A list of golden sayings and rules I have gleaned from many sources:
- Plan your trades, trade your plan.
- Trade Quality, Not Quantity.
- Keep it simple.
- Don’t look for a reason to enter the market, look for a reason NOT to enter.
- Don’t act due to “Newbie Nerves”
- Don’t make up a trade. If you have to look, it isn’t there.
- Never play with scared money.
- You are not the market.
- Buy dips in an uptrend, sell rallies in a downtrend.
- Do not try to pick tops and bottoms.
- It is only divergence if it came off a retracement – not a sideways market.
- Indicators warn, price action confirms.
- Divergence is early, cross-overs are late.
- You cannot expect your positions to go immediately into the money.
- Divergence means a detour, but not necessarily a new trend.
- No-one knows what will happen in the markets.
- Standing aside is a position.
- Subordinate your will to the will of the market.
- Large ranges beget small ranges, small ranges beget large ranges.
- Once a thing is set in motion, it tends to stay in motion.
- Sniper-rifle, not a shotgun.
- Cut your losses short, let your profits run.
- Only move stops in the direction of your position.
- Do not let a winner turn into a loser.
- Never add to a losing position.
- Forget losses quickly. Forget profits even quicker.
- Consistent behavior equals consistent results.
There are probably more, send ’em in…