"Beginners focus on analysis, but professionals operate in a three dimensional space. They are aware of trading psychology their own feelings and the mass psychology of the markets."
"The goal of a successful trader is to make the best trades. Money is secondary."
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Source: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
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"Successful trading depends on the 3M`s - Mind, Method and Money. Beginners focus on analysis, but professionals operate in a three dimensional space. They are aware of trading psychology their own feelings and the mass psychology of the markets. Each trader needs to have a method for choosing specific stocks, options or futures as well as firm rules for pulling the trigger - deciding when to buy and sell. Money refers to how you manage your trading capital."
"Amateurs look for challenges; professionals look for easy trades. Losers get high from the action; the pros look for the best odds."
"The market does not know you exist. You can do nothing to influence it. You can only control your behavior."
"When a beginner wins he feels brilliant and invincible Then he takes wild risk and loses everything."
"To be a good trader, you need to trade with your eyes open, recognize real trends and turns, and not waste time or energy on regrets and wishful thinking."