Trading Quotes
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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.
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With such enormous bucks devoted to trading in oil and other commodities, the distortions that they cause have been exacerbated.
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He will risk half his fortune in the stock market with less reflection that he devotes to the selection of a medium-priced automobile.
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A man must believe in himself and his judgement if he expects to make a living at this game. That is why I don't believe in tips."
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I like analyzing and managing large-scale transaction-processing platforms, recordkeeping administration, and brokerage trading services.
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Some hedge fund managers have made big bucks trading oil futures - George Soros is one.
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A prudent speculator never argues with the tape. Markets are never wrong, opinions often are.
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The problem with trading dominant players of that size is you never get in return what you've bargained away.
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A man must study general conditions, to seize them so as to be able to anticipate probabilities.
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I never hesitate to tell a man that I am bullish or bearish. But I do not tell people to buy or sell any particular stock. In a bear market all stocks go down and in a bull market they go up.
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the idea of having someone that knows nothing about the floor or trading is a non-start.
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"If I buy stocks on Smith's tip I must sell those same stocks on Smith's tip. I am depending on him. Suppose Smith is away on a holiday when the selling time comes around?
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Money is made by sitting, not trading.
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Professional traders have always had some system or other based upon their experience and governed either by their attitude towards speculation or by their desires.
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My mom has this ugly Santa ornament, and one year, I took it off the tree and clipped it to her pillow. We've been trading it back and forth ever since - 16 years now. I wore it to the Golden Globes and even put it in her bird feeder. As the birds eat, it's slowly revealed.
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Life can be lived at a remove. You trade in futures, and then you trade in derivatives of futures. Banks make more money trading derivatives than they do trading actual commodities.
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Don't take action with a trade until the market, itself, confirms your opinion. Being a little late in a trade is insurance that your opinion is correct. In other words, don't be an impatient trader.
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Luck plays an enormous role in trading success. Some people were lucky enough to be born smart, while others were even smarter and got born lucky.
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The biggest secret about success is that there isn't any big secret about it, or if there is, then it's a secret from me, too. The idea of searching for some secret for trading success misses the point.
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Experience has proved to me that real money made in speculating has been in commitments in a stock or commodity showing a profit right from the start.
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If you don't like trading, gambling and betting, then you don't like living.
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Remember this: When you are doing nothing, those speculators who feel they must trade day in and day out, are laying the foundation for your next venture. You will reap benefits from their mistakes.
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Federated worked with regulators to address problems with improper trading.
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The first rule of trading - there are probably many first rules - is don't get caught in a situation in which you can lose a great deal of money for reasons you don't understand.
