Chris Shea 
Licensed to Profit 
By Trading in Financial Markets

Chris Shea (aka the Market Coach) is an educator, counsellor and psychotherapist, who specialises in coaching clients to develop the psychological skills and drive to become independent, disciplined and successful traders and to sustain peak performance. This book is about preparing the reader to obtain a licence to trade, a vital step in the transformation to becoming profitable. The book also deals with some potential hurdles, especially with respect to the trader/’s mindset and ideas, which need to be overcome to allow efficient practice.

Table of Content

About the author vii

Introduction ix

1 Developing road sense: what’s trading all about? 1

2 Road rules: performance standards 29

3 Road maps: optimising analysis 55

4 Speed and traffic: psychological barriers and speed bumps 71

5 Driving processes and skills 103

6 L-plates: preparation for your trader’s licence test 121

7 Your driving test: theory and practice 139

8 The journey forward: from P-plates to peak performance 151

Index 169

About the author

Chris Shea (aka the Market Coach) is an educator, counsellor and psychotherapist who specialises in coaching clients to develop the psychological skills and drive to become independent, disciplined and successful traders and to sustain peak performance.