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Day trading tests more than your strategy—it tests your psychology. Day Trading Psychology explores the mental patterns that can disrupt execution, from bias-driven decision-making to emotional escalation during volatile sessions. Max Koren presents practical, process-focused frameworks to help readers build stronger standards, improve discipline, and reduce rule-breaking under pressure. You’ll learn how to: Spot common mental traps and bias patterns Respond to FOMO, revenge trading, and tilt more effectively Strengthen your routine for planning, execution, and review Build habits that ...

Most traders don’t fail because they’re “not smart enough.” They fail because they trade the E-mini S&P 500 (ES) with no structure—no environment filter, no risk framework, and no repeatable execution rules. This book is the antidote. If you’ve ever felt like the ES market moves too fast, stops you out “for no reason,” or punishes you the moment you click—this is your blueprint to trade with the mindset and structure professionals rely on. Inside, you’ll learn how to approach E-mini S&P 500 futures and options the right way: not by predicting the market… but by ...

Options feel confusing for one reason: most traders try to trade them like stocks. They focus on direction—then get blindsided by time decay and implied volatility. That’s when you hear, “Theta crushed you,” or “IV collapsed,” and it sounds like a mystery. It’s not a mystery. It’s exposure. Options Greeks Explained is a practical, beginner-friendly guide that teaches you how options actually behave—so you can stop guessing and start managing trades with a simple, repeatable framework. Inside, you’ll learn how to diagnose any option’s movement using the only three ...

Atomic Focus is a beginner-friendly study of day trading psychology and trading habits in fast, uncertain markets. Instead of treating day trading as a test of willpower, this book examines what tends to happen to attention, emotion, and decision-making when the screen is moving quickly and the mind wants certainty. Written in plain English, Atomic Focus follows fictional, illustrative scenarios to explore why beginners often feel pulled into urgency, overthinking, and “busy” sessions that create fatigue without clarity. The goal is educational: to help readers recognize common mental ...

0DTE options, same-day expiration, and intraday options mechanics can feel confusing because prices update quickly as the clock runs out. 0DTE Options Mistakes and Practical Lessons is an educational guide to liquidity friction, pricing behavior, and decision traps that often appear on expiration day, explained in plain English with fictional scenarios for illustration. Topics include the three fast forces that shape 0DTE pricing (time, implied volatility, and spreads), payoff shapes that can amplify overreaction, Greeks near expiration described as changing sensitivity, and the operational...

Market makers, liquidity, and short-term price behavior are often misunderstood. Many traders study charts, indicators, and news yet still find price acting in unexpected ways. This book explores why that confusion is so common by examining markets through the lens of liquidity, participation, and market structure rather than prediction. Think Like a Market Maker is an educational study of how price often behaves in modern markets, especially during moments of volatility, false breakouts, and sudden reversals. Instead of offering strategies or instructions, it focuses on interpretation - ...

Understanding the Tape: A Beginner’s Guide to Level 2 Market Data is an educational introduction to reading Level 2, market depth, and the order book—so you can better understand how liquidity and order flow behave in real time. Inside, you’ll learn: What Level 2 shows (and what it doesn’t) How bids/asks shift, stack, and thin as price moves How to combine Level 2 with Time & Sales (the tape) for clearer context The role of market makers, ECNs, and common order-book behavior Practical examples and repeatable exercises to help you build pattern recognition This book focuses on market...

0DTE options research in liquid ETFs, SPY, QQQ, and DIA options mechanics, pricing sensitivities, and expiration behavior - this book is a structured study of how same-day options can be observed and documented without hype or promises. It focuses on how implied volatility, skew, term structure, and quote quality can shift intraday, and how a careful notebook can turn those observations into comparable records. Readers may learn about: The core mechanics of 0DTE ETF options, including time-to-expiration effects and settlement considerations Observing implied volatility as a surface: IV ...

ThinkorSwim Scripting for Beginners Unlock the Power of ThinkScript — and Let ChatGPT Help You Do It. By Max Koren Have you ever looked at custom indicators or strategy scripts on ThinkorSwim and thought, “I wish I could build something like that”? You can — and it’s easier than you think. ThinkorSwim Scripting for Beginners is your complete, beginner-friendly guide to learning ThinkScript—the powerful coding language that drives ThinkorSwim’s custom charts, scans, and alerts. Written in plain English and packed with real examples, this book takes you from absolute novice to ...

0DTE options can change character quickly within a single session. The Portfolio Mindset in 0DTE Options is an investing-style study of intraday exposure design and risk framing, written for readers who want clearer language for describing what a same-day options position is sensitive to and why clusters of positions can behave alike under stress. Instead of treating each position as an isolated idea, this book explores 0DTE through a portfolio lens: dominant drivers, shared stress points, and the way time, liquidity, direction, and priced uncertainty can reshape option premium throughout ...

