+44 (0)1730 233870
basket 0 items @ £
View Basket

High Performance Trading

35 Practical Strategies and Techniques to Enhance Your Trading Psychology and Performance

By Steve Ward
Cover of High Performance Trading (Paperback) by Steve Ward Cover of High Performance Trading (Mobile Phone) Cover of High Performance Trading (Tablet)
Read sample on Volow What is Volow?
Add to Basket

Free eBook with every Print Edition

Claim your free eBook now

Product Information

Format(s): -

ISBN(s): -

Published:

Edition:

Author:

No. of pages:

SKU(s): -

About the Author

Steve Ward

Steve Ward is passionate about enhancing performance and has over 25 years of teaching, coaching and training experience. Prior to starting work with traders and fund managers in 2005, he worked with elite athletes and teams as a sports and performance psychology coach, and has also worked as a performance coach to professional poker players.

Steve works with traders, fund managers, analysts ... Read more on Steve Ward

Contents Listing

About the Author
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction

Part One - Planning and Preparing for Trading Success

STRATEGY 1: Set Yourself Up for Success
STRATEGY 2: It's Down to You
STRATEGY 3: Fuelling Success - Motivation and Commitment
STRATEGY 4: Develop a Compelling Vision of Trading Success
STRATEGY 5: T.R.A.D.E. to Success - Goal Achievement Strategies
STRATEGY 6: Know Who You Need to Become
STRATEGY 7: Find Your Magic - Developing Your Trading Strategy
STRATEGY 8: Identify Your Critical Performance Factors
STRATEGY 9: Be P.R.E.Pared!
STRATEGY 10: Create a High-Performance Environment

Part Two - Decision-Making, Discipline and Flawless Execution

STRATEGY 11: Discipline and Your Ideal Trading State
STRATEGY 12: Deal With Distraction: Refocussing Strategies
STRATEGY 13: Stay Calm When the Pressure is On
STRATEGY 14: Get Energised - Manage Your Energy Levels
STRATEGY 15: Run Your Profits, Cut Your Losses
STRATEGY 16: Handle Losses Like a Winner
STRATEGY 17: Parking Errors - Dealing Effectively With Mistakes
STRATEGY 18: Be Wary of Overconfidence
STRATEGY 19: Deal With Negative Emotions Positively
STRATEGY 20: Embrace Risk and Uncertainty
STRATEGY 21: Pull the Trigger - Overcome Hesitation and Fear
STRATEGY 22: Understand That More is Not Always More
STRATEGY 23: Transform Adversity Into Challenge
STRATEGY 24: When Times Are Great, Keep Them Great

Part Three - Evaluation, Analysis and Improving and Sustaining Performance

STRATEGY 25: Learn More - Keep Getting Better
STRATEGY 26: Know Your Score - Measuring Trading Performance
STRATEGY 27: Develop Winning Routines and Rituals
STRATEGY 28: Build Resilience
STRATEGY 29: Manage Stress
STRATEGY 30: Achieve Balance
STRATEGY 31: Plan Your Growth
STRATEGY 32: Generate New Trading Behaviours
STRATEGY 33: Utilise Your Strengths and Successes
STRATEGY 34: Mind Your Language
STRATEGY 35: Be Persistent!
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction

Part One - Planning and Preparing for Trading Success

STRATEGY 1: Set Yourself Up for Success
STRATEGY 2: It's Down to You
STRATEGY 3: Fuelling Success - Motivation and Commitment
STRATEGY 4: Develop a Compelling Vision of Trading Success
STRATEGY 5: T.R.A.D.E. to Success - Goal Achievement Strategies
STRATEGY 6: Know Who You Nee ...

Useful Links

In order to help you to maximise your learning from the book please see the link for some resources that may be useful.

Jacket Text

High Performance Trading provides proven practical techniques and strategies to help traders of all abilities, experience levels and styles to enhance their trading performance and psychology.

Based on practical coaching and training interventions, personal experiences, the latest research and feedback, and advice from leading traders, trading coaches and trading psychologists, this book offers something for everyone who wants to become a better trader.

