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15 Elements of a Good Business Plan By, Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

May 19, 2022 May 19, 2022 / 2 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

Editor’s Note: Dr. Van Tharp’s content is timeless and our goal is to continue to share his material with our readers. Today’s tip is material from a past article, “Business Planning, An Important Consideration for Traders”. Trading is a business. It’s a profession. It’s a skill to learn. Most businesses fail because they fail to plan. Business planning is the backbone of success. It shows you where you’re coming from and helps you to organize your thoughts and your objectives so you can create a plan to keep you trading …

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System Design by Market Type By, Van K. Tharp and R.J. Hixson

May 12, 2022 May 12, 2022 / 3 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

Editor’s Note: Dr. Van Tharp’s content is timeless and our goal for the future is to continue to share his material with our readers as written by him. Today’s tip is an excerpt from a past article, “How to Design a Trading System to Trade a Particular Market Type”. System design and development become easier and more effective when you think about how prices behave in each market type. Let’s assume that what works in a bull market will also apply to a strong bull market and the same for bear and …

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Remembering Van Tharp By, Gracia Rosslow

April 21, 2022 April 21, 2022 / 5 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

I was asked to say a few words about my memories of Van Tharp but this may be more than a few words since I have known him for more than three decades. This means I have known Van for half of my life. During that time, Van has been my teacher, a mentor and a friend. Like most people, I met Van through his work and my interest in trading. I started with the Peak Performance Home Study Course after I listened to one of his lectures at the …

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Third Time’s a Charm By, Libby Adams

March 31, 2022 March 31, 2022 / 3 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

An enlightened Being once said, “Ye are the light of the world.” What does that mean? I understand it to mean that the Light of the Holy Spirit exists within each human being and that we are all Light Beings covered over by flesh. Van shared in this same understanding. As Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said, “We are Spiritual Beings having a human experience.” As Spiritual Beings, this implies that we have all kinds of Super Powers within: Love, Humility, Gratitude, Power, Wisdom, Compassion, Grace, Abundance and many more. My role at the …

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Living an Intentional Life By, Dr. Ken Long

March 25, 2022 March 25, 2022 / 2 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

It has been my privilege, honor and joy to have had a 26-year personal and working relationship in the Van Tharp Institute with my dear departed friend Dr. Van Tharp. It started in 1995 when I attended my first VTI workshop in systems development as a young Army Captain, on active duty, raising a young family in a dangerous world. I took a measured risk to attend and discovered, to my surprise and joy, that I had found my people and my tribe—traders with heart and soul who were professionally …

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The Components of Trading Well By, Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

March 25, 2022 March 25, 2022 / 5 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

I’m a neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) modeler and a coach for traders. As an NLP modeler, I encounter a number of people who excel in something, determine what they do in common, and then determine what beliefs, mental strategies, and mental states are required to perform each task. Once I have this information, I can teach those tasks to others and expect to get similar results. My job as a coach is to find talented people and make sure they learn and follow the fundamentals. I remember doing a workshop with …

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January 2022 System Quality Number® Report The SQN® Report By, Van K. Tharp, PhD

February 7, 2022 February 7, 2022 / 5 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

There are numerous ETFs that track everything from countries, commodities, currencies, and stock market indices to individual market sectors. ETFs provide a wonderfully easy way to discover what’s happening in the world markets. I apply an index-based version of my System Quality Number® (SQN®) score to measure the relative performance of numerous markets in a world model. The Market SQN score uses the daily percent change for input over a 100-day period. Typically, a Market SQN score over 1.47 is strongly bullish, and a score below -0.7 is very weak. …

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Update on Cryptocurrencies As of January 15th, 2022 By, Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

January 20, 2022 January 20, 2022 / 8 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

In May 2018, Bloomberg announced that they had formed a cryptocurrency index called the Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index. Since Bloomberg only caters to institutional clients, an index of this nature was one of the first steps toward widespread institutional involvement. The index tracks five major crypto assets: Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and EOS (EOS). The index started in May 2018 at 1,000. It reached a new peak in March 2021 of 3,765, dropped significantly until July 19th, then set a new high on November 9th …

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December 2021 System Quality Number® Report: The SQN® Report By, Van K. Tharp, PhD

January 20, 2022 January 20, 2022 / 5 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

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December 2021 Market Update Strong Bull Quiet Market Type By, Van K. Tharp, PhD

January 20, 2022 January 20, 2022 / 13 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

I always say that people do not trade the markets; they trade their beliefs about the markets. In that same way, I’d like to point out that these updates reflect my beliefs. I find the market update information useful for my trading, so I do the work each month and am happy to share that information with my readers. However, if your beliefs are not similar to mine, then this information may not be useful to you. Thus, if you are inclined to go through some sort of intellectual exercise …

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