Favorite Trading Sayings / Quotes

[Tams 20]

[zdo 20]

Seen this ole ditty?

[Tams 20]

[Tams 20]

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"If investing is entertaining, if you're having fun, you're probably not making any money. Good investing is boring," -- George Soros

 

 

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[Tams 20]

I started trading years ago my friend told me this, " Know how to make a small fortune in the market? Start with a large fortune." -

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[Obsidian 10]

A cool, disciplined trader will take an average system and make money with it. A nervous, arbitrary trader will take a brilliant system and wreck it.

[Mysticforex 13]

One of my favorite trading sayings applies to a lot of other things in life:

 

"Never bring a knife to a Gun fight".

[Tams 20]

[Obsidian 10]

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[Tams 20]

[Perrin 10]

"...let me warn you that the fruits of your success will be in direct ratio to the honesty and sincerity of your own effort in keeping your own records, doing your own thinking, and reaching your own conclusions."

Jesse Livermore ('How To Trade In Stocks')

[Tams 20]

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Smart People do Stupid things all the time. I know, I've seen me do'em.

[straddle 10]

Usually heard in July after an unsuccessfull trade

 

Sell in May and go away .

 

 

Never knew the real meaning behind it - sounds like " i need a break"

[kuokam 10]

"Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect"

[Tams 20]

[SIUYA 11]

"Half of you in this room are going to be below the average intelligence for the room - the other half probably don't belong here"...anon

[Perrin 10]

"Risk is part of the game if you want to sit in that chair."

 

(James Kirk, Star Trek: Generations)

[SIUYA 11]

Not sure where to stick this but it is a good website to reference regards any internet forums

(the favourite sayings are often thrown out in arguments that we are all guilty of)

 

Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies

[Tams 20]

"Half of you in this room are going to be below the average intelligence for the room - the other half probably don't belong here"...anon

 

not trying to be picky... actually "median" is the proper term.

but I don't expect anon to be of average intelligence.

[Catdaddy 10]

"Let us take what the terrain gives us."

 

-- Amos Tversky

[Catdaddy 10]

"It matters that you just don't give up."

 

-- Stephen Hawkings

[Catdaddy 10]

"Nah. We're playin with our backs to the wall. Being up 3:0 is not the goal. Winning 4 games is the goal. Play like there's no tomorrow; that's the goal."

 

-- Hunter Pence, right fielder, SF Giants, 2012 World Series quote before game 4.

[kuokam 10]

"Other investors are convinced that they can predict the future, and I believe that's where our profits come from"

 

John W. Henry

[Angelnish 10]

""Success isn't the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you're doing and you work hard you will be successful."

[SIUYA 11]

given john w henry just closed his fund due to dwindling assets and returns, maybe people can predict the future!