Ed Seykota Quotes – Trend Following Trading Wisdom

Ed Seykota-

  • 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.
  • To avoid whipsaw losses, stop trading.
  • Risk no more than you can afford to lose and also risk enough so that a win is meaningful.
  • Trend following is an exercise in observing and responding to the ever-present moment of now.
  • Fundamentalists and anticipators may have difficulties with risk control because a trade keeps looking ‘better’ the more it goes against them.
  • Until you master the basic literature and spend some time with successful traders, you might consider confining your trading to the supermarket.
  • I don’t predict a nonexisting future.
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