the classic book that introduced the investment industry to the concept of trading psychologywith rare insight based on his firsthand commodity trading experience author mark douglas demonstrates how the mental matters that allow us function effectively in society are often psychological barriers in trading after examining how we develop losing attitudes this book prepares you for a thorough mental housecleaning of deeply rooted thought processes and then it shows the reader how to develop and apply attitudes and behaviors that transcend psychological obstacles and lead to successthe disciplined trader helps you join the elite few who have learned how to control their trading behavior the few traders who consistently take the greatest percentage of profits out of the market by developing a systematic stepbystep approach to winning week after week month after monththe book is divided into three parts an overview of the psychological requirements of the trading environment a definition of the problems and challenges of becoming a successful trader basic insights into what behavior may need to be changed and how to build a framework for accomplishing this goal how to develop specific trading skills based on a clear objective perspective on market actiona groundbreaking work published in 1990 examining as to why most traders cannot raise their equity on a consistent basis bringing the reader to practical conclusions to go about changing any limiting mindsetlarry pesavento tradingtutorcom