At some point the market makes everyone feel like a genius. That's the seduction and the trap! You eventually get rewarded for breaking a rule, and then you’ll break more rules; then the blowup! In the end, nothing more to show but a thrill ride. There's no longevity in luck.

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There are many ways to trade and invest in the stock market. In my experience, buying and holding can take advantage of a big move, but it has a number of disadvantages over a nimble approach. To compound and avoid large drawdowns, big consistent returns require turnover.

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The big turning point in my trading came when I made a decision and vowed to NEVER EVER let a loss exceed 8%. During the next 5 years I averaged 220% per year for a total compounded return of 33,500%. It's been 28 years since and I have never broken that discipline not even once!

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Stay in your own lane and perfect what you know. Realize that every strategy has strengths and weaknesses; there is no perfect strategy. But once you know all the pros and cons you can perfectly execute your strategy... and that's the goal.

I don't know shit about 99% of the stock trading strategies out there... but I know everything about my strategy. And that's all I need to know. I realized long ago, you can't be good at everything. I'm an expert because I chose to specialize. pic.twitter.com/uG7gWwhsjs
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I grew up poor; I value a dollar. Once I get a decent profit, I don't give it back. That's one of my success "secrets." Never let a good size gain turn into a loss. I've never met a highly success trader that routinely allows gains to turn into losses.

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Discipline is the hallmark of greatness. Be patient. Wait for your pitch. Learn how to exercise what I call Sit Out Power. If there is nothing that meets your criteria... do nothing!

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What's your dream! Have you written it down? Do you have a plan for achieving it? Do you regularly spend time visualizing yourself achieving it? What have you done yesterday and what are you doing today to move yourself closer to it?

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When you have health, most things in life are a cakewalk. When you don't have have health, even the easiest cakewalk can seem like a mountain. Trading and money are great, but put health first or someone else will be enjoying the money you died for.

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The grand majority of your problems trading will stem from breaking the following rules...

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Be careful not to get lured into stocks too soon just because the indexes are bouncing. If you recall, for months the Dow made new highs while virtually every breakout failed in just 1-3 days. Stock traders that took comfort in the Dow as a sign of market health got it wrong.

He was on his black Apollo mountain bike, fully dressed, wearing a helmet and carrying a backpack containing his laptop and 2 books with his name on them. He also had his mobile phone with him.

On the 27th of June. Noah's naked body was sadly discovered 950m inside a storm drain, between access points. This storm drain was accessible through an area completely unfamiliar to him, behind houses at Northwood Road. https://t.co/bpz3Rmc0wq

"Noah's body was found by specially trained police officers between two drain access points within a section of the tunnel running under the Translink access road," said Mr McCrisken."

Noah's bike was also found near a house, behind a car, in the same area. It had been there for more than 24 hours before a member of public who lived in the street said she read reports of a missing child and checked the bike and phoned the police.