Trading Gives You An Incredibly Intense Feeling

Fundamentals Might Be Good For The First Third Or First 50 Or 60 Percent Of A Move, But The Last Third Of A Great Bull Market Is Typically A Blow-off, Whereas The Mania Runs Wild And Prices Go Parabolic... There Is No Training, Classroom Or Otherwise, That Can Prepare For Trading The Last Third Of A Move, Whether It's The End Of A Bull Market Or The End Of A Bear Market.

There's Such An Emphasis On Making Money That We've Really Taken The Humanity Out Of Business.

My Off-the-cuff Remarks At The University Of Virginia Were With Regard To Global Macro Traders, Who Are On-call 24/7 And Of Whom There Are Likely Only A Few Thousand Successful Practitioners In The World Today. Macro Trading Requires A High Degree Of Skill, Focus And Repetition. Life Events, Such As Birth, Divorce, Death Of A Loved One And Other Emotional Highs And Lows Are Obstacles To Success In This Specific Field Of Finance.

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.

Don't Be A Hero. Don't Have An Ego.