To Herluf and Merete

      Contents

       About the Author

       Preface: A Guide to this Book

       Part One: Becoming Bulletproof

       1. Why Bulletproof?

       Coaching traders

       What brings you here?

       2. The Bulletproof Framework

       The key requirements

       The four foundations of bulletproof trading

       Getting the most from this book

       A future bulletproof trader: you

       Part Two: Ups and Downs

       3. The Nature of Trading

       Trading as a high-performance activity

       The trading performance environment

       Ups and downs

       4. Get Good at the Downs

       The pain of loss

       The inner citadel

       Getting good at the downs

       Part Three: Commitment

       5. Mindset Over Matter

       Your trading mindset

       Getting good at stress

       Losses, mistakes and setbacks

       A worthy rival

       Developing a bulletproof mindset

       6. Take Committed Action

       The motivation trap

       From motivation to commitment

       Committed action

       Poise – the art of disciplined trading

       Perseverance – keeping going when the going gets tough

       Strengthening commitment

       7. Know Your Values

       A different approach

       The value of values

       Building patterns of values-based committed action

       Values, stress and difficulty

       Part Four: Risk and Uncertainty

       8. Manage Your Risk

       Risk, stress and trading decisions

       The art of optimal risk-taking

       Risk-aware decision-making

       9. Embrace Uncertainty

       Which box?

       Markets, traders and uncertainty

       Impermanence

       Practising uncertainty

       This is what happens in the bathhouse

       10. Plan for the Worst

       Prepare for success

       What if?

       If-then

       The pre-mortem

       Part Five: Focus

       11. Train Your Attention

       Attention matters

       Training attention

       Attention-training builds present-moment awareness

       Responding vs reacting

       The observer

       12. Focus on the Process

       Best decision vs worst decision

       Our obsession with results

       Process focus

       From P&L-focused