The Mind of a Trader

by Alpesh Patel

Book Overview

When it comes to trading what makes a winner? Is it inborn, or can it be learned? Is there a psychological secret? Don't worry about looking for the answers. It could take you a lifetime. Read about... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0273630067
• ISBN13: 9780273630067
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: FT Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Expects to do very well

This book should go from strength to strength. The chapters are exceptionally good. I have become a Patel fan and have ordered his Trading Online book today. Great reading.

What more can I say

The other reviewers say it all really. This is a future bestseller and a classic. I thought at first, "oh yeah, seen it before, how can it have original content?" But even after reading just the first chapter I realised that there was so much about trading in here which as ever put to paper before.The author gets insight and then explains it wonderfully. My trading attitude has changed for sure and I know my trading will too.Forget training courses and other expensive gimmicks, you will earn back the cost of this book many times over.

Does what it promises

At last a title that actually does what it promises and gets into the mind of a trader. It was refreshing that the content was not just descriptive of what traders do, but also prescriptive in terms of what we lesser mortals should do.I have been trading for a number of years and found this book illuminating. My heartiest congratulations.The only disappointment was that there were no women traders.

Ivy League Book

It's the kind of book they would give you at Yale Trading School - and that's a compliment.I was particularly impressed by the calibre of interviewee. And unlike similar books it's not just a transcript of a conversation but there is lots of explanation and clarification, so the next time you sit down to trade you can really relate to what is being said.The book is organised very helpfully; with quotes, sub-headings, end of chapter summaries and a conclusion at the end of the book as well, so that the key points are easily picked up and remembered. Consequently reading the book does not become just a forgotten joy but remains a utilisable education.

Informative, yet funny

The best thing about this book was that as well as telling me what traders do to make vast fortunes, it told me it in a very readable way.It breaks the mould of typical finance/investment books.