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Books by Purvang Gandhi

Two complete book series on Amazon, fourteen books in all, and a third series on the way. Each series is a full framework you can learn on your own, one book at a time.

Self study path Learn on your own, anytime, for the price of a book. No class times, no deadlines.

Every book here gives you one skill. Read a whole series in order and you start to think differently about money and markets. That change in thinking is the real goal.

Series 1: The M.I.N.T. Framework

Seven books for anyone who wants to invest and trade with a plan: Mindset, Invest, Navigate, Trade.

See the M.I.N.T. series on Amazon ↗

One book adds a skill. The framework transforms you.

A book

Gives you one skill: a plan, a portfolio, a career map or a set of trading rules.

Useful on its own. You can start with whichever book answers your question today.

The framework

Joins those skills into one way of thinking. Direction comes before money, money before markets, and rules before trades.

That is transformation: you stop reacting to the market and start running a system.

MMindset
Direction, plan and identity
IInvest
Grow wealth simply
NNavigate
Find your role in the market
TTrade
Rules, systems, top down

The seven M.I.N.T. books, in reading order

Cover of Made Many Geniuses but Without a Plan, book 1 of the M.I.N.T. Framework series
Step 1 · Direction

Made Many Geniuses but Without a Plan

How Direction Transforms Knowledge into Achievement

Brilliant people do not fail for lack of knowledge. They fail for lack of a plan.

The skill it adds: You write down what financial freedom means for you, set clear milestones and build three habits that keep you moving.

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Cover of Financial Freedom: Your Complete Blueprint, book 2 of the M.I.N.T. Framework series
Step 2 · The plan

Financial Freedom: Your Complete Blueprint

The Numbers, The Timeline, The Method

Financial freedom is not a feeling. It is a number, a date and a rate.

The skill it adds: You work out your own freedom number, the date you want to reach it and the return you need to get there.

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Cover of The Beginner's Guide to ETF Investing, book 3 of the M.I.N.T. Framework series
Step 3 · I for Invest

The Beginner's Guide to ETF Investing

Build Wealth Simply, Intelligently, and for the Long Term

Simple, low cost and built to last.

The skill it adds: You learn how to build a long term portfolio with ETFs, without needing to pick single stocks.

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Cover of Careers in the Stock Market, book 4 of the M.I.N.T. Framework series
Step 4 · N for Navigate

Careers in the Stock Market

Find Your Way to Success: Navigate the N in M.I.N.T.

Twelve roles. One market. Find the one that fits you.

The skill it adds: You see twelve real roles in the market and find out which one suits your skills and temperament.

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Cover of How to Make a Mechanical Trading System, book 5 of the M.I.N.T. Framework series
Step 5 · T for Trade

How to Make a Mechanical Trading System

A 20 Day Practical Manual for Building Your Own Rule Based Trading System

Stop trading on feelings. Start trading on rules.

The skill it adds: In 20 days you build your first rule based system: entry, exit, stop and position size, all written down.

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Cover of Top Down Trader, book 6 of the M.I.N.T. Framework series
Step 6 · Trade top down

Top Down Trader

Fundamental Logic, Technical Timing, Quant Execution. Trade Like a System, Think Like a Scientist.

Global, country, sector, script. Think in that order.

The skill it adds: You learn to pick what to trade from the top down, then time it with technicals and run it with quant rules.

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Cover of The Subtle Transformation, book 7 of the M.I.N.T. Framework series
Step 7 · Identity

The Subtle Transformation

How the Company You Keep Shapes Your Mind and Your Trading System

Your system is built by reading. The trader who runs it is built by environment.

The skill it adds: You see how the people and places around you shape your decisions, and how to choose them on purpose.

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Series 2: The 3 Bucket Framework

The Comeback Investor: Rebuilding Wealth After 50. Seven books for professionals between 50 and 65 whose salary stopped earlier than planned. Your money goes into three buckets, each with one job.

1Safety
Cash and protection so a fall never forces a sale
2Income
Dividends and covered calls to replace lost salary
3Growth
Long term capital that keeps ahead of inflation

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The seven 3 Bucket books, in reading order

Cover of The Comeback Investor: The Day Everything Changed, book 1 of the 3 Bucket Framework
Book 1 · The start

The Comeback Investor: The Day Everything Changed

Told your career was over at 50? Your financial life is not.

What you get: You understand what follows a sudden job loss, so fear stops driving your money decisions.

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Cover of The Comeback Investor: Where You Stand Right Now, book 2 of the 3 Bucket Framework
Book 2 · Where you stand

The Comeback Investor: Where You Stand Right Now

Fear grows in the dark. The cure is the actual number.

What you get: You take an honest inventory of your position and measure the income gap you must close.

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Cover of The Comeback Investor: How the Market Works, book 3 of the 3 Bucket Framework
Book 3 · The machine

The Comeback Investor: How the Market Works

You do not need to predict the market. You need to understand it.

What you get: You learn how the market really works before you put a single rupee or dollar into it.

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Cover of The Comeback Investor: The Dividend Income System, book 4 of the 3 Bucket Framework
Book 4 · Income bucket

The Comeback Investor: The Dividend Income System

This is the book where the Income bucket gets built.

What you get: You plan how to replace lost salary with dividends from quality businesses, step by step.

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Cover of The Comeback Investor: The Options Income System, book 5 of the 3 Bucket Framework
Book 5 · Second income

The Comeback Investor: The Options Income System

A second income layer, without a second investment.

What you get: You add conservative covered call income on top of the shares you already own.

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Cover of The Comeback Investor: The Capital Protection System, book 6 of the 3 Bucket Framework
Book 6 · Safety bucket

The Comeback Investor: The Capital Protection System

Keep an unavoidable loss from becoming an unrecoverable one.

What you get: You write a four layer protection plan in advance, before a downturn tests you.

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Cover of The Comeback Investor: Your Twelve Month Execution Plan, book 7 of the 3 Bucket Framework
Book 7 · Living it

The Comeback Investor: Your Twelve Month Execution Plan

Six books built the system. This one shows you how to live it.

What you get: You turn everything into a simple monthly, quarterly and yearly routine.

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Series 3: The MIND Framework

Coming soon12 books

The third series is being written now: twelve books on the MIND Framework. Join the free course and you will hear first when each book is out.

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Books build the skill alone. If you want Purvang to walk you through it live and finish with your own tested system, join the mentorship.

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