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A note to readers: While Dr. Tharp’s content is timeless, this article is from our newsletter archive and may contain outdated information, missing links or images. There are several methods for growing your trading business, especially when capital isn’t a problem. At first glance, they might seem obvious, but I’ve found that most people still don’t think about them enough, let alone implement them. Here are five key ways to grow your trading business: 1. Develop new, improved trading systems. Each system can help you make more profits, especially if it

A note to readers: While Dr. Tharp’s content is timeless, this article is from our newsletter archive and may contain outdated information, missing links or images. PART 1 People tend to think it’s hard to develop trading systems. I believe that having a process to follow makes developing trading systems a learnable skill. Let’s list the steps you might take to develop a low-risk idea and then look at each step in detail: Knowing the big picture and trading a strategy that will work given that big picture; Developing a

A note to readers: While Dr. Tharp’s content is timeless, this article is from our newsletter archive and may contain outdated information, missing links or images. Our mission at The Van Tharp Institute (VTI) is transformation through a financial metaphor.  Earlier in the year, I wrote a series of articles on the three different levels of transformation that we take people through. I thought I’d revisit the topic today to see if I could get additional feedback from our customers about a Level I transformation that you’ve experienced. The first level we

A note to readers: While Dr. Tharp’s content is timeless, this article is from our newsletter archive and may contain outdated information, missing links or images. From a big picture standpoint, I believe we entered a secular bear market back in 2000. Secular bear markets historically last on average about 15-20 years, so we still have quite a ways to go with this one. Being in a secular bear market doesn’t mean that prices decline for 15-20 years; however, it does mean that the price-to-earnings ratio for the stock market