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Every trader eventually confronts the same uncomfortable truth. You can master technical analysis. You can memorize every chart pattern. You can build a trading plan with precise entry and exit rules. You can backtest your strategy until the numbers sing. And then, in the live market, with real money on the line, you can still fall apart.
**Author:** Jared Tendler
**Estimated Reading Time:** 45 minutes
**What You'll Learn:**
- Why emotions are not your enemy but your most valuable source of trading intelligence - How to map your emotional patterns with clinical precision - The root causes behind greed, fear, tilt, and confidence problems - A systematic process for correcting mental game issues in real time - How to build discipline that survives market pressure - A practical framework for continuous improvement as a trader
**Who This Book Is For:**
This book is for traders who have studied the markets, developed strategies, and still find themselves making the same mistakes. It is for anyone who has ever revenge-traded after a loss, hesitated on a perfect setup, or watched profits evaporate because they could not pull the trigger. If you have ever felt that your emotions are sabotaging your trading, this book will show you that the problem is not your emotions. The problem is that you never learned how to use them.
Every trader eventually confronts the same uncomfortable truth. You can master technical analysis. You can memorize every chart pattern. You can build a trading plan with precise entry and exit rules. You can backtest your strategy until the numbers sing. And then, in the live market, with real money on the line, you can still fall apart. You take a trade you should not have taken. You exit a winning position too early. You freeze when the perfect setup appears. You double your position size after a loss, trying to win it all back. You break every rule you wrote down, and then you spend the evening wondering what is wrong with you. Most trading education assumes this problem does not exist. Books teach you how to read the market. Courses teach you how to structure a trade. Mentors teach you how to identify setups. But almost nobody teaches you how to manage the person who is doing the trading. That person is the real variable. That person is you. Jared Tendler spent years working with professional poker players before turning his attention to traders. What he discovered was that the mental game challenges in trading are not unique. They follow patterns. They have identifiable causes. And most importantly, they can be solved with the same systematic rigor that traders apply to their technical analysis. The core problem, Tendler argues, is that most traders have a fundamentally wrong relationship with their emotions. They treat emotions as the enemy. They try to suppress anger. They try to eliminate fear. They try to discipline themselves out of greed. They believe that the ideal trader is a cold, calculating machine who feels nothing. This belief is not just…
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Get the complete summary in the appEmotions are signals, not problems. Listen to them.
Map your emotional patterns. You cannot fix what you cannot see.
Use the Mental Hand History to find root causes. Fix the cause, not the symptom.
Greed is a symptom. Find the underlying issue.
Fear is a response to uncertainty. Build confidence in your edge.
Tilt is predictable. Map it and manage it.
"The Mental Game of Trading" is a strong fit if you want practical ideas around finance, psychology, business, especially themes like emotions are signals, not problems. listen to them; map your emotional patterns. you cannot fix what you cannot see. The MinuteRead summary distills these concepts into a focused read, whether you're deciding whether to buy the book or applying its lessons at work.
Jared Tendler, MS, LMHC , is a renowned expert in performance psychology, specializing in how mental game impacts success. With over 16 years of experience, he has coached world champions in poker, pool, golf, and financial trading. Tendler holds a master's degree in Counseling Psychology and is a licensed mental health counselor. His logical approach has proven effective in helping clients overcome mental obstacles and achieve peak performance. Tendler is the author of three acclaimed books on …
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