Trading psychology, belief systems, and probability-based execution.
Mark Douglas explains why consistency in trading comes from mindset, risk acceptance, and learning to think in probabilities instead of trying to predict every outcome.
A unique outcome is not something we have already experienced, therefore it is not something we can already know
Trading in the ZonePages 95-95
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Explaining why accepting unknowability is essential to probability-based trading
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A creative occurrence can cause us to be attracted to or desire something that is in direct conflict with one or more of our beliefs
Trading in the ZonePages 92-92
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Explaining the psychological dilemma when new experiences contradict held beliefs.
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A creative experience as the experience of anything new or outside the boundaries imposed by our beliefs
Trading in the ZonePages 92-92
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Defining how encountering new information challenges existing belief structures.
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When I started trading in 1978, technical analysis was used by only a handful of traders, who were considered by the rest of the market community to be, at the very least, crazy.
Trading in the ZonePages 11-12
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Historical perspective on how perspectives on trading methodology have evolved
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What happened to the boy's natural sense of curiosity?
Trading in the ZonePages 51-51
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Douglas questions how traumatic memories override initial neutral or positive states.
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Necessity is the mother of all invention
Trading in the ZonePages 23-23
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Illustrating how needs create mental vacuums that inspire thoughts and movement toward fulfillment
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Money doesn't grow on trees
Trading in the ZonePages 85-85
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Example of how negative beliefs about money are formed in childhood
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