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LEFT Brain Trading: the right mindset and technique for success in Forex

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Admittedly there aren't very many books out on Forex, most are awful. This thin volume is more about psychological trading hindrances than techniques. If that is what you're after, then this might be an ok book to read.

It asks a lot of questions and gives you much to think about. But as far as helping you resolve these (personal trading) issues, it seems more of a business card for their services. For trading techniques, the author gives his take on Fibonacci that he calls "Absolute Fibonacci". Very small sections on both. 24 pages on the first, and 10 pages on the trading technique.

This is more of a self help text. The last third is a questionnaire, reference guide, and misc fib levels. I really doubt anyone, after reading this, could go out and trade the Forex market.

If someone read this book and it helped them for whatever reason, great. But implying that it's a great trading text does a disservice to other readers looking for Forex trading info.

I bought the book over a month ago and also made the smart decision to do the course. The best way to describe how I have benefited form this book and the course is to break it up into the 2 categories of focus.

1. Mindset
The book and especially the course has been a fantastic godsend for me. It's basically answered all my questions as to why I had been struggling with my trading. It was most definately all to do with my belief systems. Olga really gives you some powerful tools that can benefit you in your life, relationships with the people around you and allow you the clear path to becoming a successful trader.

2. Technique
The Absolute Fibonnaci method of trading, is a solid platform to use for confidently predicting the direction of the market. It's that simple. I personally decided to take the course to work with lewis in more depth, as i learn much faster when collaborating with someone. But the book itself also gives you all the information you need, you just have to read it over a couple of times and then "watch the charts", and you will see how powerful it is in it's simplcity. I think it's fair to say that once you have read the book a couple of times and spend a few days to a week watching the charts, you can really see it's true power.

When I decided to write a review of this book, I thought that the best review is to present to you my outlook on trading after reading it, and you will see how it has influenced my life and trading from within me. It is the only way I could think to do it justice without just saying its great buy it. Don't take my word for it either, others have sung its praises on this forum and others.

Suspend your judgement and forget about everything you have learned and consider these things...

Left Brain Trading is a synthesis of mindset and technique, right and left brain thinking. It is about developign the traders mindset, and then applying that to an excellent technique. Nothing that we can create and verify for ourselves is too good to be true. Forex itself seems to be too good to be true and we all salivate over it. But we struggle to achieve succes in it, because it is unlike anything else, and we do not have the right stuff inside yet usually.

Lewis says keep it simple. Develop the right mindset first. Learn what the masters do differently, they think differently!

They have the same price information we do, they do the same things we do, they just have the right mindset. There are guys out there trading for years that still aren't trading at their full potential, and thanks to people like Lewis and Olga, newcomers and experts alike are getting complete satisfaction and wholeness out of their lives and their trading.

This stuff is serious. It is the only think that can possibly hold you back long term. Isn't it? So this book gives you this information. Take it, immerse yourself in it, and believe in yourself you can be happy all the time while you are trading, that you never have to feel emotional pain, or experience a major drawdown again. It is possible, and when you have the right mindset, it's probable!

The Golden ratio is a mathmatical phenomenon that shapes the stars, our bodies, and I believe our minds. What the LBT course suggests, and I wholeheartly agree, is that when you apply the fibbonaci ratios of natural perfection and growth to your mindset, you open up a channel of positive energy in your life that can give you everything you need.

My friends it is not the market that we are interacting with, we are primarily working with our minds and emotions at the end of the day. We are watching not merely bulls and bears, but really we are watching the universe move. Currency is fundamental to the structure of the entire world. Movements in currency reflect the fibbonaci ratios, because en masse, the world creates in them with it's thoughts.

Consider this my friends before you balk and return to your stress balls, upset stomachs and artifical joys that are part of your limited mindset and coping skills. If we feel this makes perfect sense, that is very different than applying it to our lives. This is not only the only reason we do not succeed in trading, it is the reason we fail in relationships, health, and generally in getting anything we want. Taking 100% responsibility is the only way to truly take control of your life and your destiny. Also, connecting with yourself and accepting the truth about who you are and what is really going on in your life is the only way to free yourself from where you are.

The book goes into more detail about how to apply this in your trading etc...

Oh the technique aspect? It is truly original and powerful. The mindset has been writin about, (all too infrequently) but the technique is very original. It is not a system as much as it is a framework, you can use it in tandem with any system, but you can use only the framework to trade as Lewis himself does. There is a good private forum that comes with the purchase of the book. Available are 1 on 1 consultations with Lewis and Olga, and CD-ROM is in the works.

Truly, once you have the mindset, part of having it is learning the technique and applying it properly. Like they say, when you've got it inside everything outside falls into place...

Good Luck!

What this book taught me has changed me, my life and my trading. It showed me the way how trading can be effortless.

I am admiring of Jesse Livermore and how he traded the Market. And this book teaches you something that is very similar to the way Livermore used his Market Key and the Line of Least Resistance.

This book is about fabulous and easy way to look at the market. The way that is completely different from what other popular "gurus" write about.

I truly believe that most people block new information that does not confirm their beliefs about trading techniques. They always will be willing to buy the books they understand, just because they feel safe. But that is why they fail.

I want to say thanks to people who are angry of buying this book. I am taking your money every day. Thank you.

P.S. Buying this book will give you access to trading forum where we share our ideas.

This book helped to free my Mind about the Market and about Life. If you are perplexed because you are intelligent and dilligent but still losing money, this book will help you figure out why. But you have to give it a chance! Mindset really is the key, my charts were so full of indicators I couldn't see the bars, and I was still losing money. Now my charts are simple and beautiful and I have more successful trades than I ever thought possible before. I did this with the book, access to the free bulletin board, and one paid lesson. Total cost: 67 dollars. So obviously Lewis and Olga aren't in this to fleece people. Be willing to set aside your current beliefs and try something new.

The book puts forward creative insight into how the mind works during trading and ideal states of mind that will undoubtedley benefit the trading process. The way the book started out raised my expectations I guess i might need to do further research on the author. he also shares a trading strategy that seems cumbersome and does not allign with my personality.... But the psychological aspect of the book is a must read, especially for traders seeking to find their ultimate comfort zone.

This is a very short book. I didn't even implement all of it. The psychology part of the book was what I was interested in. I read the Mechanical part of the book but there were just too many lines on my charts when I was done. To the point that if you put that many lines on your charts you are going to hit a bunch of them most of the time. After a certain point you loose which lines are most salient.

The Mindset part of the book was excellent though. But the book is SOOO small that I feel the price should be lower.

This is a NO BRAINER . You can't make money by JUST studying this book,FX & FIBONACCI is so much more complicated than the simplicity expressed in this text !This book alone will not give u the confidence to trade real money ,however it may be a good starting point for the beginner !
End of story .

I was surprise at the size of this book,but how wrong I was.This book is the smallest book I have read on trading,but is ranked as one of the most complete book.It deals primarily with traders psycology and has a complete trading action plan that you can use right away.This is excellent
reading materials,and if you are really interested in trading Forex,then this is for you.This book is a MUST HAVE.

There is a good deal of information here regarding the psychological aspect of trading - however to me the indicator seems suspect. If you put enough lines on a chart of course the price will be around them often and believe me the lbt indicator has alot of lines.