I have been trading for several decades
and was an exchange member and floor trader for 17
years. You learn fast there or you go broke in a
hurry. As you can see I managed to hold my own
for a few years until I found the secret and
started to become a successful trader. Every
professional trader I know knows the one great
secret and that is to keep your losses small.
We all learned that when we took a position -
either long or short - that we better be able to
jump out if the trade was not going our way.
Many of my friends were scalpers. That means
they were trading for just a few ticks and every
night went home flat. Flat is no positions at
all.
Others, myself included, took a longer look
and planned to hold a position for a period of time.
That could be several days or weeks. If you were
right the longer you held on the more money you
would make.
The general public seems think that
exchange members know everything and always made
money.Tain't so. Many traders were wrong more than
50% of the time. Huh? Yes, fifty percent. My account
had losses 40% of the time and 20% were scratch
trades (neither winners nor losers).
You ask, "If you are out of the money
60% of your trades how can you make money?" This
is what every professional knows: Keep your losses
small and let your profits run. How many times
have you heard that one? BUT how many times have
you ignored that rule?
At the end of the year when you
analyze your trades you find that you made $3.00 for
each $1.00 you lost you will show a nice big profit.
I don't care what business you are in
you don't put your whole wad on a single outcome
and stick with it until it either works or go broke.
That is what brokers and mutual fund managers
want you to do. They want you to buy, but never sell.
It is a tragedy for the small
investor today that mutual fund families are putting
in selling restrictions to discourage investors from
dumping funds that are headed down. Many require
long holding periods and if you sell prior to
that time they charge an extra fee of 2%. They
give lame excuses that I know are not true for
doing this. Never buy any fund or trade with any
brokerage company that has that kind of rule.
It is cheaper to pay the 2% or whatever
fee there is and get out than hang around and lose
20% to 40% of your equity. Look back at 2000 to
2003. This can happen again despite what your
broker tells you.
Be wrong and run home with most of
your money. You still have enough to invest in a
better opportunity. If you are disciplined to get out
of any bad situation early you will end up a
rich person.
Al Thomas' book, "If It Doesn't Go Up, Don't Buy It!"
has helped thousands of people make money
and keep their profits with his simple 2-step method.
Read the first chapter at http://www.mutualfundmagic.com
and discover why he's the man that Wall Street does
not want you to know.
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