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Dr Van Tharp International Institute of Trading Mastery

Apr. 19, 2011 7:22 PM ET
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Van Tharp Institute
Van Tharp Institute

Van Tharp Institute Investing Trading Home Study Programs & Live Seminars Workshops

Dedicated to cutting edge, high quality professional educational investing trading programs for traders and investors providing a road map for financial freedom. The finest investing trading education in the financial universe. Dr Van Tharp is one of the orginal Market Wizards, and referred to as the Traders Coach.


Van Tharp Workshops

May 09 - 11, Blueprint for Trading Success Workshop - Cary North Carolina
May 13 - 15, Peak Performance 101 Workshop Workshop - Cary North Carolina
June 09 - 11, Systems That Outperform Global Markets Long Term - Cary North Carolina
June 12, Forex Trading Presented by Super Trader, Gabriel Grammatidis - Cary North Carolina
June 13 - 15, How to Develop A Winning Trading System Workshop - Cary North Carolina
June 28 - 30, Blueprint for Trading Success Workshop - Berlin Germany
July 02 - 04, Peak Performance 101 Workshop - Berlin Germany


Van Tharp Institute - Trading Education Home Study Programs

Helping others become the best trader or investor they can be has been Tharp's mission since 1982. Dr. Tharp offers unique learning strategies, and his trading education techniques for producing great traders are some of the most effective in the field. Over the years Tharp has helped people overcome problems with system development and trading psychology, and success related issues such as self-sabotage. His trading education programs are of the highest quality and are world-renowned.


Van Tharp Home Study Programs

Van Tharp Core Products


Peak Performance

Van Tharp Peak Performance Home Study Program




Definitive Guide To Position Sizing

How to Evaluate Your System and Use Position Sizing to Meet Your Objectives. 90% of the Performance Variation of Professional Traders Is Due to Position Sizing. And Position Sizing Is the Key to Meeting Your Trading Objectives.


Developing A Trading System

How To Develop A Winning Trading System That Fits You


Keeping It Simple

Trading and investing are very simple processes and we human beings try to make it into something much more complex. Unfortunately, we have a lot of biases that enter into trading decisions.


Success & Failure

Van Tharp believes people get exactly what they want out of the markets and most people are afraid of success or failure. As a result, they tend to resist change and continue to follow their natural biases and lose in the markets. When you get rid of the fear, you tend to get rid of the biases.


Understanding Risk For Success

As for risk, most people don't understand it, including a lot of professionals, and what's really interesting is that once you understand risk and portfolio management, you can design a trading system with almost any level of performance." - Van K. Tharp


Trading Systems Development

While Van Tharp's expertise is in the area of finance, his mission is to touch people in a way that changes them for the better. In his books, seminars, and workshops, you will learn about system development, position sizing, risk control, money management, the psychology of trading and much, much more.




Trade Your Way To Financial Freedom

Van Tharp's bestselling book has been brought completely up to date to give traders a continued edge in the marketplace.




Super Trader Book by Trading Coach Van Tharp

Do you want to produce consistent, above-average trading profits under various market conditions? Dr. Tharp's newest book, Super Trader: Make Consistent Profits in Good and Bad Markets, is broken down in to the five integral parts of successful trading: working on yourself, business planning, trading systems, position sizing (TM), and monitoring your psychology.


Dr. Van K Tharp Ph.D



Trading Simulation Game

Dr. Van Tharp "Secrets of the Masters" Trading Game


Professional Coach For Traders And Investors

In the unique arena of professional trading coaches and consultants, Van Tharp stands out as an international leader in trading education. In the unique arena of professional trading coaches and consultants, Van K. Tharp stands out as an international leader in the industry. Helping others become the best trader or investor that they can be has been Tharp's mission since 1982. Dr. Tharp offers very unique learning strategies, and his techniques for producing great traders are some of the most effective in the field. Over the years Tharp has helped people overcome problems in areas of system development and trading psychology, and success related issues such as self-sabotage. He is the founder and president of the Van Tharp Institute, dedicated to offering high quality education products and services for traders and investors around the globe.

Neurl Linguistic Programmer

Tharp uses a combination of skills and education to fine-tune his strategies to coach, consult and teach traders and investors. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center in 1975. He is a certified Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), a Certified Master Time Line Therapist, a certified Modeler of NLP, and an Assistant Trainer of NLP. He has used his expertise in NLP to create the successful models of trading and investing upon which so much of his work is based.

New York Times Bestselling Author

Dr. Tharp is the bestselling author of three acclaimed books published by McGraw Hill; the New York Times Bestseller, Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom with co-authors Steve Sjuggerud and D.R. Barton, Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, and Financial Freedom Through Electronic Day Trading.

Van Tharp Market Wizard

In addition, Tharp is the only trading coach featured in Jack Schwager's best selling book, The Market Wizard's. Interviews with Great Traders. Tharp has published numerous articles in various industry publications and has been featured in publications such as Forbes, Barron's Market Week, Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities, Investors Business Daily and Futures and Options World, just to name a few.

Successfull Traders

Dr. Tharp has collected over 5,000 successful trading profiles by studying and researching individual traders and investors, including many of the top traders and investors in the world. From these studies he developed a model for successful trading and investing in which other people can adopt and learn. He has developed a five-volume Peak Performance Home Study Course teaching the results of this ten-year study. He also developed The Investment Psychology Inventory Profile to help people better understand their strengths and weaknesses in relation to trading or investing. He has developed a 12-CD home study course on How to Develop A Winning Trading System That Fits You, written a special report on money management and position sizing, publishes two newsletters, Market Mastery and a free weekly newsletter, Tharp's Thoughts, and offers continuing education materials on the subject of wealth building through SafePaths for Financial Freedom..

Van Tharp Workshops

The Van Tharp Institute offers trading workshops year-round to help traders improve performance. Dr. Tharp has designed special seminars for banks and institutions, and has presented these throughout the United States, and in Italy, Singapore, Sydney, Venice, London, Vienna, Stockholm, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, and numerous other places throughout the world. In 1997 he toured Asia as a guest speaker with Dow Jones. He also has given workshops for floor traders at the CBOT, the CBOE, and the CME. He is also a regular speaker to portfolio and hedge fund managers worldwide.

Oxford Club Member

He is currently a member on the distinguished Investment Advisory Panel of the prestigious Oxford Club. A rare honor only half dozen or so individuals have received. In addition Dr. Tharp is also a highly rated guest speaker at expositions and conferences throughout the world. While Van Tharp's expertise is in the area of finance, his mission is to touch people in a way that changes them for the better. In his books, courses and workshops, he uses the financial metaphor to do so.


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