Author: Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

Question: I have the book Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, and am trying to use the concepts as part of a trading business plan that I am putting together. I can’t figure out how to apply expectancy in the percent...

Reader Question: After reading (in 3 days) “Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom” I am stumped by a seeming contradiction. After analyzing personal account trades over the past 6 months, it seems clear I need to be...

Dr. Tharp is out of the country for the next few weeks, but we’ll continue to post some questions that come up in his absence. Question: I am concerned about the information you provided in a recent newsletter regarding...

Q: What is the scope of one’s asset base that one should include in the position sizing and risk management analysis? Presumably, folks have longer term investments that are the bulk of the monies they will need in...

Reader Question: I really appreciate your work and your email letters. I have a question that perhaps others would also like to have answered. As background information, I see the big picture on markets and the economy much as...

I was thinking about writing a piece to further explain to you what was going on and what will probably happen in the near future. But I’ve been doing a lot of that in my newsletter lately, so instead, I want to refer you...

Van: Last week following my article on the ETF GLD, I asked Ken Long, our resident ETF expert, “Does investing in GLD actually affect the price of gold?” Ken: GLD is kind of in the same category of ETNs (Exchange...

Q: I have just read the 2nd edition of “Trade your Way” and I still don’t understand how maximum adverse excursion is determined. Is this an estimate of what earlier trades have done? How can you determine the...

Q: I have become one of the largest option market makers in the little country I moved to. It’s a wonderful feeling being able to take my skills with me where ever I go. And making money is an added bonus! In testing...