“There is nothing more important than your emotional balance.” – Jesse Livermore While taking losses is always uncomfortable, Taking them based on a predetermined exit strategy takes away some of the mental pain. Cutting losses when you know you are wrong also limits the size and extent of the loss and the severe pain of […]
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There is a big difference between bad traders and good traders, here is what I think separates one from the other: Bad traders continually have the desire to short the hottest stocks with the strongest momentum. What is their reasoning? “It can’t go any higher, this price is ridiculous.” Do
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“You adapt, evolve, compete or die.” – Paul Tudor Jones I do not trade the same way I did when I started actively trading the stock market in the late nineties. The market itself has taught me many lessons about keeping my gains and cutting my losses short. I have traded through one one
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In my reading of hundreds of trading books and my endless research on rich traders, I have come across many quotes that are very powerful. These principles could really change the dynamic of a new trader’s plan. Here are some of my favorites. They have made an impact on my own trading success: “Good
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Contrary to popular belief by the majority of the general population and even investors and traders stocks are not tied to their fundamental values or even the companies that sold the shares to raise capital. Stock prices are tied to simply what the current buyer and seller in the market is willing to exchange ownership
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Trading is not all fun and games. We do not make money on every trade. It is not like other careers or jobs where you work and then get paid. Our pursuit is more like the life of an entrepreneur. Our idea may work or it may not. The
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While Babe Ruth was not a trader he was the greatest home run hitter to ever play baseball for many, many years until Hank Aaron finally beat his record. I think it is appropriate to look at Babe Ruth quotes for trading because many of the most profitable traders of
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You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” -Babe Ruth You can read trading books until you are blurry-eyed, you can spend thousands of dollars on seminars, you can try to get successful traders to give you the secret sauce of trading and the holy grail. But, in the end it is simply
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Discretionary Traders Vs Systematic Traders In the classic Star Trek movies and television show Captain Kirk believed in his abilities to make the best decisions in the circumstances he found himself in. Mr. Spock contrasted against Kirk’s leadership style by using logic and reason along with probabilities of success to make the best
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Do you want trading success bad enough to read one hundred quality trading books? Do you want it bad enough to review charts for hours? EVERY day? Do you want it bad enough to find the right mentor to help you in your trading quest? Will you attend the right seminars if you need to?
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Apple is at $610 you believe it will go to $680 in a month, instead of buying at $610 you want to buy on a pullback to $600, the pull back never comes and you just watch it go to $680 with no position. Apple is at $675 and you
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“There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.” ~Warren Buffett “The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.” -Warren Buffett The biggest thing that trips up many new traders and even more experienced and
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The strange thing about trading is the vast majority of traders lose money. Most studies put it at 90% as the amount of traders that are unprofitable in the long term. How can this be? The majority of traders are trading on emotions and predictions instead of what
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At 56, Paul Tudor Jones is a self made billionaire with a net worth of 3.3 billion and is ranked as the 336th richest person in the world, he knows exactly how to trade the biggest money for the biggest returns. One of Jones’ earliest and major successes was anticipating
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Traders should never underestimate the role that stress plays in trading. Most will succeed or fail based on their ability to handle stress, rather than how many winning or losing trades they have, or even how good their methods are. It is possible for a trader to win consistently and still not be able to win in
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One of the ways I coach myself each day before trading begins is to say to myself “Don’t do anything stupid”. When I quit doing stupid things that is when I started being consistently profitable year after year. You can do all your homework for trading, you can write your
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“Mr. Seykota himself has put together a money management track record with returns of roughly +60% net of fees over the three-decade span of his trading career…” -Futures Magazine Ed Seykota, first featured in the book Market Wizards has one of the best records of all time for any trader.
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The biggest question I have received from readers is what are my thoughts on Apple? They have asked my advice on how to play Apple through earnings, my advice “Don’t” instead wait for a trend to emerge after earnings. I captured the move in Apple this year by trading
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