The Psychology of Trading
by Brett N. Steenbarger · Brett N. Steenbarger
A clinical psychologist and trading coach applies brief-therapy techniques to market behavior, using trader case studies. Readers finish able to recognize emotional patterns that distort their own decisions and apply structured self-observation methods to change them.
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