Van Tharp – Sideways Market Strategies Workshop

Proven Strategies to Profit When Price Goes Nowhere: Learn about distinct strategies-from cash alternatives to advanced options techniques-that will give you the courage and confidence you need to profit in sideways conditions while dramatically increasing your chances for long-term trading success.

• No matter what time frame you trade or what method you use to measure them, Sideways markets happen between 59% and 65% of the time!
• Sideways markets can be hard to recognize, making it difficult to enter and exit effectively. In fact, they demand a completely different mindset to trade well.
• And yet sideways markets are rarely discussed, even in professional circles.
• When you encounter them trading becomes much more challenging, stressing your systems and your psychology beyond your normal comfort zone.

What You’ll Learn In Sideways Market Strategies Workshop

Part 1: Kim will take you on a deep dive into the concepts of trading Sideways markets, including:

• What they are and when they are likely to occur in the Market Cycle
• How this market type can be dangerous for all time frames -especially day-traders
• Learn multiple ways to measure market type and the best one for you
• Why a single ‘holy grail” system for all markets is insane
• How to choose a sideways strategy to trade based on market volatility
• The secret to using options to hedge, speculate and generate income in this market
• What useful beliefs you MUST have to successfully trade Sideways markets
• Learn what volatility is like over 70% of the time in this particular sideways market type
• Understand the impact that changes in volatility and interest rates have on your options values

Part 2: Kim will spend the entire day getting into all of the strategies you need to take advantage of sideways markets, from cash alternatives to advanced options techniques.

• Discover Kim’s Strategic System Chart to tell you EXACTLY when to use a specific strategy, given volatility and time-frame traded (Absolute Gold!)
• Learn how to use volatility targeting to outperform the markets with significantly less draw-down
• How a 4+SQN day trading system can work for you in quiet sideways markets
• The secret to using options spreads- take advantage of big moves in either direction with minimal risk
• Learn a simple long-term strategy that can confirm a bear market
• How to immunize your portfolio from every market type with 4 uniquely different strategies
• Discover 5 different risk management techniques for options and the best one for you
• How you can effectively use various market-neutral ETFs to safely grow your assets
• Learn a basic sideways system that has outperformed the SP500 by 7 to 1
• Why sitting out the first 30 min of trading can give you a decisive edge
• Why the best systems fail and WHAT MATTERS MOST when they do
• Over an hour of simulations so you can see how these systems and strategies work.

Part 3

• Execute your own trades in both Sideways quiet and Sideways volatile markets
• Understand how your own psychology works in this market type
• Learn how to adapt and succeed in Sideways markets.
• Kim will also cover how you can make a career out of trading the markets, including:
• Why creating structure in your trading business is key – see Kim’s checklists
• Why support networks are important to you beyond just trading
• Discover how a systems engineer creates a system from scratch – see Kim’s own development chart
• Why caring for yourself gives you a true edge over other traders in ALL timeframes
• Master the top 25 lessons that most traders learn the hard way
• Why objectives should consist of more than just risk and return
• The secret to becoming unconsciously competent and why it matters
• How to use Mark Cuban’s 12 Rules for Start-ups in your trading business
• How great traders ensure victory with the concepts of Tharp Think
• Why NOT defining each of the 11 parts of your system leads to guaranteed failure
• Why this Van Tharp secret is the “linchpin” to your trading success

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