xviii, 284 p. : 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-275) and index Systems building and behavioral finance -- Systems building for the three skills of top trading -- Behavioral finance -- The life cycle model of crowd behavior -- Pattern recognition and discretionary trading -- Wyckoff : the man, the method, the mystique -- The basic elements of charting for the Wyckoff method -- The Wyckoff method of technical analysis and speculation -- Anatomy of a trade -- Mental state management -- Trader psychology and mental discipline -- The composite man -- Putting it all together : ten principles for a trader to live by -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Bibliography -- Index