This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. In this video Jack Schwager schools us on the importance of focusing on the RIGHT thing in markets — risk management. Too […]
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There are times in the markets where risk management is far more important than profits, keeping the capital you have safe is more important than growing it. I believe this is one of those times with volatility growing, uncertainty increasing, and many types of traders seeing profits evaporate and losses mount quickly. This is a
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“Whenever I enter a position I have a predetermined stop. That’s the only way I can sleep at night. I know where I’m getting out before I get in.”- Bruce Kovner The biggest reasons traders end up unprofitable is simply because their big losses knock out all their previous gains. If you went back and
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Here are five hidden dangers that new traders need to be aware of before they begin trading live with real money. Market liquidity: The spread between the bid and the ask prices can result in losses of capital when both entering and exiting a trade. The biggest dangers for large bid/ask spreads are with thinly
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There are two kinds of traders: 1. Those who are humble. 2. Those who are going to be humbled. In the markets competence must come before confidence or the market will give you an expensive education. No one can predict the future prices of markets the stronger the belief that you can then the harder
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All your trades should end in one of four ways: A small win. A big win. A small loss. Break even. Never a big loss. A small win puts money in your trading account, a small win is a success as long as your did not forfeit a big win by exiting too quickly during
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Here are ten ways to keep your account safe during a market correction, when support levels break, up trends reverse, and oversold indicators just get more oversold. Your long positions should be stopped out quickly as the first short term moving averages are broken early on. You should already be out before the pullback turns
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The top 10 causes of big losses in trading: Too stubborn to exit when proven wrong: You just refuse to take a loss, you think a loss is not real as long as you do not exit a trade. Too much ego to take a loss: You are on the wrong side of the market
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was posted originally here: and is used with permission. The Difference Between Great Traders and Good Traders: The Art of Totis Porcis The following is an excerpt from Barton Bigg’s book, Hedgehogging, where he relates a conversation with “Tim”, a successful macro investor (emphasis mine).
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was posted originally here Another Lesson In Position Sizing From The Volpocalypse of 2018 and is reposted here with permission. Most famous fund failures have leverage at their core. That’s the true culprit for disaster — not the actual trade ideas. Bad position sizing kills. Long
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