The book you are referring to is by David S. Nassar .

Extraordinary profits begin with a mindset shift. Nassar emphasizes that the greatest hurdle to success is the investor's own emotion—fear and greed. A "proper" investor treats trading as a business, not a gamble, maintaining discipline and a strict emotional detachment from individual trades.

Learning exactly when to enter and exit a position to minimize risk.

David Nassar’s work is a guide for the "everyman" investor who wants to move beyond passive index fund investing without the institutional resources of Wall Street. The book argues that by mastering specific psychological traits and technical tools, an individual can outperform professional fund managers.

Using trading volume to confirm the strength of a price trend.

Instead of following "hot tips" or news cycles, the text advocates for Technical Analysis . This includes: Price Action: Understanding how stocks move in patterns.

In the modern era, "ordinary" people have access to the same real-time data as professionals. Nassar encourages using Direct Access Trading (DAT) platforms to execute trades quickly and see the "Level II" quotes that show where the big buyers and sellers are hiding. The Core Philosophy