Trader Quotes
Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon. I found it one of the hardest things to learn. But it is only after a stock operator has firmly grasped this that he can make big money. It is literally true that millions come easier to a trader after he knows how to trade than hundreds did in the days of his ignorance.
Edwin Lefevre
I wanted to be a great white hunter, a prospector for gold, or a slave trader. But then, when I was eight, my parents sent me to a boarding school in South Africa. It was the equivalent of a British public school with cold showers, beatings and rotten food. But what it also had was a library full of books.
Wilbur Smith
“I have never known a great trader, with his first reputation established as a bear operator, who did not either turn bull or drop out of the market altogether.”
William Peter Hamilton
The goal of a successful trader is to make the best trades. Money is secondary.
Alexander Elder
You want to be a trader, come be a trader. The door's open. You want to travel six days a week, you want to travel the world, the door's open.
Ivan Glasenberg
It's very difficult to be different from the rest of the crowd the majority of the time, which by definition is what you're doing if you're a successful trader.
Bill Lipschutz
