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I Spend My Day Trying To Make Myself As Happy And Relaxed As I Can Be. If I Have Positions Going Against Me, I Get Right Out; If They Are Going For Me, I Keep Them.

First If All, Never Play Macho Man In The Market. Second, Never Overtrade. My Major Problem Was Not The Number Of Points I Lost On The Trade, But That I Was Trading Far Too Many Contracts Relative To The Equity In The Accounts That I Handled.

There Is No More Compassionate And Effective Way To Help Poor People In New York City Than To Give To Robin Hood.

Don’t Ever Average Losers. Decrease Your Trading Volume When You Are Trading Poorly; Increase Your Volume When You Are Trading Well. Never Trade In Situations Where You Don’t Have Control. For Example, I Don’t Risk Significant Amounts Of Money In Front Of Key Reports, Since That Is Gambling, Not Trading.

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.