The Trading Self: Healing the Trader Within for Consistent Profitability

By Peter Ku

THE MARKET IS NOT THE PROBLEM. IT'S WHAT'S INSIDE YOU.

After years of blowing up trading accounts, chasing every new strategy, and trying to discipline his way into consistency, Peter Ku finally found the real source of his struggle - not his system, not the market, but the parts of himself running the trade.

Using the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, Peter went looking for the voice that kept revenge-trading after a loss, and found an entire cast of characters waiting at his charts: Mr. Fix-It, the manager convinced one more tweak will finally solve everything. Mayhem, the firefighter who blows up the account the instant fear or opportunity spikes. Ted, the rage that flares when the market disrespects him. The Exile, the wounded child underneath it all, carrying a shame no strategy could touch. And beneath every one of them, the Wise One - the calm, clear Self that can actually lead.

The Trading Self is the record of that work: real trading sessions, real IFS dialogues, and the practical protocol Peter built to trade from Self instead of fear, shame, or survival. Part trading-psychology book, part memoir, part field guide to the internal war most traders never admit they're fighting.

If you've already read Mark Douglas and done "the work" on discipline, and you're still blowing up in the same place - this book is for the layer underneath that.

What's inside:

- A full map of the trading "parts" most traders carry, and how to recognize yours
- A concrete morning protocol for checking in with your parts before the market opens
- Real, unscripted dialogues between Peter and his own Manic Trader, Mayhem, and Wise One
- A synthesis of IFS, CBT, and classic trading psychology (Douglas, Steenbarger, Schwartz) built specifically for traders

"This is the trading book I wish I had years ago. It's honest, profound, and unlike anything else out there." - Jermaine N., Trader and Coach

Heal the parts. Unburden

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HB6MKX5Y
• ISBN13: 9798188057947
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"