"Dramatic and emotional trading experiences tend to be negative. Pride is a great banana peel, as are hope, fear, and greed. My biggest slip-ups occurred shortly after I got emotionally involved with positions."

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Source : "Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders". Book by Jack D. Schwager, 1989.

Ed Seykota

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“I always tell my students when you're going to be a jazz musician the first thing you've got to do is be a professional musician, and that means you have to feed yourself with the instrument.”
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