Trading Maxims/Quotes

Discussion in 'Psychology' started by Commisso, Jan 1, 2002.

  1. Magna

    Magna Administrator

    "When I get hurt in the market, I get the hell out. It doesn't matter at all where the market is trading. I just get out."

    Randy McKay
     
    #241     Feb 14, 2002
  2. Magna

    Magna Administrator

    "I don't like using stops but I hate losing money more."

    ibefat [from MSN boards]
     
    #242     Feb 14, 2002
  3. Josh_B

    Josh_B

    ...he who takes a quick stop and runs away, lives to trade another day...


    Josh
     
    #243     Feb 14, 2002
  4. "How would you advise people to approach technical trading?'' {answer}Well you can start by reading a good basic book.......................................[2]--but really have to study price action FIRSTHAND.''Mark Etzkorn-Tom DeMark interview,photo shows firsthand study of uptrend ,moniter..........[3]Active Trader Mag noted [11/2001]he helped Steve Cohen.[Takes more than one person to get to third base,especially three days in a row.:cool: ]
     
    #244     Feb 15, 2002
  5. "The way a young man spends his evenings is part of that thin area between sucess and failure'' Robert R.Young-------------------------------------------------------Stock Traders Almanac,interesting name:)
     
    #245     Feb 15, 2002
  6. ''If you go against the trend,slippage goes your way-it works in your favor''Tom DeMark.Active Trader Mag,11/2001---------------------------------------------[We don't need to agree on everything,I prefer the post it note posted by Paul Tudor Jones the top trader,duck hunter----------''-Losers average losers'':p
     
    #246     Feb 15, 2002
  7. 220 +year chart of''America's stock market''nice bull uptrend[1781-2000] Securities Research Company-William O'Neil[2]Probably not a case for mindlessly buy and hold ;because most don't live 220 years. [3]includes 20,and 25 years approximately flat as as a board,severe downtrends..........:cool:
     
    #247     Feb 15, 2002
  8. Quote ''The lazy man roasteth not that which he took in hunting but the diligent[industrious] man[person] reaps a rich harvest'' Solomon, top trader,sportsman,commander in chief,writer..............[Interesting thats part of the Paul Tudor Jones pattern,source Jack Schwager:cool:
     
    #248     Feb 15, 2002
  9. ''Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly................''Bernard Baruch, wall street king,advisor to presidents,helped people by lots of trigger pulling on quail, [game meat especially healthy,not much fat ] . Was a writer also.
     
    #249     Feb 15, 2002
  10. Cesko

    Cesko

    Since the largest trading organizations - with all their resources, dedication, and access to the smartest mathematical minds in the world - haven't found a reliable trading system, it stands to reason one simply does not exist. Or if one does, you probably won't be the one to discover it.
     
    #250     Feb 15, 2002