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Working to anticipate the future can be a distraction from the important task of dealing with the present.


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The trading rules I live by are: 1. Cut losses. 2. Ride winners. 3. Keep bets small. 4. Follow the rules without question. 5. Know when to break the rules.

The trading rules I live by are: 1. Cut losses. 2. Ride winners. 3. Keep bets small. 4. Follow the rules without question. 5. Know when to break the rules.



If you can't take a small loss, sooner or later you will take the mother of all losses.

If you can't take a small loss, sooner or later you will take the mother of all losses.



My style is basically trend following, with some special pattern recognition and money management algorithms.

My style is basically trend following, with some special pattern recognition and money management algorithms.



Win or lose, everybody gets what they want out of the market. Some people seem to like to lose, so they win by losing money.

Win or lose, everybody gets what they want out of the market. Some people seem to like to lose, so they win by losing money.



Traders and Surfers both have to deal with feelings of missing out on the small ones, until the big one comes along. They also have to deal with feelings of staying with the big one.

Traders and Surfers both have to deal with feelings of missing out on the small ones, until the big one comes along. They also have to deal with feelings of staying with the big one.



A lot of people would rather understand the market than make money

A lot of people would rather understand the market than make money



It can be very expensive to try to convince the markets you are right.

It can be very expensive to try to convince the markets you are right.



The key to long-term survival and prosperity has a lot to do with the money management techniques incorporated into the technical system.

The key to long-term survival and prosperity has a lot to do with the money management techniques incorporated into the technical system.



The markets are the same now as they were five or ten years ago because they keep changing-just like they did then

The markets are the same now as they were five or ten years ago because they keep changing-just like they did then



The elements of good trading are: 1, cutting losses. 2, cutting losses. And 3, cutting losses. If you can follow these three rules, you may have a chance.

The elements of good trading are: 1, cutting losses. 2, cutting losses. And 3, cutting losses. If you can follow these three rules, you may have a chance.





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Taming attachment, does not mean becoming cold and disinterested. On the contrary, it means learning to have a composed control over our mind through understanding




Some patient dogs had waited a long time for the fatest bone to come, but the impatient had gone to scavenge for the little it could see.

Some patient dogs had waited a long time for the fatest bone to come, but the impatient had gone to scavenge for the little it could see.



It will always be foolish to ask a cheater if they would ever cheat on you.

It will always be foolish to ask a cheater if they would ever cheat on you.



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Fashion is about good energy. It's about feelings. That's what I have to give the people, good energy and good feelings.



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I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.



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God will always make a way where there is no way.



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Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother.



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