I read this book three times. Each time I read it, I learned more about myself and my trading. Also, I recommend Trading in the Zone, by Mark. As you can see, the negative reviews are written by those whom are in denial about their trading psychology. To you negative critics, I say, there are no easy answers. You must be willing to honestly assess your trading mentality. Mark explains the psychology required to be successful in the markets in a very clear and effective manner. To prospetive buyers, I say, invest your time and money wisely and buy this book. He is one of the leading market-psychology experts of our time.
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Poorly Organised, UNREFINED but WONDERFUL ARGUMENTS, 14 May 2003
I have read this book more than 3 times, and am still reading it because of two reasons:
1. The ARGUMENT holds water and can defenitely be USEFUL in effecting positive change in trading behaviour and consequent trading results.
2. The ideas are UNREFINED, presented CLUMSILY and poorly organised with a lot of repitition and unnecessary rattling of words. There are general marking of the direction but no clear road marks for a trader to follow.
That is why I am reading it again and again in a hope to refine the ideas into a more practiceable form. I would not vote against it if you are ready to put effort to organise yourself the ideas in this book. However, as a trader with necessary knowledge of psychology, I find this book dangerous at points when author becomes too specific suggesting tools to effect psychological change with an apparently poor knowledge of psychology, hypnosis and NLP.
I have given it 3STARS only because of it's fundamental arguments about the nature of the market and mental resources needed for trading success. These ideas are no doubt worth knowing at this price.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars good stuff, 8 Jan 2002
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Even though Douglas' habit of using more words than necessary does occasionally grate, and some of the metaphors are a bit wild, this is a stirring read. It really got me thinking about how I trade and what I can do to imrprove it. My only real criticism is that bits of his scientific understanding are incorrect; the section on "mental energy" is fairly torturous to read, and some of the science he invokes is full of schoolboy errors. For example, he doesn't know about wave/particual duality or even Einstein's famous matter/energy relation E=mc2. However, this shortcoming is largely irrelevant as it is not crucial to his argument. If you overlook this and concentrate on what he does know about, you'll find this is a first-class read.
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3.0 out of 5 stars the last 20 pages worth a look - ignore the rest
The author highlights important questions in psychology of trading but fails to give a clear answer and/or very least to speculate on the subject in comprehensible terms. Read more
Published 11 months ago by biomax2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Could use some editing
This is despite the presentation a great book. Poorly organized but well worth a read. I am a professional trader and have no use for another book on technical analysis or... Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2007 by L. Wiberg

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential addition to any trading library
Trading is 90% psychological and 10% technical, you need courage to buy near the bottom and patience to wait through all the fluctuations and retracements. Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2006 by D. DALBY

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book for traders who think
If you've got to the stage in your trading where you've realised that the action is taking place in your mind, and that your mental approach is all important, this book is for... Read more
Published on 30 Nov 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent, insightful book
As soon as I started reading the book I knew it was for me. The ideas and concepts in the book are well presented, if somewhat repetitive. Read more
Published on 24 Aug 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Sounds good on paper but specious
Mr Douglas has produced an unoriginal work that draws on standard and worn out ideas. While his intentions may be good he misses the mark, clearly coming from a perspective of... Read more
Published on 19 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Make the small investment for a lifetime of success
To the last negative review written - what are you talking about? Mr. Douglas has been a trader since the early 1980s - if you had even read his books (which I doubt), or talked... Read more
Published on 13 Aug 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars Successful Trading Record???
How can one secure a record indicating that Mr. Douglas has ever traded successfully?Being a trading coach is that really it? Read more
Published on 6 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars BUY IT!
To the last reviewer - obviously you don't know much about Mr. Douglas' reputation in the trading industry. Read more
Published on 3 Aug 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Humdrum
I doubt the author is a trader.Is he writing from the perspective of a successful trader who has earned a market tested opinion,or from that of a commodities broker who... Read more
Published on 2 Aug 1999

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