I. Understand the Market Ecosystem

1. Virtually No Entry Barriers
2. Negative Sum Game
3. Majority of Losers
4. Contrarian Universe

• Practical Case:
• • Market Entry Analysis

II. Common Traits of Winners and Losers

1. What Winners Do
2. What Losers Do

• Practical Case
• • Behavior Patterns Analysis

III. The Weak Link Is You!

1. Psychology in Trading: Individual and Collective
2. Key Cognitive and Behavioral Biases
3. What You Can't Control: Outcome of Each Trade
4. What You Can Control: Risk
5. The Importance of Discipline

• Practical Case:
• • Bias and Discipline Assessment

IV. Risk Management in Trading

1. Typology of Risks in Trading
2. Risk Management per Trade: The 1% Rule or How to Avoid the Risk of Ruin
3. Managing Portfolio-Level Risk
4. Managing Drawdown
5. Position Sizing: Variable or Constant?

• Practical Case:
• • Risk Management Simulation

V. Define Your Edge... and Apply It

1. Understanding Expected Gain and Its Components: Win-Loss Ratio, Risk-Reward Ratio, and Position Size
2. Tools of Successful Traders: Backtesting, Screening, Dashboards, and Trading Journal
3. Establishing a Robust Strategy That Suits You: "Keep It Simple" - Price Tells All
4. Developing Entry and Exit Strategies: Example of Swing Trading on US Stocks
5. Different Types of Price/Volume Configurations Leading to Strong Advances
6. Defining and Implementing a Rigorous Entry and Exit Strategy: Pivot Points, Exits on Strength, on Weakness, Partial Entries and Exits, Pyramiding

• Practical Case:
• • Strategy Application and Analysis