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Appeals of the Abundance Mindset by G.

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Editor’s Note: G (who requested anonymity) is a client with an engineering background who has been working on developing trading systems for the last several years. Over the next coming weeks, we will feature his articles which take a deeper look into Van’s concepts including trading genius, abundance and belief systems. This is article 2 of 3. To read his previous article, click HERE. Van occasionally notes that most people’s model of abundance is incorrect. Curious, I decided to see what kinds of Abundance models I could find. In short […]

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What is Genius? Is There a Genius Trading State?, by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

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PART 1 Think about what Sir John Templeton did in 1999 at the heart of the dot.com stock bubble. He took his entire personal fortune and shorted various dot.com stocks. At the time, that behavior might have sounded insane. After all, those stocks could move 10% each day in that period … and usually the big move days were to the upside. But John Templeton shorted and stayed with those shorts through the dot.com crash. You might consider that to be a stroke of genius. Let’s consider what John Paulson

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 A Message from Van K. Tharp About His Peak Performance Home Study Course

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 A Message from Van K. Tharp About His Peak Performance Home Study Course Dear Trader, Many students want to know, what is the best possible step I can take to expand my understanding of the best trading practices. By far, my recommendation is my Peak Performance Home Study Course. At $795 my students tell us over and over what a bargain it is when compared to the many thousands of dollars the knowledge gained from the course saved them in trading mistakes.  But for many there is a lack of

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