When you make a real commitment, you know that a successful outcome will only materialize as a result of executing the proper steps. You commit to a process—and you embrace the journey. To become a great trader you MUST get your attention off the money and on process.
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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
— Mark Minervini (@markminervini) March 28, 2021
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Key attributes of my trading this year:
1. Concentrated positions
2. Selective use of Leverage
3. High turnover
4. Super tight risk control
5. Selling into strength
6. Big positions almost exclusively directional
7. De-risking trades and free rolling often
1. Concentrated positions
2. Selective use of Leverage
3. High turnover
4. Super tight risk control
5. Selling into strength
6. Big positions almost exclusively directional
7. De-risking trades and free rolling often
JUST RELEASED - April U.S. Investing Championship results YTD - https://t.co/mN2Kl28gqh
— Mark Minervini (@markminervini) May 19, 2021
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I’m torn on how to approach the idea of luck. I’m the first to admit that I am one of the luckiest people on the planet. To be born into a prosperous American family in 1960 with smart parents is to start life on third base. The odds against my very existence are astronomical.
I’ve always felt that the luckiest people I know had a talent for recognizing circumstances, not of their own making, that were conducive to a favorable outcome and their ability to quickly take advantage of them.
In other words, dumb luck was just that, it required no awareness on the person’s part, whereas “smart” luck involved awareness followed by action before the circumstances changed.
So, was I “lucky” to be born when I was—nothing I had any control over—and that I came of age just as huge databases and computers were advancing to the point where I could use those tools to write “What Works on Wall Street?” Absolutely.
Was I lucky to start my stock market investments near the peak of interest rates which allowed me to spend the majority of my adult life in a falling rate environment? Yup.
Ironies of Luck https://t.co/5BPWGbAxFi
— Morgan Housel (@morganhousel) March 14, 2018
"Luck is the flip side of risk. They are mirrored cousins, driven by the same thing: You are one person in a 7 billion player game, and the accidental impact of other people\u2019s actions can be more consequential than your own."
I’ve always felt that the luckiest people I know had a talent for recognizing circumstances, not of their own making, that were conducive to a favorable outcome and their ability to quickly take advantage of them.
In other words, dumb luck was just that, it required no awareness on the person’s part, whereas “smart” luck involved awareness followed by action before the circumstances changed.
So, was I “lucky” to be born when I was—nothing I had any control over—and that I came of age just as huge databases and computers were advancing to the point where I could use those tools to write “What Works on Wall Street?” Absolutely.
Was I lucky to start my stock market investments near the peak of interest rates which allowed me to spend the majority of my adult life in a falling rate environment? Yup.