This book was good in places and bad in a whole lot of places. Here are the pros and cons.

Pros:
-This book definitely had some parts in it where it introduced some pretty neat concepts that could have been really expanded on. The whole dying before death is a very applicable art to trading, and losing the ego can be discussed at length to help the trader achieve better results.

-Some of the quotes in this book were very applicable and thought out; I really enjoyed some of them and read some that I had never heard before.

Cons:
-This book is basically a rehash of other books written on the subject. The author is CONSTANTLY quoting other books, going so far as to actually have two whole pages devoted to market wizard's quotes. Using quotes in writing is great, adds credibility, gives other perspectives, but I literally felt like I wasn't reading HIS book, but other's.

-Basically you will not find much Taoism from the author in this book. He quotes the Tao Te Ching quite a bit, but I don't really think he understands what he is talking about. He also takes a lot of stuff from Zen Buddhism, which is NOT Taoism. They have many similarities, but the author does not take the time to really give the reader the sense that he understands the differences. He kind of just lumps all that "east" stuff into one category.

-The author repeats himself quite a bit, I don't know what the editor was really thinking after reading this book, but the copy paste buttons should not be used that liberally in any book. He repeats things in lists in different ways over and over again. What exactly is a winning attitude? Well it's the attitude you have when you are a winner of course. Way oversimplified, way too many nonsensical one liners, and if this guy has really been in the business for this long, I get the sense that he really didn't write this book (how can you be that experienced AND that ignorant).

-The author constantly contradicts himself, one of hand he will say that to be good in the market, you much be positive, have a winning attitude, etc, then will say that you must be a good loser. It's like he wrote half of the book, then had some two bit inspirational writer fill in the rest with your generic, useless feel good jargon.

-The author goes on for a good while about jazz....yes jazz... I don't know what he was thinking, but I guess telling me how certain types of jazz sounds in writing makes me a better trader. Why do I care that Jazz player X sounds like Z. Isn't writing about music totally defeat the purpose that you are trying to get across in the first place? I mean sure, reference jazz, go into it a bit, but page after page of "the smooth beat of Miles Davis, or the Strong beat of Armstrong..." doesn't do ANYTHING for me reading the book. Am I supposed to feel that improvisational nature of jazz now? I don't know...

-One of the worst things that this author did was use the classic "Leading professionals say..." or "Top traders I know think..." This just DESTROYS credibility. He can quote the whole world through his book, but cant give a citation here? How are we supposed to know "top traders" said that? Its 8th grade essay writing at its finest here.

To sum it up, don't buy this book, don't waste your money, I am not usually this negative, but this book is truly abysmal and if you enjoy it, you have a long way to go in your trading. If you are really looking for mysticism in trading try "the Psychology of Trading," it delves into meditation and the intuitive nature of trading, and the author knows what he's talking about.

这本书有好的地方，也有坏的地方。以下是优点和缺点。
赞成的意见：
-这本书肯定有一些部分，它介绍了一些非常整洁的概念，可以真正扩展。临死前的整体死亡是一种非常适用于交易的艺术，失去自我可以详细讨论，以帮助交易者获得更好的结果。
-这本书中的一些引语是非常适用和深思熟虑；我真的很喜欢其中的一些，读了一些我从未听过的。
欺骗：
-这本书基本上是关于这个主题的其他书的翻版。作者不停地引用其他书籍，甚至有两整页的篇幅专门介绍市场巫师的名言。在写作中引用名言很好，增加了可信度，提供了其他观点，但我真的觉得我读的不是他的书，而是其他人的。
-基本上你在这本书中不会从作者那里找到太多道家思想。他引用了《陶德清》，但我不认为他真的理解他在说什么。他也从禅宗那里学到很多东西，禅宗不是道教。它们有许多相似之处，但作者并没有花时间真正给读者一种他理解不同之处的感觉。他只是把所有“东方”的东西归为一类。
-作者反复说了很多，我不知道编辑看完这本书后到底在想什么，但是复制粘贴按钮在任何一本书中都不应该使用得那么随便。他以不同的方式一次又一次地重复列表中的内容。成功的态度到底是什么？当然，这是你成为赢家时的态度。太过简单化了，太多无稽之谈了，如果这家伙真的在这行干了这么久，我觉得他真的没有写这本书（你怎么能那么有经验，那么无知）。
-作者不断自相矛盾，一方面他会说要想在市场上做得好，你要多积极，要有一个成功的态度等等，然后会说你一定是一个好的失败者。就像他写了一半的书，然后让一些有灵感的作家用你那些通用的，无用的，感觉良好的行话来填充剩下的。
-作者谈了一会儿爵士乐…是的爵士乐。。。我不知道他在想什么，但我想告诉我某些爵士乐在写作中的声音如何让我成为一个更好的交易者。为什么我在乎爵士乐演奏者X听起来像Z。写音乐不是完全违背了你最初想要表达的目的吗？我是说，当然，参考爵士乐，深入一点，但一页又一页的“迈尔斯戴维斯的流畅节拍，或阿姆斯特朗的强劲节拍……”对我读这本书没有任何帮助。我现在应该感受到爵士乐的即兴表演吗？我不知道。。。
-作者最糟糕的一件事就是使用了经典的“顶尖专业人士说……”或者“我认识的顶级交易员认为……”这只会破坏可信度。他可以通过他的书引用整个世界，但不能在这里引用？我们怎么知道“顶级交易员”这么说？它八年级的作文在这里写得最好。
总而言之，不要买这本书，不要浪费你的钱，我通常不会这么消极，但这本书是真正的深不可测，如果你喜欢它，你有很长的路要走在你的交易。如果你真的在寻找交易中的神秘主义，试试“交易心理学”，它深入冥想和交易的直觉本质，作者知道他在说什么。