Don't Be A Hero. Don't Have An

Sometimes Failure Is Merely Chasing You Off The Wrong Road And Onto The Right One.

My Off-the-cuff Remarks At The University Of Virginia Were With Regard To Global Macro Traders, Who Are On-call 24/7 And Of Whom There Are Likely Only A Few Thousand Successful Practitioners In The World Today. Macro Trading Requires A High Degree Of Skill, Focus And Repetition. Life Events, Such As Birth, Divorce, Death Of A Loved One And Other Emotional Highs And Lows Are Obstacles To Success In This Specific Field Of Finance.

The Concept Of Paying One-hundred-and-something Times Earnings For Any Company For Me Is Just Anathema. Having Said That, At The End Of The Day, Your Job Is To Buy What Goes Up And To Sell What Goes Down So Really Who Gives A Damn About Pe's?

If Trading Is Like Chess, Then Macro Is Like Three-dimensional Chess.

Don’t Ever Average Losers. Decrease Your Trading Volume When You Are Trading Poorly; Increase Your Volume When You Are Trading Well. Never Trade In Situations Where You Don’t Have Control. For Example, I Don’t Risk Significant Amounts Of Money In Front Of Key Reports, Since That Is Gambling, Not Trading.