The Daily Trading Coach Book is Finished

I submitted the edited manuscript for The Daily Trading Coach this past week; it's scheduled for sale during the first quarter of 2009. Wiley is estimating 415 pages; the book will also be available in e-book format. Each chapter contains ten "lessons" that cover skills important to self-coaching: both psychological and performance strategies. Here's an advance look at what will be in each chapter:

CHAPTER ONE - The change process: how people change and how to make change happen

CHAPTER TWO - Stress and distress: how to cope with the pressures of trading

CHAPTER THREE - Psychological well-being: how to maximize positive experience in trading performance

CHAPTER FOUR - The coaching process: general strategies for effective self-coaching

CHAPTER FIVE - Psychodynamic strategies for self-coaching

CHAPTER SIX - Cognitive strategies for self-coaching

CHAPTER SEVEN - Behavioral strategies for self-coaching

CHAPTER EIGHT - Strategies for coaching your trading business

CHAPTER NINE- Best practices for self-coaching from 18 contributors

CHAPTER TEN - Using Excel to find a trading edge

My goal was to create a "coach in a book", with an emphasis on practical strategies that can help traders manage themselves and their trading performance. Thanks to the contributors to Chapter Nine and to the many readers who have expressed interest in the project.
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An Introduction to Trading

This is the master page and table of contents for the e-book "An Introduction to Trading". The book is being written one blog post at a time, and all the posts will be linked below. The goal of the book is to help developing traders gain a better understanding of the principles and practices of trading. Readers are encouraged to share their ideas, links, and experiences in comments to the posts to add perspective and insight. This e-book is being made available at no cost to readers; I ask only that the posts not be reproduced on other sites or used for any commercial purposes. Thanks for your support and understanding--

Brett

An Introduction to Trading

Part One: The Principles

Learning How to Trade

Developing a Conceptual Framework

Stock Market Cycles

Cycles and Their Implications

Tracking Cyclical Movements in Markets

Stock Market Cycles Across Timeframes

The Market's Auction Process

Market Auctions and Multiple Time Frames

Part Two: The Practice

Learning How to Trade: Resources and Links

In addition to showing traders how to become their own coaches, I'm using this site to help traders mentor themselves in trading skills. The links below will help developing traders get started:

* My inaugural post for the online book "Introduction to Trading"

* My "How to Trade" blog linkfest - Volume One, Volume Two

* My post "How Can I Learn Trading?"

* More resources for learning how to trade

Selected Publications From Brett Steenbarger

Steenbarger, B. N. (in press). The Daily Trading Coach: 101 Lessons for Becoming Your Own Trading Psychologist. New York: Wiley.

Dewan, M. J., Steenbarger, B. N., & Greenberg, R. P. (2008). Brief psychotherapies. In A. Tasman, J. Kay, J. A. Lieberman, M. B. First, & M. Maj (Eds.), Psychiatry, Third Edition (Vol. 2; pp. 1889-1903). Chichester: Wiley.

Dewan, M. J., Steenbarger, B. N., & Greenberg, R. P. (2008). Brief psychotherapies. In R. E. Hales, S. C. Yudofsky, & G. O. Gabbard (Eds.), The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry, Fifth Edition (pp. 1155-1170). Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

Steenbarger, B. N. (2008). Brief therapy. In M. Hersen & A. M. Gross (Eds.), Handbook of Clinical Psychology – Volume 1, Adults (pp. 752-778). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Steenbarger, B. N. (2007). Enhancing trader performance. New York: Wiley.

Steenbarger, B. N., & Foster, D. (2007). What’s in your head? Becoming a trader. In L. Sether (Ed.), Psychology of Trading (pp. 6-15). Cedar Falls, IA: W&A Publishing.

Steenbarger, B. N. (2007). Diagnosing the trader: Enhancing performance through self-assessment. In L. Sether (Ed.), Psychology of Trading (pp. 48-56). Cedar Falls, IA: W&A Publishing.

