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The journey of becoming proficient in trading can mirror the trials of life itself, with obstacles deeply rooted in psychology and emotional control rather than mere market tactics. The author recounts his transformative summer in 1976, where alongside psychiatric textbooks, he discovered the world of stock trading through a borrowed paperback. This fusion of psychiatry and trading laid the groundwork for a profound understanding that successful trading is as much about self-control as it is about market trends.