Trading Wisdom
-- Buy low, sell high.
-- Don't fight the Fed.
-- Don't fight the tape.
-- Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. Or: Pigs get FED, hogs get slaughtered.
-- Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.
-- Buy the rumor, sell the fact.
-- Buy into bad news and sell into good news.
-- The trend is your friend.
-- Cut losses short, let profits run.
-- When in doubt, stay out.
-- Get out when you can, not when you have to.
-- Minimize losses.
-- Never let a winner turn into a loser.
-- Never let a small loss turn into a big loss.
-- Lose your opinion, not your money.
-- Take profits relentlessly.
-- You can't go broke taking profits.
-- A profitable trade is a good trade.
-- It's better to own too few shares than too many.
-- Profits aren't as important as preserving your capital.
-- There's only one indicator that counts: The check-book indicator.
-- Plan your trades. Trade your plan.
-- Trade the rule, not the exception.
-- Predetermine the exit point for all trades.
-- Know the fundamentals. Trade the technicals.
-- Buy at support, sell at resistance.
-- Volume precedes price.
-- Bottoms take longer to form than tops.
-- Rallies tend to come from new lows.
-- Sell on the stall before the fall.
-- Buy 'em when they're sleepin', hold 'em when they're creepin', sell 'em when they're leapin'.
-- The best time to buy is when blood is running in the streets. (Nathan M. Rothschild)
-- Buy their pain, not their gain.
-- Beat the crowd in and out the door. You have to take their money before they take yours, period.
-- Never confuse genius with a bull market.
-- Risk varies inversely with knowledge. (Irving Fisher)
-- I made my money because I always got out too soon. (Bernard Baruch)
-- Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars. (Bernard Baruch)
-- Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria. (Sir John Templeton, Founder of Templeton Funds)
-- Buy at the point of maximum pessimism and sell at the point of maximum optimism. (Sir John Templeton)
-- All stocks are crap. (Wayne Rumball)
[Revised April 17, 2001]
Risk varies inversely with knowledge.
