Reading markets
and hardening traders
A library in two books. The first is about the machinery of price; the second delves into the psychology of the operator. Together they describe the entire act of trading: the chart, and the mind that decides what to do about it.
Achart is half the work. The other half lives in the body of the trader who is looking at it, in the breath that shortens at the wrong moment, in the cursor that drifts toward the close button, in the size that grows because the last loss cannot be allowed to stand. Each book in this library treats one of those halves.
Book I, The Field Guide to Trading, reads the market. Profile, delta, time, the order book, the pressure beneath every order, and the zones where decisions are made. Fourteen volumes of structural and microstructural analysis, written for the discretionary trader who wants to read what the chart cannot say.
Book II, The Field Guide to Trading Psychology, reads the trader. The biases, the timescales, the tilt thermometer, and the eleven recognisable shapes the mind takes when it is tired, hopeful, hurt, or hungry. Thirteen volumes, each archetype rendered in the voice of the trader being described.
Two books, one library.
Each book can be read on its own. The fastest path through both is to read Book I in order, then begin Book II with Vol. 01 once it becomes available.
Fourteen volumes on the inner mechanics of the market. The auction, the tape, the hour, the current, the cascade, the map, the reading, the trigger, the book, the pressure, and the pyramid. The library that teaches the eye what to read before it teaches the hand what to do.
Who this is forDiscretionary traders in futures, equities, FX, or crypto who want to read what the chart cannot say — and act on it.
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Thirteen volumes on the architecture of the trading mind. The biases, the timescales, the tilt thermometer, and the eleven recognisable shapes a mind takes when it is tired, hopeful, hurt, or hungry. Each archetype rendered in the voice of the trader being described. In progress, due for release later this year.
Who this is forTraders who keep repeating the same mistakes and want to understand the operator behind the trades, not just the chart.
What readers say.
Bought way too many trading courses, most are just repackaged indicators with a Discord attached. This is the first one that actually explains why price reacts where it does. The volume profile chapter alone changed how I trade the open. Wish I had it 3 years ago.
Marcus T.Futures trader
Finally something that explains why order flow does what it does instead of selling signals on top of it. Dense, assumes you're serious, no hype. Exactly what I wanted.
Elena R.Equities trader
The zones volumes are the clearest thing I've read on support and resistance anywhere. I used to draw 20 levels a chart and trust none of them. Now I draw 3 and know exactly why each one matters.
Daniel K.FX trader
Read the first volume for free, registered for Defining Levels, bought the whole thing the same night. No upsell, no fake countdown, no funnel. Just the actual structure of the market.
Priya S.Crypto trader
Reads like notes from someone who's actually sat in front of the tape for years, not a marketer who reverse engineered a strategy to sell. Passed it round the desk and a couple of the juniors finally get absorption now.
Tomás L.Prop desk trader
Came in skeptical, I've read a dozen of these. This one treats you like an adult. It assumes you want to understand the machinery, not be handed a setup. Re-reading bits before the open most mornings now.
Sofia M.Equities trader
The aggression and passivity volume completely reframed how I read delta. Honestly that one idea was worth the whole price tag.
Liam B.Futures trader
No signals, no upsell, no nonsense. Just the structure of the market explained clearly enough that it actually stuck. Genuinely rare these days.
Nadia H.Crypto trader
The order book volume is the best explanation of liquidity I've read, full stop. Turns out I kept buying into resting supply I couldn't see. Paid for the book ten times over already.
Owen P.Independent trader