Since 2011 · Words worth trading on
Quote of the Day
Standing on the shoulders of giants.
Over a decade of quotes on trading, discipline, patience and mindset that I keep coming back to. Some from market legends, some from philosophers, a few from the trail.
Read one before the open. Then go do the work.
“A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.”
“Focus on what you want, you will lose what you have. Focus on what you have, you will get what you want.”
“The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.”
“The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.”
“My worst trades have always been a result of getting spooked out of a position before it actually triggered my stop.”
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up
“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength, but through persistence.”
“Over the years its the expensive stocks that earned me the big money, quality stocks that make huge moves over a period of time”