Sometimes Failure Is Merely Chasing You Off

Where You Want To Be Is Always In Control, Never Wishing, Always Trading, And Always First And Foremost Protecting Your Ass. That's Why Most People Lose Money As Individual Investors Or Traders Because They're Not Focusing On Losing Money. They Need To Focus On The Money That They Have At Risk And How Much Capital Is At Risk In Any Single Investment They Have. If Everyone Spent 90 Percent Of Their Time On That, Not 90 Percent Of The Time On Pie-in-the-sky Ideas On How Much Money They're Going To Make, Then They Will Be Incredibly Successful Investors.

It Is Not That We Had Any Unfair Knowledge That Other People Didn't Have, It Is Just That We Did Our Homework. People Just Don't Want To Believe That Anyone Can Break Away From The Crowd And Rise Above Mediocrity.

We Have Ripped The Humanity Out Of Our Companies. It's Threatening The Very Underpinnings Of Our Society.

The Most Important Rule Is To Play Great Defense, Not Great Offense. Everyday I Assume Every Position I Have Is Wrong. I Know Where My Stop Risk Points Are Going To Be. I Do That So I Can Define My Maximum Drawdown. Hopefully, I Spend The Rest Of The Day Enjoying Positions That Are Going In My Direction. If They Are Going Against Me, Then I Have A Game Plan For Getting Out.

I Am More Scared Now That I Was At Any Point Since I Began Trading, Because I Recognize How Ephemeral Success Can Be In This Business. I Know That To Be Successful, I Have To Be Frightened. My Biggest Hits Have Always Come After I Have Had A Great Period And I Started To Think That I Knew Something.