Trading Beyond the Matrix: The Red Pill for Traders and Investors

408 Pages·2013·4.52 MB·English

by  Van Tharp

Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Section I: Transformation of the Trading Game:
Understanding the Basics
Chapter 1: I Just Made 130 Percent—and That Was Just
the Beginning
Learning to Trade
Tharp Think 101
Not All Lessons Are Equal
Finally, Some Winning Marbles
Chapter 2: The Automation of Tharp Think
My Journey into Doing the Trading Myself
Training Someone Else
Why This Is Possible
Addendum
Chapter 3: From Commercial Loan Officer to Financially
Free Trader Investor
My Initial Psychological Changes
What I’ve Learned about the Trading Game
Getting a System That Works
Trading Psychology
How My Life Has Changed
Chapter 4: From Army Major to Systems Expert
What I Have Learned and How I Have Changed
Transformations
Performance
Chapter 5: Using Tharp Think to Go from Full-Time
Broker to Full-Time Trader
My New Venture
Where I Am Now
Chapter 6: Adapting Tharp Think to Your Trading
Area One: Thoroughly Understand the Principles of Successful
Trading
Part 1: Learning to Trade Is Hard Work, But It Can Be Taught
Part 2: Knowing Yourself
Part 3: Mistakes
Part 4: Objectives and Position Sizing Strategies
Part 5: Probability and Reward-to-Risk Assessment
Part 6: Systems and Market Type
Steps to Learning Tharp Think
Section II: Psychological Transformations to
Help You Function at a Superior Level within
the Matrix
Chapter 7: Beliefs: The Basis for the Matrix
Understanding the Impact of Beliefs Will Change Your Life
How I Create My Experience
You Are the Awareness of Thoughts that Flow through You
Belief Hierarchy
Changing Your Beliefs
Everything Has the Meaning You Give It
Chapter 8: A Journey through the Stunning World of
Feelings and Trapped Emotions
The Turning Point
Self-Sabotage Models
Accepting My Feelings
Where I Am Now
Note from Editor: Feeling Release as a Metric for Awakening
Chapter 9: You Are a Crowd of Conflicting Parts Inside
Exercise: Have a Parts Party
Interview with a CBOE Floor Trader
Working with Dr. Van Tharp
Dealing with Conflicting Parts
What’s Changed Since Then
Where I Am Now (Several Years Later)
Chapter 10: My Inner Guidance: A Personal Journey of
Miracles
My Personal Journey
Conversations with God
Deeksha or the Oneness Blessing
My Relationship with Mitzi
My Current Inner Guidance
Revisiting the Transformed Engineering Professor
My Relationship with Durga Grows
Oneness with God
Bond with the Divine
The Nature of the Relationship Is Critical
What Does this Mean for You and for Your Trading?
Some Recent Updates
Chapter 11: My Experiences Using Transformational
Meditation
“I” Have a Problem Using and Relating to the Word “God”
Five Transformations
Some More “Little i’s” That Didn’t Get the Message
Dealing with Mistakes
Closing Reflections
An Addendum
Chapter 12: Creating Your Own World
Nine Steps to Mastering Yourself
Section III: Moving Beyond the Matrix by
Transforming Your Level of Consciousness
Chapter 13: How I Turbocharged My Transformational
Journey
Discovering the Linchpin
Transformations Turbocharged!
Taming My Unconscious Fear of Becoming a Millionaire
A Snapshot of Before and After
The Turbocharged Transformational Model
Conclusion
Chapter 14: From Engineer to Spiritual Warrior: A
Trading Journey
Timeline 1: Downhill Accelerating
Timeline 2: Crawling out of the Pit
Transformation 1: Dropping the Pain of Past Projections
Transformation 2: Firsthand Experience of a Benign Universe
Transformation 3: Realizing My Purpose
Transformation 4: Finding a Vehicle That Suits Me
Transformation 5: Become an Active Manager of Emotional
States
Bottom Line: Net Winner in Life
Chapter 15: A Professional Trader’s Journey beyond the
Matrix
My Early Trading Experiences
Stumbling on the Van Tharp Institute
Key Lesson 1: Taking Personal Responsibility
Key Lesson 2: Able to Deal with Thoughts, Emotions, and
Actions
Key Lesson 3: Knowing My Thoughts Are Not Mine
Key Lesson 4: Trusting My Inner Guidance
Key Lesson 5: Understanding That the World Is Perfect
Key Lesson 6: Knowing My Purpose
Key Lesson 7: Reinventing Myself
So Where Am I Now?
Chapter 16: My Journey to Trading in the Now
My Transformation Journey
How It Happened
Where Am I Now?
Editor’s Note
Chapter 17: Thoughts on Raising Your Level of
Consciousness
Some Exercises for Trading in the Now
Trading in the Now
Level IV Transformation
Questions on Raising Your Level of Consciousness
Chapter 18: Continuing the Journey
Area Three: Develop a Personal Business Handbook for
Trading/Investing
Area Four: Assessing Your Preparation for Trading
Area Five: Understand Your Trading Mistakes
Appendix: Recommended Readings
Appendix: Key Words Defined
About the Author
A Personal Invitation from Dr. Van K. Tharp
Index

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Tharp, Van K.
Trading beyond the matrix : the red pill for traders and investors/Van K. Tharp,
Ph.D.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-118-52566-1 (cloth); ISBN 978-1-118-54201-9 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-
118-54202-6 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-54211-8 (ebk) 1. Speculation. 2. Stocks. 3.
Investments. 4. Investments—Psychological aspects. I. Title.
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