Dr. Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

About the Author: Trading coach, and author, Dr. Van K. Tharp is widely recognized for his best-selling books and his outstanding Peak Performance Home Study program – a highly regarded classic that is suitable for all levels of traders and investors. You can learn more about Van Tharp www.vantharp.com.

Scaffolding: A New Tharp Think Concept By, Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

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 Tharp’s content is timeless, this article is from our newsletter archive and may contain outdated information, missing links or images. One of my Super Traders is almost finished with the program and just submitted his three trading systems for approval. His three different systems each trade a particular market under various conditions. There was nothing unusual about his systems until we got to his SQNSM scores — they were all in the “Holy Grail” range — mostly above 10. Now those results were based on […]

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Understanding Your Motivation Criteria by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

People usually make decisions or judgments based upon certain criteria. Whether you are deciding what to have for lunch or who to marry, you have criteria for the decision that help you determine which way to go. For example, think about becoming a Super Trader — and let’s say you could consistently make 2% (or more) in the market each month no matter what the market type was. Think about how that would feel. So see yourself doing that, feel really good, and that could motivate you to take action.

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Understanding The Phenomenon of Projection by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

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 Tharp’s content is timeless, this article is from our newsletter archive and may contain outdated information, missing links or images. A presupposition of my book Trading Beyond the Matrix is that the world we live in is all made up. We create it through our language, through our beliefs, and through our evaluations about things. What’s out there in the real world is just energy, vibrations. Our sensory systems pick up a small portion of those vibrations. For example, the cones in your eye pick up

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Why Science Evolves and Humanity Stagnates: Or I Hate You For Your Discrimination By, Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

A note to readers: While Dr. Tharp’s content is timeless, this article is from our newsletter archive and may contain outdated information or missing images. Have you ever wondered why science continues to evolve, developing more complex models, explaining more, and allowing us to create more while humanity stagnates and continues to be in conflict — often approaching war? All you have to do is look at American politics (or at politics of any other nation for that matter) to see the idea in action. Alfred Korzybski left Europe during

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On the Importance of Saying “Thank You” By, Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

Originally published in Tharp’s Thoughts #709 November 25, 2014 One of my Super Traders recently mentioned that he was doing the 28-day course by Rhonda Byrne from her newest book, The Magic. I was quite curious, what is this 28-day course? I was in Australia at the time and Byrne is Australian so I knew that I would be able to find the book in the local bookstores.   Once I found it, I photo-read the entire book in about 15 minutes and decided that I needed to buy it. I

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