0DTE options hedging for stock and ETF portfolios – option pricing, stress testing, and position sizing – explained in plain English for beginners. This beginner overview examines how same-day expiration (0DTE) options function as contracts, how their prices are commonly described, and why market conditions can change what option quotes look like across calm and fast sessions. Rather than focusing on predictions, the book emphasizes interpretation: what intrinsic value and time-and-uncertainty value represent, how implied volatility is reflected in option prices, and how delta, gamma, ...

REIT investing for beginners - a practical, plain-English study of REITs and REIT ETFs, property sectors, distributions, and risk factors. This book explains how real estate investment trusts work, what a REIT ETF actually holds, and why different REIT sectors can behave differently across market environments. Inside, readers may learn about: What REITs are and what they are not, including equity REITs vs mortgage REITs How REIT ETFs are built, including index rules, concentration, and sector exposure Common REIT cash flow language, including FFO, AFFO, and distribution coverage as ...

Technical Trading Mastery Learn Market Structure, Indicators, and Chart Setups with Confidence By Max Koren Most traders don’t fail because they lack information. They fail because they lack structure. Technical Trading Mastery is a professional, framework-driven guide to understanding how markets actually behave—and how disciplined traders make decisions inside uncertainty. This book is not about predictions, shortcuts, or signal-based strategies. It is about building repeatable decision-making skills that apply across stocks, futures, and options. Rather than offering isolated setups ...

VWAP for Beginners provides a clear, calm introduction to Volume Weighted Average Price in intraday markets, with a focus on understanding rather than prediction. This book explains what VWAP measures, how it forms during the trading day, and why it is commonly referenced by market participants. Instead of presenting rules or strategies, this book approaches VWAP as a contextual reference. Readers are guided through how VWAP reflects participation, how time of day influences its behavior, and why the same VWAP line can describe very different sessions. The emphasis is on observation, ...

Order Flow for Beginners is an educational introduction to how market activity unfolds beneath price movement. Rather than focusing on outcomes or techniques, this book explores order flow as a way of describing how buyers and sellers interact in real time. It explains how transactions form, how participation changes, and how price responds when agreement shifts. Written in plain, everyday language, this book is designed for readers who are curious about what happens inside markets but want a grounded, non-promissory explanation. Concepts are introduced gradually, defined simply, and ...

0DTE options volatility, intraday indicators, and technical analysis foundations - explored in a calm, educational framework for interpreting compression, range expansion, and session behavior in modern markets. This book studies how commonly used tools such as ATR, bands and channels, moving averages, momentum indicators, volume, breadth, VWAP, and key session reference levels can be used to describe volatility states and intraday context without turning charts into promises. Readers may learn about: How “volatility” differs from direction, and why range and pace can change without ...

0DTE options credit and debit spreads for beginners, explained in plain English with a contract-first, diagram-free approach. This educational guidebook explores vertical spreads, same-day expiration mechanics, and how option premiums behave as time and uncertainty change. Readers may learn about: What credit spreads and debit spreads are in simple, word-based terms Strikes, widths, and “expiration zones” without payoff charts Intrinsic vs extrinsic value and why 0DTE premiums can shift quickly Delta, gamma, theta, and vega as descriptive sensitivities, not formulas Bid, ask, and ...

0DTE options strangles, intraday Greeks, liquidity, and implied volatility can look confusing at first glance - especially when time is measured in hours instead of weeks. 0DTE Options Strangles is a text-only, beginner-friendly study that explains what same-day expiration markets often reflect, using plain English and repeatable observation prompts rather than charts, screenshots, or formulas. Inside, readers may learn about how strangles are structured, how option premiums can shift even when price barely moves, and why bid-ask spreads and quote stability can matter as much as the ...

0DTE options risk management can feel different when time is measured in minutes and hours instead of days. 0DTE Options Risk Management Foundations for Beginners examines intraday options through a practical, plain-English lens: what a position is exposed to, how that exposure can change quickly near expiration, and how “what could go wrong” thinking helps reduce confusion in fast markets. This book stays focused on descriptions and market mechanics rather than predictions. It separates risk into clear lenses - premium as cost, notional exposure as relationship, and scenario loss as ...

Same-day expiration index options (0DTE) are a widely discussed part of modern derivatives markets, especially around SPX index options. Understanding 0DTE SPX Index Options is an educational, plain-English study of how these contracts are structured, how pricing can behave as expiration approaches, and why intraday volatility can feel different when time is measured in hours rather than weeks. Readers may learn about: What “0DTE” means in practice and how the shrinking clock can change option sensitivity Core SPX index option features, including cash settlement and expiration mechanics...