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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.

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When a feeling dissolves, it ceases to be your enemy and begins to be one of your allies.

The elements of good trading are cutting losses, cutting losses, and cutting losses.

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

The trend is your friend except at the end where it bends.

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

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