Peak Performance 101 Trading Workshop

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" My personal performance improved in every area of my life [following the peak performance 101 course]. My relationships improved, my organizational skills, my rock climbing improved (dramatically), my golf game... Well...actually my golf game didn't improve but I noticed I am having a lot more fun playing golf than I ever have experienced before. 

My self confidence is soaring off the meter! My trading performance has improved. There is a sense of serenity that I learned to create (as a mental state) around my self whether I'm winning or losing. I'm much more calm watching the markets whipsaw. This mental state control has in turn improved my overall technical edge. I can focus better on the programming tasks."— B.C., Salt Lake City, UT, Past Attendee

• What Can I expect to Learn?

• Do You Answer "Yes" to Any of These Questions?

• Here’s What’s Waiting For You!

• Our Risk-Reversal Guarantee!

• Can You Really Make Lots of Money with these Principles?

• Questions and Answers with Dr. Van K. Tharp

• Comments from Past Attendees

You’ll leave this investment "Boot Camp" knowing, for the first time in your life, why some people consistently make profits over and over again, while other investors and traders are erratic and unsuccessful. More importantly, you’ll be able to overcome self-sabotage and develop rock-solid discipline in your performance in the markets. You’ll learn why this course was featured in Forbes magazine and why the magazine was quoted as saying, "Tharp’s disciples swear by the results."

What Can I Expect to Learn?

1. Learn the three ingredients of success. You must know this information, at least unconsciously, if you are to prosper. These three mental ingredients are a must in any task you do in order to perform like a "Market Wizard." Most people don’t even know about them, which is why success is so difficult to duplicate. But after the Peak Performance Trading Course, you’ll thoroughly understand how these three key ingredients can control your life. Most of all, you’ll know how you can control them.

"The day after leaving the Peak Performance Course I profited $2,400 in trading profits. What impressed me was the level of calm I was able to achieve using the techniques learned at the course. No serious trader should consider trading for a living without the benefit of your seminar. I have a whole new outlook on my future, both trading and personal." — H.W., NY

2. Understand the components of a low-risk idea. The trick to compounding your personal wealth is to trade low-risk ideas. Low-risk ideas are found everywhere — not just in conservative investments. In fact, a great deal of wealth is made from following low-risk ideas in highly speculative arenas such as options and futures. But you must understand what makes up a low-risk idea. It’s not what you think.

3. Understanding why position sizing is so critical to your bottom line results! Few people understand this critical concept. Yet it means the difference between consistent top performance and average mediocre performance for most people. We’ll teach you how to do position sizing based trading so if you want, you will have the same risk and exposure in the market day after day. Think how calm you could be, knowing that your risk is always the same.

4. Learn 15 ways to develop rock-solid discipline in your trading. Discipline really means controlling your mental state. Unfortunately, most people allow their mental state to control them. In contrast, real winners maintain discipline that allows them to charge ahead of others in the field. If you play in a zero-sum trading game, like futures, you need to know every trick. These are the real secrets that separate successful traders and investors from the average person.

"Fabulous course. It will have a major positive impact on my trading success and will also require that I change some of the ways I do things. I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to improve their understanding of how their psychology to succeed." F.L., Sharpsburg, GA

5. Learn Dr. Tharp’s Ten-Task model for successful trading and investing. Here is a partial list of the ten tasks in the model that we will help you master: developing low-risk ideas, stalking, mental rehearsal, self-analysis, action, aborting, and best of all taking profits. At the Peak Performance Trading Course, Dr. Tharp will help you install his model so you can trade like other successful traders. You’ll have tools at your disposal that the average investor or trader never even thought about.

6. Learn how to act quickly with sureness and confidence. One trait all the best traders and investors have in common is extreme confidence in what they’re doing. Confidence is the one quality you must develop to attain your peak level of performance. At the Peak Performance Trading Course, you’ll learn how to develop the kind of confidence only the best traders and investors have.

7. Learn how to develop a plan for trading that will set you way above the crowd. You see, there are certain disciplines—certain techniques used within a specific structure—that give the professional trader and investor the edge over amateur investors. Dr. Tharp understands these disciplines. He is an expert at coaching others to use them.

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Networking. This is networking in a non-competitive, safe, supportive atmosphere that produces the special qualities necessary to transform your trading. People who attend the Peak Performance Trading Course develop life-long friendships.

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Here’s What’s Waiting For You!

Day 1  The three key ingredients of success. You’ll learn techniques for developing rock solid discipline, and how to overcome fear. Be able to "pull the trigger" and center yourself, (kind of like skiing) so that your mind is focused and sharp.

