23 One Liner For Traders

1. All successful traders use methods that suit their
personality; You are neither Waren Buffett nor George Soros nor Jesse Livermore; Don’t assume you can trade like them.

2. What the market does is beyond your control; Your reaction to the market, however, is not beyond your control. Indeed, its the ONLY thing you can control.

3. To be a winner, you have to be willing to
take a loss; 
(The Stop-Loss Breakdown)

4. HOPE is not a word in the winning Trader’s vocabulary;

5. When you are on a
losing streak — and you will eventually find yourself on one — reduce your position size;

6. Don’t underestimate the time it
takes to succeed as a trader — it takes 10 years to become very good at anything;  (There Are No Shortcuts)

7. Trading is a vocation — not a
hobby

8. Have a business/trading plan; 
(Write This Down)

9. Identify your greatest weakness, Be honest — and DEAL with it

10. There are times when the best thing to do is nothing; Learn to recognize these times (Nothing Doing)

11. Being a great trader is a process. It’s a race with no
finish line.

12. Other people’s opinions are meaningless to you; Make your own trading
decisions  (The Wrong Crowd)

13. Analyze your past trades. Study what happened to the stocks
after you closed the position. Consider your P&L game tapes and go over them the way Vince Lombardi Bill Parcells reviewed past Superbowls

14. Excessive leverage can knock you out of the game permanently

15. The Best traders continue to
learn — and adapt to changing conditions

16. Don’t just stand there and let the truck roll over you

17. Being wrong is acceptable — staying wrong is unforgivable 

18. Contain your losses  
(Protect Your Backside)

19. Good traders manage the downside;
They don’t worry about the upside

20. Wall street research reports are biased

21. Knowing when to get out of a position is as important as
when to get in

22. To excel, you have to put in hard work

23. Discipline,
Discipline, Discipline !