Stress is literally kryptonite to traders. Stress disrupts their equilibrium and affects their decision-making. Anything we can do to minimize the “yips” will flow directly to the bottom-line.
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Beware of large positions that can control your emotions. Don’t be overly aggressive with the market. Treat it gently by allowing your equity to grow steadily rather than in bursts.
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The desire for constant action irrespective of underlying conditions is responsible for many losses in Wall Street even among the professionals, who feel that they must take home some money ...
Investing is the only business I know that when things go on sale, people run out of the store.
- Mark Yusko
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Win or lose, everybody gets what they want out of the market. Some people seem to like to lose, so they win by losing money.
- Ed Seykota
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Getting excited by gains in a trade is the first step toward getting panicky when those gains are threatened.
- Dr. Brett Steenbarger
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Listen to what the market is saying about others, not what others are saying about the market.
- Richard Wyckoff
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Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.
- John Maynard Keynes
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One common adage...that is completely wrongheaded is: You can't go broke taking profits.
That's precisely how many traders do go broke.
While amateurs go broke by taking large losses, professionals go broke ...
Patience is the key to success not speed.
Time is a cunning speculator's best friend if he uses it right.
- Jesse Livermore
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