Van Tharp, originally profiled in The Market Wizards, offered this endorsement of Trend Following:
“I think the book did a superb job of covering the philosophy and thinking behind Trend Following (basically why it works). You might call it the Market Wizards of Trend Following.”
Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.
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, as well as in success related issues such as self-sabotage. He is the founder and president of the International Institute of Trading Mastery, Inc., dedicated to offering high quality products and services for traders and investors.
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 as a Master Practitioner of NeuroLinguistic 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.
Dr. Tharp is the author two acclaimed books published by McGraw Hill; Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, and Financial Freedom Through Electronic Day Trading.
In addition, Tharp is the only trading coach featured in Jack Schwager’s best selling book, The Market Wizards: 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.
