Bulletproof Trader
Evidence-based strategies for overcoming setbacks and sustaining high performance in the markets
Steve Ward
To Herluf and Merete
Contents
Part One: Becoming Bulletproof
The four foundations of bulletproof trading
Getting the most from this book
A future bulletproof trader: you
Trading as a high-performance activity
The trading performance environment
Developing a bulletproof mindset
Committed action
Poise – the art of disciplined trading
Perseverance – keeping going when the going gets tough
Strengthening commitment
The value of values
Building patterns of values-based committed action
Values, stress and difficulty
Part Four: Risk and Uncertainty
Risk, stress and trading decisions
The art of optimal risk-taking
Risk-aware decision-making
Markets, traders and uncertainty
Impermanence
Practising uncertainty
This is what happens in the bathhouse
What if?
If-then
The pre-mortem
Training attention
Attention-training builds present-moment awareness
Responding vs reacting
The observer
Best decision vs worst decision
Our obsession with results
Process focus
From P&L-focused