The Best Trading Proverbs

Discussion in 'Trading' started by JTrades, May 29, 2014.

  1. JTrades

    JTrades

    Never try to catch a falling knife
     
    #11     May 29, 2014
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    Good one + keen + sharp.

    Related but slightly differs;
    never try to catch a falling safe[Its NOT safe to do that,LOL:D]
     
    #12     May 29, 2014
  3. Buy Lo Sell Hi 90% of the time
    Buy Hi Sell Higher 10% of the time
     
    #13     May 29, 2014
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  4. Redneck

    Redneck

    Time is $

    RN
     
    #14     May 29, 2014
  5. Its a bull market you know-Old Turkey:D[Old trading saying when some try to get old turkey to sell in a bull market]

    As good as that is for making money in an uptrend;
    trader Vic said market trends have an average life, like a person.Its why insurance companys don't insure many 95 year olds
     
    #15     May 29, 2014
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  6. Stock Market Proverbs

    When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet. Chinese Proverb

    If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. Chinese proverb
    Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles. Arabian Proverb
    Don't run too far, you will have to return the same distance. Biblical Proverb
    When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears. Czech Proverb
    Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. Polish Proverb
    Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. Chinese Proverb
    Fast Ripe, Fast Rotten. Japanese Proverb
    Let him make use of instinct who cannot make use of reason. English Proverb
    Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys. Jewish Proverb
    You don’t own stocks. Stocks own you. TONY BALIS
    Money is not a product by itself, it is a by-product, so don't chase it. Dhirubhai Ambani
    There are two rules of investing, The first rule is don’t lose. The second rule is don’t forget rule number one. Benjamin Graham
    In Stock Market, You can be right for the wrong reasons or wrong for the right reasons.John Allen Paulos
    Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for ten years. Warren Buffett
    Never invest in any idea you can't illustrate with a crayon. Peter Lynch
    I hate weekends because there is no stock market. Rene Rivkin
    Secret of Making Profits in Share Market is Don't trade the obvious
    An investor without investment objectives is like a traveler without a destination. Ralph Seger
    Most people are beaten up by the market instead of beating the market.MARK T. HEBNER
    Investment philosophy is the clear understanding that by owning shares of stocks he owns businesses, not pieces of paper.Warren Buffett
    The investor’s chief problem — and even his worst enemy — is likely to be himself.BENJAMIN GRAHAM
    To invest wisely, it is necessary to become aware of all the temptations to behave foolishly.
    Sometime, A long term investment is actually a short term investment that failed.
    The market is weird. Every time one guy sells, another one buys, and they both think they're smart.
    The better the economy gets, the more the market should sell off.
    When is good news really bad and bad news really good.
    Trade what you see not what you think.
    We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.Warren Buffett
    There is only one success — to be able to spend your life in your own way.CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
    He who hesitates is poor. MEL BROOKS
    one who expect miracles in share market should leave it immediately.
    Looking for guaranteed tips? search Beauty or Health pages.
    Easiest way to earn money in stock Market. Ask a layman to trade, Sell whatever he buys, Buy whatever he sells.Hrishikesh SenGupta
    Trading Stocks is simple mathematics 2+2= 4but our greed makes it 5 and our panic makes it 3Feroz Ahmed Khan
    There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply........... Josh Billings
    Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment............Rita Mae Brown
    If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain............Maya Angelou
    All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.............Ellen Glasgow
    Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiam. ...........Winston Churchill
    It is always better to buy a good stock at a bad price than buying a bad stock at a good price.
     
    #16     May 30, 2014
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  7. JTrades

    JTrades

    buy the rumor, sell the news
     
    #17     May 30, 2014
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  8. A rising tide lifts all boats
    Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.
    Buy high, sell higher.
    Buy low, sell high.
    Buy on dips, sell on railies
    Buy the rumor, sell the fact.
    Buy the rumor, sell the news.
    Cut your losses short.
    Don't catch a falling knife.
    Don't fight the Fed.
    Don't fight the tape.
    Don't marry your stocks.
    Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
    Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.
    Never short a dull market.
    Nobody rings a bell at the market bottom.
    Past performance does not guarantee future results.
    Plan your trades. Trade your plan.
    Sell in May and go away.
    Stocks climb a wall of worry.
    The crowd is right during the trends but wrong at both ends.
    The market hates uncertainty.
    The market is driven by fear and greed.
    The trend is your friend.
    Too far, too fast.
    Trade in the direction of the trend.
     
    #18     May 30, 2014
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  9. JTrades

    JTrades

    Successful investing is anticipating the anticipation of others
     
    #19     May 30, 2014
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  10. kut2k2

    kut2k2

    The Four Cardinal Rules of Trading:

    Trade with the trend.

    Let winnings run.

    Cut loses short.

    Manage Risk.
     
    #20     May 30, 2014