The market is a perfect mirror: it shows not the price of an asset, but the price of your fear.
You've read Mark Douglas. Maybe Taleb. You know about risk management, stop-losses, you've seen a thousand candlestick patterns. And yet…
You move your stop-loss because "it'll reverse any moment now"
You open a "revenge trade" on emotions after a loss
You close profit before the target — and watch the price keep going
What if it's not about indicators, timeframes, or "lack of discipline" — but about how your psyche is wired? About what activates in your mind when there's real money on the line?
"A trading system only works when it matches your psychotype. Everything else is violence against yourself."
Psychodynamic Approach to Trading
This book isn't about "think positive" or "just follow the rules." It's a deep analysis of how unconscious patterns control your market decisions. The model is based on the works of Nancy McWilliams, Freud, Jung, and Kernberg — translated into the language of trading.
27 chapters — from awareness to your own trading system
Why classic "trading psychology" doesn't work. What actually drives your decisions.
Three levels of personality organization. Where you are and how it affects your trading.
How to choose a system that fits your psyche, rather than fighting against it.
Find your type. Understand your defense mechanisms. Stop fighting yourself.
Market archetypes, knowledge integration, and building a sustainable trading practice.
"You know how to trade, yet you still move your stop. You open a 'revenge' trade. You close profit before the target and don't understand why."
"Greed isn't about money. It's about the void you're trying to fill."
"Discipline isn't willpower. It's the absence of inner conflict."
"The market is a perfect mirror: it shows not the price of an asset, but the price of your fear."
"A trading system only works when it matches your psychotype. Everything else is violence against yourself."
Available in print and digital formats
A free excerpt is available on Ridero before purchase
No. The book is about the psychology of making decisions with money. Useful for beginners and those who've been trading for years and are stuck in the same mistakes.
No, they cover different things. The course provides technical foundation, the book — self-understanding. They work best together.
Yes. On Ridero there's both a print book and digital formats: epub, fb2, pdfRead, mobi.
Yes, a free excerpt is available on the Ridero page.
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