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Adversity will do something too you or for you ... — Napoleon Hill

Only the dying man can tell how much time he has left. — Joan Didion

A lot of people would rather understand the market than make money — Ed Seykota

In order of importance to me are: 1) the long term trend, 2) the current chart pattern, and 3)picking a good spot to buy or sell. — Ed Seykota

The markets are the same now as they were five or ten years ago because they keep changing-just like they did then — Ed Seykota

It can be very expensive to try to convince the markets you are right — Ed Seykota

That is one trouble about trading on a large scale.You cannot sneak out as you can when you pike along. — Edwin Lefevre

I am opposed to term limits because if we did not have seasoned professionals, we would not have the good government that we have. — George Will

Trends become more apparent as you step further away from the chart. — Ed Seykota

My style is basically trend following, with some special pattern recognition and money management algorithms. — Ed Seykota

Losing a position is aggravating, whereas losing your nerve is devastating. — Ed Seykota

To avoid whipsaw losses, stop trading. — Ed Seykota

Working to anticipate the future can be a distraction from the important task of dealing with the present. — Ed Seykota

If you can't take a small loss, sooner or later you will take the mother of all losses. — Ed Seykota

There are old traders and there are bold traders, but there are very few old, bold traders. — Ed Seykota

I turn bullish at the instant my buy stop is hit, and stay bullish until my sell stop is hit. — Ed Seykota

I would add that I consider myself and how I do things as a kind of system which, by definition, I always follow. — Ed Seykota

Good traders trade. Good letter writers write letters. — 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. — Ed Seykota

Fortune tellers live in the future. So do people who want to put things off.
So do fundamentalists. — Ed Seykota

Risk no more that you can afford to lose, and also risk enough so that a win is meaningful. — Ed Seykota

Systems don't need to be changed. The trick is for a trader to develop a system with which he is compatible. — Ed Seykota

Be sensitive to subtle differences between 'intuition' and 'into wishing'. — Ed Seykota

Longevity is the key to success, — Ed Seykota

Psychology motivates the quality of analysis and puts it to use. Psychology is the driver and analysis is the road map. — Ed Seykota

Trend following is an exercise in observing and responding to the ever-present moment of now — Ed Seykota

If you can't measure it, you probably can't manage it Things you measure tend to improve. — Ed Seykota

When you meditate you are accessing eternity. You are plugging yourself into that source which is all light and all beauty and all perfection. — Frederick Lenz

My will is not a place, but a condition. Do not ask Me where and when, but ask Me how. — Frances J Roberts

Pyramiding instructions appear on dollar bills. Add smaller and smaller amounts on the way up. Keep your eye open at the top. — Ed Seykota

As if it were far easier to start over completely than to try to put everything back together again. — Jennifer E. Smith

Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier. — William Lyon Mackenzie King

The trend is your friend except at the end where it bends — Ed Seykota

I spend enough time onscreen looking hangdog and depressed. — Louis C.K.

Trying to trade during a losing streak is emotionally devastating. Trying to play 'catch up' is lethal. — Ed Seykota

Luck plays an enormous role in trading success. Some people were lucky enough to be born smart, while others were even smarter and got born lucky. — Ed Seykota

Everybody gets what they want out of the market — Ed Seykota

I hate them with all the hate you can hate with. Can you hate more than that? If you can, I hate them more than that. — Tim Hardaway

The key to long-term survival and prosperity has a lot to do with the money management techniques incorporated into the technical system. — Ed Seykota

I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing. — Jo Stafford