Day 2  How the best trader’s trade—Dr. Tharp’s proven model for Peak Performance Trading. Learn about position sizing based trading systems and low-risk ideas.

Day 3   Overcoming self-sabotage — you will go through exercises that will make a real difference in your trading and your personal life.

Our Risk-Reversal Guarantee!

Dr. Tharp totally guarantees that you will be delighted with it. In fact, we'll take all of the risk ourselves. If you aren't totally satisfied by 12 PM on the second day of the course, you'll receive a full refund for what you paid for the course. Just return your notebook to an IITM staff member and we'll refund your course fee even though you've already had many of the benefits of the course.

Why are we willing to assume your risk? The key to our guarantee is, if you are ready to work on yourself, then there is no risk to us. We know you'll be delighted. On the other hand, if you're not ready for that kind of experience, then this course is not for you.

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Can You Really Make Lots of Money with these Principles Developed from Modeling Market Masters?

Absolutely! First, you’ll learn what all the best traders and investors have in common. You’ll learn their real secrets. When you apply them to your own trading, it’ll make a big difference in your bottom line — just think what performing at a peak level can mean to your bottom line.

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A: Most people have trouble doing self-awareness exercises on their own. As a result, this course is design to help you through those exercises. We consider it a mid-point between private consulting and the home study course. In fact, many traders take this course over and over again, because you never can never learn enough about yourself.

"Great Course - Many Thanks!  had expected the workshop to be a walk-thru of the home study course. Very pleasantly surprised to find it quite different." —Ian Thomson

A: We are 50-50 on this one. You certainly will get more out of the course if you do the home study course first. However, many people do the course first and find that it greatly helps them with the home study course.

A: A coach finds talent players, teaches them the fundamentals of the craft and then makes sure that they follow the fundamentals. As a profitable trader, you know that any extra edge you can get will make you that much more profitable. One of the most successful traders in the world pays over a million dollars each year for personal coaching. He does that because he wants every possible edge. If you are profitable, you probably should be thinking along the same lines.

A: As a beginner you need this information first. Most people make the mistake of looking for trading techniques first. When you do that without doing any work on yourself, you end up making thousands of mistakes. We typically find that people who tend to take courses that focus on techniques need to repeat those courses after they’ve taken the peak performance course. Why? Because, after this course, they are more open and know more about what they really need to be successful. If this is the first trading course you ever take, it will be the best thing you can do for yourself.

A: Capital used when you are not functioning at your peak is often capital wasted. The best investment you can make is in yourself. And attendance at this course is an investment in you. We had comments from any number of people saying if only I had done this before I did that investment or before I started investing at all. Do yourself a favor. Come to this course.

A: This course is unlike most courses available to traders and investors. It does not teach trading techniques. It teaches you techniques on how to develop yourself as a trader. The concept is similar to the old saying "give a man a fish and he eats for a day, show a man how to fish and he eats for a lifetime."

There are possibly more trading techniques available than can be counted. One technique may earn one trader a fortune but cause another to go bankrupt. The difference in the results lies within the trader; how the person processes information, inner conflicts that can cause confusion, or the lack of discipline to follow their trading plan. Showing traders and investors how to develop skills and awareness on the issues from within are at the core of this highly effective course.

A: Our mission at IITM is to help people transform themselves. The Peak Performance Course is the key course we do in the area of transformation. If you learn how you control your own results in trading, then we’ve accomplished something that will help you immensely. But if you make a major change that affects the rest of your life – that’s when we really know that we’ve accomplished something important. We’d like to help everyone in attendance make such a major transformation.

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Testimonials from past attendees

"You said at the beginning of the seminar that some people would be profoundly affected by the material in both their trading and their lives. I was one of those people." —W.B., MA

"My personal performance improved in every area of my life [following the peak performance 101 course]. My relationships improved, my organizational skills, my rock climbing improved (dramatically), my golf game... Well...actually my golf game didn't improve but I noticed I am having a lot more fun playing golf than I ever have experienced before. My self confidence is soaring off the meter! My trading performance has improved. There is a sense of serenity that I learned to create (as a mental state) around my self whether I'm winning or losing. I'm much more calm watching the markets whipsaw. This mental state control has in turn improved my overall technical edge. I can focus better on the programming tasks."— B.C., Salt Lake City, UT

