书名:Hedge Fund Masters How Top Hedge Fund Traders Set Goals, Overcome Barriers,and Achieve Peak Performance
作者:Ari Kiev
出版社: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
出版日期:Published 2005
格式:291页,PDF格式 0.76MB
Contents
Preface xiii
Introduction 1
PART ONE What Is Mastery?
CHAPTER 1 Defining Mastery 7
The Psychology of Mastery 7
Case Study on the Need for Mastery 8
Formulating a Vision 12
Case Study on Making Commitments 13
Enhancing the Process 18
Case Study on Becoming a Master Trader 19
Staying Totally Present 23
Being an Individual 25
CHAPTER 2 Developing the Vision 29
What Is Your Life Principle? 30
How Life Principles Work 31
Vision: The First Step 34
Creating a New Perspective 35
Case Study on Visualizing and Realizing a Goal 36
Using the Vision as a Positive Tool 39
Case Study on Using the Goal as a Positive Force 39
Establishing a Vision 45
Case Study on Setting Goals 46
How Old Life Principles Show Up in Trading 48
Conquering Creative Frustration 49
Jump Out of That Plane 51
Case Study on Consciously Expanding Your Game 51
Thinking Outside the “Nine Dots” 54
Case Study on Thinking Creatively 55
Letting Go of Results 60
Case Study on Taking Responsibility for Your Actions 61
How to Think about This New Approach 66
PART TWO How Do You Get There?
CHAPTER 3 Planning a Strategy 71
Laying the Foundation 72
Case Study on Initial Issues of Strategy Planning 74
Digging Deeper 80
Case Study on Mining Data 80
Handling Cognitive Dissonance 84
Case Study on Looking for Cognitive Dissonance 84
Developing a Variant Perception 90
Case Study I on Developing a Variant Perception 91
Case Study II on Developing a Variant Perception 94
Measuring Your Results 99
Case Study on Measuring Results to Modify Your Strategy 100
Concentrating on Your Strategy 103
Cultivating Concentration 103
CHAPTER 4 Learning to Center 107
Understanding the Relaxation Response 109
Learning to Relax 109
Case Study on Learning to Relax and Center 110
Becoming Nonattached, or Learning to Let Go 112
Case Study on Centering to Overcome Discomfort 113
Putting Centering into Practice 117
Case Study on Centering to Share Your Vision 118
Exercise One: The Relaxation Response 124
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CHAPTER 5 Visualizing Success 127
Using Visualization 128
Case Study on Visualization and Meditation 129
Gaining Focus 131
Relaxing to Gain Focus 131
Case Study on Visual Imagery and Focus 132
Staying Positive 134
Using Visualization to Your Best Advantage 135
Mastering Negativity through Desensitization 136
Defining the Context 137
Case Study in Visualizing the Future of Stocks 138
Case Study in Using Visualization for Portfolio Management 140
Exercise Two: Relaxing to Gain Focus 144
Exercise Three: Focusing on Trades 144
Exercise Four: Visualizing to Your Best Advantage 145
Exercise Five: Mastering Negativity 145
PART THREE What’s in the Way?
CHAPTER 6 The Source of All Fears 149
Automatic Thoughts and Reactions 149
Your Internal Map 151
Thinking Makes It So 152
Adrenaline, Fear, and the Stress Response 153
A Sense of Inadequacy 155
“I Must Have Done Something Wrong” 157
Fear Lives in the Past 158
Stuck in the Past, Paralyzed in the Present 159
Defeated by Denial 160
Reduced Effort or Avoidance 161
The Pernicious Status Quo 162
Rationalization: A Recipe for Failure 163
The “Winning” Dilemma 164
Summary: The Source of All Your Fears 165
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CHAPTER 7 Coping with Emotions 167
Finding an Ally in Anxiety 168
Exercise Six: Riding Out Anxiety 170
Case Study on Controlling Anxiety 171
Experiencing Euphoria 173
Case Study on the “Golden Dollar” 174
Discerning Depression 176
Case Study on Recovering after 9/11 176
Case Study on Monitoring Emotional Experiences 178
Concerning Confusion, Frustration, and Uncertainty 181
Case Study on Dealing with Difficult Markets 181
Mastering Your Emotions 183
Case Study on Mastering the Emotions of Active Trading 183
CHAPTER 8 Overcoming Obstacles 187
The Stopping Point 187
Case Study on Issues of Resistance 188
Perfectionism, or the Excessive Need to Win 193
Case Study on Overintellectualizing 194
Avoidance and Denial 196
Case Study on Avoiding Trades 197
Accepting the Odds 200
Case Study on the Reluctance to Get Bigger 200
Rationalization 202
Case Study on Rationalizing Failure 203
Compulsivity 205
Case Study on Reacting Compulsively 205
Magical Thinking 209
Case Study on Magical Thinking 210
Reacting to Stress 212
PART FOUR What Comes Next?
CHAPTER 9 Making the Commitment, Taking the Risks 217
Commitment—The Key Attitude 217
What Do You Look Like When You Are Committed? 220
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Saying Goodbye to the Familiar 222
How to Monitor Yourself 223
Approaching the Goal 224
Patience and Pacing 225
Case Study on How to React to a Breakdown 226
Creative Thinking and Risk 228
The Rewards of Risk 234
Commitment Is an Ongoing Process 237
Taking Advice from Others 238
Becoming a Coach 239
CHAPTER 10 Becoming a Master 243
Finding Direction 245
Case Study on Regaining Focus 245
Case Study on Reverse Engineering 247
Learning to Be Flexible 251
Building Force and Momentum 255
Case Study on Regaining Momentum after Loss 257
Case Study on Sizing Positions to Sustain Momentum 260
A Sense of Competence 262
Index 267
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