Steenbarger, B. N. (2007). Finding the zone: New perspectives on the mental game of trading. In L. Sether (Ed.), Psychology of Trading (pp. 164-174). Cedar Falls, IA: W&A Publishing.

Steenbarger, B. N. (2006). The importance of novelty in psychotherapy. In W. O’Donohue, N.A. Cummings, & J.L. Cummings (Eds.), Clinical Strategies for Becoming a Master Psychotherapist (pp. 278-293). Oxford: Academic Press.

Lo, A. W., Repin D. V., & Steenbarger, B. N. (2005). Fear and greed in financial markets: A clinical study of day-traders. American Economic Review, 95, 352-359.

Dewan, M., Steenbarger, B. N., & Greenberg, R. P. (Eds.)(2004). The Art and Science of the Brief Psychotherapies. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing Inc.

Steenbarger, B. N. (2004). Solution-focused brief therapy: Doing more of what works. In M. Dewan, B.N. Steenbarger, & R. P. Greenberg,(Eds.)(2004). The Art and Science of the Brief Psychotherapies (pp. 85-118). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

Steenbarger, B. N., Greenberg, R. P., & Dewan, M. (2004). An introduction to the art and science of the brief therapies. In M. Dewan, B.N. Steenbarger, & R. P. Greenberg,(Eds.)(2004). The Art and Science of the Brief Psychotherapies (pp. 1-14). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

Steenbarger, B. N., Greenberg, R. P., & Dewan, M. (2004). Doing therapy, briefly: Overview and synthesis. In M. Dewan, B.N. Steenbarger, & R. P. Greenberg,(Eds.)(2004). The Art and Science of the Brief Psychotherapies (pp. 279-292). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

Steenbarger, B. N. (2003). The Psychology of Trading: Tools and Techniques for Minding the Markets. (NY: Wiley).

Steenbarger, B. N. (2002). Brief therapy. In M. Hersen & W. Sledge (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy (pp. 349-358). New York: Academic Press.

Steenbarger, B. N. (2002). Single-session therapies. In M. Hersen & W. Sledge (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy (pp. 669-672). New York: Academic Press.

Steenbarger, B. N., Dewan, M., Kaplan, E., Manring, J., Budman, S. H. (2002). Training in administrative psychiatry. In M. Shore (Ed.) Handbook of Administrative Psychiatry (2^nd ed). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

Steenbarger, B. N., & Budman, S. H. (2000). Brief therapy. In A.E. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Steenbarger, B. N., & Budman, S. H. (1998). Principles of brief and time-effective therapies. In Koocher, G. P., Norcross, J. C., & Hill, S. S. (Eds.), The psychologist’s desk reference (pp. 283-286). NY: Oxford University Press.

Budman, S. H., & Steenbarger, B. N. (1997). The essential guide to group practice in mental health: Clinical, legal, and financial fundamentals. NY: Guilford Press.

Contributors to The Daily Trading Coach

My greatest thanks goes out to the 18 trading professionals who will be contributing their perspectives on self-coaching in Chapter Nine of the new book. They offer dynamite advice to developing and experienced traders; they also offer quality insights through their websites, which I've linked below:

Henry Carstens
Chris Czirnich
Trevor Harnett
Mike Seneadza
Brian Shannon
Rennie Yang
Charles Kirk
Jason Goepfert
Dave Mabe
Chris Perruna
Rob Hanna
Jeff Miller
Ray Barros
John Forman
Mike Bellafiore
Larry Fisher
Corey Rosenbloom
David Adler

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The Daily Trading Coach - Chapter Ten Links

This will be the master blog page for all links pertaining to Chapter Ten of The Daily Trading Coach. Chapter Ten deals with the topic of using Excel to identify historical patterns in markets and possible trading edges.

The Daily Trading Coach - Chapter Nine Links

This will be the master blog page for all links pertaining to Chapter Nine of The Daily Trading Coach. Chapter Nine deals with the topic of best practices in coaching, as outlined by 16 respected and experienced traders who share their work with others.