"Self-sabotage has always been my major personal issue. Having the "skills" to cope I know will make all the difference . . . A global experience. Throughout the seminar I appreciated the emphasis on the ‘whole’ person not just the ‘trader’ personality." —J.M., Oak Park, KS

 

"The weekend was life altering. The changes I have begun to make have already reaped benefits. I truly feel that I will date my life before and after the weekend; not because my life before was anything to complain about, but because it now realize how great my life can be. Thank you!" —G.J. RI

 

"The course was one of the major events of my life. Among other things, it ended a 23-year emotional nightmare relationship I had with the market... Prior to the seminar, my reaction time upon receipt of a buy signal was half-an-hour to never. I would think of all possible things that could go wrong and find reasons not to follow my system. Tuesday, following the course, my reaction time to a buy signal was seven seconds." —D.N., NY

 

"Fulfilled my expectations by helping me identify issues which blocked my growth and provided appropriate and efficient tools to deal with these issues." —M.P., LA

 

"In essence, I made over 80% return on 6% of my capital in less than one month — and that’s just on closed trades… My trading system hasn’t changed one iota; I have changed." —R.G., CA

 

"After attending your course, I suspended trading until June 24th to regroup. I have just completed my first four weeks of trading with starting capital of $66,782. I have $7,711 in closed out profits with open trade equity of $5,448 as of yesterday’s close... Now I am trading very relaxed and feeling very peaceful about my business with a sense of calm and control." —S.G., CO

 

"For a new not-yet-trader, carefully studying Dr. Tharp’s work, I could not even begin to think of what life would be like working without taking the first step here." —S.L., DC

 

"Excellent! This should be the first course for all new people. I enjoyed this one the most." —T.C., WA

 

"I found out that Van Tharp is for real . . .I really liked the Peak Performance course, very useful." —J.W., NV

 

"I found this course to be very helpful  in resolving conflicts." S. Sams, CA

 

"The 101 workshop puts the teachings of the home study course in context in a dynamic group experience. This provided me with great insight ...the course is life changing. Thank you." S. Yusuf, MI

 

"What a fantastic course! I feel like I have taken my first steps towards a self-discovery that will make me a better trader and a better person." M. Holland, MA

 

"Anyone serious about taking their life to a new, higher level should be taking this course." R. Freeman, FL

 

"Most useful course that I have been on." — Phillp Drew, Australia

 

"Van is without a doubt a master in understanding and explaining the trading process with all its complex parts. The experiential component was jarring, enlightening, and positive. I recommend the course for professional and novice traders." —Michael Berman, Sydney, AU

 

"Outstanding outcome in terms of internalizing Van’s process; took my whole perception of trading to a completely different level and solved major personal conflicts." —Bob Greenup, Australia

 

"This course occurred at a perfect time for me. That is, I gained the most from this course when compared to any other course taken. The mix of people enhanced the experience. I enjoyed the energy of the room. Thanks for coming back to Sydney, Van!" —Jamie Davies, Australia

 

"Van took us through a visualization exercise to identify and locate deep-seated negative feelings. As we came out of the exercise, he asked who would be committed to releasing those feelings, even if it meant doing it in front of the whole class. I am not usually one to volunteer for such things, but my hand was the first to go into the air. The subsequent feelings release exercise that he talked me through was one of the most intense yet amazing experiences.

 

I know that my participation in that event will result in mental, emotional and physical improvements in my life. Immediately following the exercise many people approached me to comment on how brave they thought I was. At the time I didn’t feel brave because I knew the time and circumstances were ideal to deal with this issue. 

The parts negotiation exercises yielded better results than I have been able to manage at home after completing the home study course twice. I feel that the next time I work through the books I will get even more out of the exercises." — Natalie Murray, Australia 

"Worthwhile. Definitely got a better understanding of myself and what I need to do to become a better trader." —George Peklivana, South Africa

"In 20 years of trading, I have never spent any attention to the psychological aspects of trading and myself. Being a very rational person, I was skeptical if this would have any effect on me. What a positive surprise! I discovered things I didn’t even know had existed and have taken a big step forward. Thank you." —Frank Bormann, Hong Kong

"I cannot in my wildest dreams imagine how anyone could even contemplate successful trading without the foundation of PP 101. The secrets of trading are not always where we expect to find them. 

PP101 is that key for me to opening my door to a world of unlimited trading potential." —Steven Redgrave, Australia

"The best workshop I have attended, trading or otherwise. Would encourage anyone to do this course who wants to really get in touch with who they are and why they act the way they do. And more importantly how to change themselves to achieve the goals they want." —Jonathan Gould, Australia

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