- Discover how to avoid the common pitfalls of trading and how to take the practical steps that can set you up for trading success.

- Strengthen your trading discipline as you discover the art of flawless execution.

- Develop and hone your mental edge through learning to think like a successful trader.

- Programme yourself for trading success with powerful mental conditioning techniques.

- Develop unshakeable focus and concentration and learn how to get into the trading zone.

- Understand how to achieve and sustain a core of trading confidence.

- Learn how to utilise simple techniques to manage your emotional states.

- Build resilience to cope with trading stresses, and pressures and manage losses, setbacks and errors.

- Move towards greater consistency and success in your trading performance.

Professional Reviews

"There is more to trading than blindly following a set of rules. 'High Performance Trading' is a very important book as it recognises the similarities between top athletes and top traders and what to do to achieve winning trading strategies, especially from a mental perspective. I would wholly recommend this book in the library of any trader, both novice as well as advanced." - Lex Van Dam, Hedge Fund Manager

Other books by this author

Cover of Sports Betting to Win by Steve Ward Cover of Sports Betting to Win on Tablet by Steve Ward Cover of Sports Betting to Win on Mobile by Steve Ward
Sports Betting to Win
From £12.99

Media Coverage

MoneyMaker Magazine

In 2005, sports and performance psychology coach Steve Ward received an invitation from an unexpected quarter: a major trading institution in London.

Till then he had worked with elite athletes, ...

Read more

Educational Book Review

The book is based on the authors personal practical experience in coaching and training, the latest research, and advice from the leading readers, coaches and trading psychologists. It also offers ...

Read more

Traders Magazine

Steve Ward's first book "High Performance Trading ? 35 Practical Strategies and Techniques to Enhance Your Trading Psychology and Performance" is a practical guide designed to help traders improve ...

Read more

Your Trading Edge

Steve Ward is a UK-based performance consultant and trading coach who was first exposed to the trading world in 2005.

Billed as a practical guide, this book is aimed at traders who are seeking to ...

Read more

CMC Markets

He once compared traders with athletes who need to be at their top form to excel. But he went further to say that traders face a much more demanding environment rife with more complex and ...

Read more

Issuu.com

The Exchange Book Club - The Thinking Trader's Answer to Oprah- The Exchange Magazine 7th September 2011

Read more

Moneyshow.com

Steve Ward was a guest speaker on 'High Performance Trading - Nine Practical Strategies To Maximise Your Profitability' at The International Traders Expo 9th April 2011

Read more

Media Review

"Offers something for everyone who wants to become a better trader."- Educational Book Review7th July 2010

Read more

Media Review


Steve Ward presents an evening of High Performance Trading sponsored by PaddyPowerTrader in London12th March 2010

Read more

Media Review

Practical and useful approaches, strategies and techniques that can be integrated into trading to improve current performance- Traders magazineMarch 2010

Read more

Media Review

Reading this book should certainly help to achieve improvements in discipline and consistency and ultimately personal and trading success.- Your Trading EdgeFebruary 2010

Read more

Media Review

This book has a lot to offer when it comes to developing a trader's mind and performance...offers some very accessible suggestions.- CMC Australia, November 2009

Read more

FXStreet.com

Are you interested in buying Steve Ward's 'High Performance Trading'. Watch this presentation by Steve Ward and discover what you can learn with this amazingly useful book

Read more

Media Enquiries

If you'd like to get in touch with the author for interview or comment, or you'd like a review copy of this product,
please contact us at pr@harriman-house.com or call +44 (0)1730 269809.

Rights

For information on available rights, please contact rights@harriman-house.com

Bulk purchases

Discounts for bulk purchases and there are premium editions available. Please contact specialsales@harriman-house.com for a quote.

Harriman House

Titles

Authors

Press

Trade

Enter your email address to receive your free ebook

By requesting this free eBook, you agree to let us email you
about future Harriman House offers. We will not sell your details
to a third party and you can un-subscribe at any time.
A valid email address is required to receive your download link.